LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7827, 20 May 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Great interest is being taken in the i m.ilitnry hall to be held on Wednesday, ami a most enjoyable function ' is nnticiptitcd. From pivsent iiwlic.i- i tipti Uiu ball will be one to be r> menibeieil. | ' Tin' foreman (Mr F. Henderson) in I his monthly report to the Xew l'lymoi 1 1 Harbour Hoard on Friday, stui.J that eight piles, comprising two buys of the wharf extension, . hud b<vn driven, and the ■' hea«| ! ' stocks and longitudinal stringers had been filled in. Altogether 100 square feet of decking had been put down. I The meeting of the Traders' and Employers' Association convened for last evening for the purpose of considering the Trades and Labour Council's platlorm, lapsed for want Of a quorum. Seven members, including the president and secretary, jattjnded and informally discuss tl the question. It was suggested that ] the executive 'deal with the subject. I The lurbourrnustCT (Captain Hood) | reports that during the live weeks : ending May 17 steamer's berthed at the wharf, the aggregate I gross tonnage amounting' to 4(i,!i57 tons. The imports totalled -120U tons, including 811 tons of railway and 422 tons of private coal, and i exports 803 tons, making a total of ; 50*12 tons of cargo landed.

To-morrow the 400 th anniversary of the death of the Scotch reformer, John Knox, will be celebrated by the Presbyterian churches throughout the colony. In St. Andrew's Church, special services will b,o conducted. On Thursday the local celebration will bo continued by the holding of a social In St. Anilrsw's Hall, at which members of the Taranaki Presbytery will 'deliver speeches.

The Harbour Board's dredge worked fifteen days during the last five weeks, making 200 trips and removing 12,360 cubic yards of sand and silt. Of the fifteen days, five were worked with the grab bucket, owing to repairs being made to the steam pipe of the sand pump. The dredgo has been thoroughly overhauled, and lis now in good working order. The depth throughout thii harbour area is keeping very satisfactory. Tho Wanganui Herald says there are over five hundred men working about the Taumaranui districh,which is now showing evidence of great activity. A great deal is being done in opening up the timber reserves, and it is exacted towards the end of the year there will be ten miles |in operation along the route of the railway. Private firms are erecting [bridges over the Wanganui river and I running tramways from ten to fifteen miles into the forests.

Messrs R. Sock and 0. E. Bellringer, J.'sP.. occupied the Bench at the Magistrate's Court on Friday. Albert Jones was brought up on a charge of drunkenness, and fined ss, with costs. Thirteen civil casos were listed. Five were settled out of Court, and in seven other cases tho summonses had not boon served on the defendants. The F.gmont Boot and Shoe Company (represented by Mr F. E. Wilson) secured judgment by default against Alfred Hartley on a claim for £l9 13s lid, with £1 110s 6d costs.

There is a road in Holland, leading from Haarlem to the Hague, .'which is said to be, and no doubt it is, the most-travelled road in the world. It runs through what is known as the '■' bulb country, '* which is a section of land 25 miles in length, and two miles in width. Whi-n in bloom the bulb-fields are a beautiful sight, and during the season it is estimated that 25,000 cyclists pass along this road every day, as well as upwards of 500 automobiles. iThe road forms a favourite drive for tho fashionable classes,, anJ tin. Queen ol Holland is seen almost daily upon it in her car.

While ministering to an unsympathetic congregation at a station in the early days, Canon Stack was somewhat relieved (so he tells us in tho Akaroa Mail) by observing what an attentive listener he hud in the manager during the sermon, which was on the healing of Nauman. Hut he was disillunionised when, on returning to tbe manager's house, the manager said—" I could not help thinking all the time you were preaching of the hard tussle 1 had with my old merino ram at the last sheep washing. He had just the same objection of being dipped in tho river and made clean as Naaman had." A small boy, who was rescued by the police from undesirable people living amid unpleasant surroundings, was recently brought f'eforc Dr. A. M'Arthur. S.M., at Wellington, with the object of having him romoved to the purer atmosphere of an industrial school. Mis Worship, observing the hoy weeping bitterly, said : " I will take little chaps like this Into my private room, and in future will hear, cases against juvenile'offenders there. Tho press will be notified when such cases are coming on, and may Ire present at the hearing of tho charges. No good can bo served by investigating these cases before the public." The boy was afterwards taken to his Worship's room and committed to an industrial school.

I The Town Band, under tho direction of Bandmaster Garry, gave another open-air performance in front of the Government Buildings on Fri!day night. It was a byight moonlight evening, and the very large asI semblage which congregated much appreciated the admirable pro'gramme of selections, which included one or two pieces played for the first I time in New Plymouth. Among the | items were :—March, "Bonavonture ;" "Roses" (from "The Floral ;Suite") ; "Gaiety Girl" selection; jwaltz, "Au Revoir ;" fantasia, "Souivenir tie Beethoven ;■" march, "Imjperial." It is interesting to note that the band has reached its twenI tieth year of existence.

Referring to the wonderful increase in the export of butter from New Zealand during the past few years," an Anglo-Colonial journal observes : —" This season the colony would appear to bo extremely blessed, for not only have shipments been very much larger than last year, but the quality of the butter is spoken of everywhere as being tiiiuasually fine, while pricesrealised for it throughout this country have been exceptionally high." The s.s. Papanui has arrived, and has- bFQKght somewhere about 50,000 boxes. I hear to-day that prices have given way somewhat, namely, from 10Ss-106s to 108s-104s, as a result of the two large cargoes arriving so soon after one another.

In the District Court, Sydney, a case has just been decided,' in 'which a clerk sued the Equitable Life Assurance Society for an unusual allegation of injury. It appeared that ID npjplying to the defendants for a situation he inclosed a testimonial upon which the words >■'' not sujtabls'' were inavertenUy written by the society. The words were afterwards cut out, and the reference returned to plaintiff in its mutilated state with an explanatory ietter. Subsequently the society obtained a replica of the damaged document from the employer who had erunted the i original, but the plaintiff sued for tho loss ho claimed to have suffered owing to the testimonial not being available between tfu, time of its return by the society and the production of the replica. The society paid Js into Court, which .Judge Backhouse thought ample, and he directed paintiff to pay the society's costs from the time of payment into Court.

Whltoley Church, Sunday, May 21st. preacher, Rev. It. P. Williams, morning and evening. Strangers made welcome.*

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Th'e annual meeting of ratepayers in the Mangc-rei Road district will be held in Henderson's Hall on Thursday next, at 2 p.m. Mr J. A. Maisey invites tenders, returnajb'le at 4 p.m. or. Saturday, for the erection of a residence 5n Hine Street. Mr ,1. 11. Chatterton. of I'cvon. Street, has just imported a taking line of winter boots and shoes, lad- . ies' men's and children's sizes. The Taranaki Coi.ine Council in- f vite lenders for the &ij> \y oi metal, | making Concrete culver!., and eai lb , filling, in various parts uf the county. At Stony lliver on V. e Inesday Mr Xewton King will oiler a <'lu>ic' line of young stock, 24 12 months mixed, 33 cows and heifers in calf, store cows, and other lines. I\!r King will hold his , usual catlle sale at Wuiwakaiho on j Tuesday next, when amongst other enlriis. 100 mixed yearlings. I."i Vlo 18 months mixed, 2."i store cows 10 empty cows, and 12 heifers in calf will be offered. _____ The programme for the sacred concert to be held by the choir of St. Joseph's Church on Sunday evening shows that a most enjoyable treat is in store for those who appreciate gems from the masters. Amongot j the orchestral selections will be Murphy's "Ave Maria" and " Tantutn Ergo," The solos, all of high- standard, will be interpreted by leading vocalists. For Children's Hacking Cough at night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, It 6d,