LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7865, 6 July 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Borough Council has accepted tiic offer of a Sydney firm to purchase £20,000 worth of the borough debentures, and the same firm has l.ccii given the option of taking the remaining £17,000 within six months, the declaration to be made within three months. Father Hays arrived at Hawera on Wednesday afternoon md was accorded, a public reception. About thru- hundred persons assembled at the railway station. His Worship the Mayor, who was supported by the clergy of the dlfferwit religious denominations of the town and Mr Haitlett, representing the Roman Catholics, ascended a temporary .ilalform and delivered au address of welcome, to which Father Hays briefly replied. A formal reception by temperance workers was to be arranged for the afternoon, but it vas abandoned at the desire of Father Hays, who is suffering from exhaustion. He will fulfil his en.agentents in New Plymouth to-night md in Stratford on Friday. Mist, Alexander, whose name, -vith others selected for the vacant tciacherships. w.is sent by tile Education Hoard -to the Awatuna and llurham Hoad committees, h«s been ■hosen by both and will now have '.o decide which school she will uc eept.

The 'voting pa|>ers for the election if thro-- memliers of the Turanuki Education Board must be returnedito the Hound's oflice by ,"> p.m. on Mouiny. July 21. not August 8 as inadvertently sl)atetf in Wetlnrsiday 's dsaie. A deputation, consitting of niem'ers of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, is to wait on tlv Miniser for .Public Works on the 13th list., t.n urge- the Government to Misb the Main Trunk railway wit! greater ex|>edition, and acquire the •Vellington an.i Manawatu Company's line between Wellington and Long-

(living evidence before the Land Commission .Mr (J. .J. Hoberts, Commissioner of Crown Lands for Westland, spoke of the auriferous bell which runs £or about two hundred miles right through the western side of the range. In places the 'belt varies in width from a couple of miles '(> a few feet. The matrix of the emerald and the ruby had been found in it. as well as i'itlier prtKioiis stones. At present, lie sa.;d, Mr. Hell, the fJolarnment (,'rologist. is making investigat ions on the spot. ( A meeting at (lisborne expressed opposition to the use of steel pijNS lor ihe town's water supply, and against any percentage being allowed to toe engin.-er beyond his est imaies.

A conference at Christchui cli deciilod iyi the of technical classes in that city. Inn then will 111' a lighl over the control The feeling is in -favour of the Cit.x Ci nncil being tine paramount body.liui the Education It-xir.l mean. liy honl or crook, to l*> represented on the future Hoard of Management. 'I he tender of Mr A. Stringer, <ll Nelson, has Jxien a-v.ept.ed liy Ilu Public Works Department for ihe >-r----cction of a dnill snotl at -Velson. Tlu contract price is £XI7. Several views of the New Zealand RovermiK'nt's line exhibit at the Indian arftl Colonial Exhibition, now being held at the Crystal I'alace. ai>. reproduce In the. British Australasian of May 'J'

During the recent heavy weather the old cutter Florence foundered in ilirp water near Cornwallis, Manuka" Harbour. The Florence ha.d just been purchased from Mr M. Laing, by Mr A. IfcLeod, of Onchungti, and it was intended to use her in connection with the removal of the rocks in the wn.v of navigation in the Manukau, near the fourth buoy. Towards -IJjt; end of this month.tho I'rcmier. as Pjysj:iput of (he Liberal ind Labour Federation of New* Zenland, will present the Wellington Fast branch of the Federation illi its charter.

At a recent meeting of th<- Wellington Political Labour league, il was decided Ut call attention to the w*>rkless condition of a large numlier of unskilled labourers in -the city. to ask that a special effort bo mad*' to find work for -them. The diamond jubilee of Archbishop Murphy, of Hobart (Tas.), is to be celebrated in Octolior by clearing otT the debt of JLI2OO on the collegelie if completing in Hal ( art in commemoration of his having attained his !H>th birthday anniversary.

An chiefly ituan n;irtx-d Murray, cmployed as y. sigflalman at the Tlulli mine (X.S.W.), ivafl charged, by a ibull whilst on Ills way to wjrk, ilie ,l>ull tosMing 'him off t.he bridge into the ctxj-ik. Murray was conveyed to the li.ejJ Hospital, whore lie was admitted for trifxjm-n't. Itouble ahead J Taratiaki has sent forward a rnolion for (Jiscussion alt thi' Colonial Conference of the Farmers' I niun, to |, O held in Wellington, U> 'fur c/Tect, thai, the jk-.-j! f.ir reduction* o/ the Customs tarilT lie made a test. at the coining PWrnt eiiictions, "and that tile members of the union he m-Rnd In pive a liloek vote to secure this nhi.yt I'ost.

Colonel TVTme Kadcliife lohl a very i|iiaint story of paiU'rnal nlTcctiiui at 'he don. recently. Jle had killed a cr,» eudih' in l iianda. aim fcund a number of rinps in its stomach. Ofie of the tribe recognised the rint;R as bclon.irint; tip his, son, who had disu|>peared a little time before, ''lie did not show any pai'lieutar griet,'' said Colonel KadelilTe, "hut merely asked to be allowed to have the criirodile to eat." Tlv Wellinntlin builders and contractors an' again complaining that tin- sneak tliier is ali'o.-id. In one or two ruses 'iuitlllvtors declare iha't ill" material HMsS'fl from their .iolis inusl h;i\r been removed by e.art.. A reward is- offered by Ilie Builders' Association for information leading to convict ions.

Tie-re's t lie sneezy cold, the ivli.'ezv cold. The tickler in the nlott is : The chilly ci.ld, -the killy cold. The colli that burning hot is ; The tearful cold., flhofTearful cokl, The on*' that all tin? lot is— Yet these 1h- colds tVi'ax none endure Who purchase Woods' Great Peppermint Curs, 18

Ihe nunvdiu municipal abattoirs saowed a profit last year of £1317, according to Councillor Frost.

Prince Jaime Db Bourbon, recently to General Knropatkin, searched h'is Hockets for pencil and paper in order to send a last farewell to his father and other relatives when he thought death certain at Lino-yang. His pockets were, empty, and »,is Chinese servant wis also without writing material. 110 had no dilliciiH.v, however, in obtaining two bottles of nhampagne, and, tearing oil the metal capsules, he wrote, on these fa messagel to hiis family with a nail, and, reusing it by t.he same means, handed it to his Chinaman. When lie recovered hefound ti'inn his farewell had niched its destination.

The Hon. \\. Beehain, M.L.C., wants the <!o\eminent to acquire a coal mine in the Auckland district, ' and; lo islablish depots in the city I for the sale oi' coal from the mini'. | Mr Newton King reports the sale oi 250 acres of land at Huiakama to Mr Medcalf, of Toko ; also the sale of Mr Medcalf's farm at Toko to Mr Needham, of Kaponga. At a meeting of the ladies' committee held on Wednesday in connection with the (iarrison Hand ball on .Inly -H, at which Mrs Dockrill presided, good progress was made with tile arrangements for the function, which promises to eclipse all previous elToi'ls. The few remaining details will lie .settlctl at a future meeting. In the Supreme Court in Chambers, on the application of Mr Kerr, prohate of the last will and testament of F. W. Holdsworth was, on June 27 last, granted to F. D. Holdsworth, lite executor ;herein named,

At lilt) -weekly meeting of the Young Men's Improvement and Literary Society, Held on Tuesday qveuing, three pai>er.s w.ere given oil education in America, England, and Trance respectively. Critisisni of these systems and comparison with New 'Zealand education occupied the remainder of the evening. The trend of the discussion was in favour of the American free education, combined with their technical training, anc. all the members seemed anxious for the establishment of n technical school here. The Society is making arrangements to get either Mr lledf(„U or Mr Fisher. M.'sH.K., to come livre and deliver, a political ad dress at an early date.

Messrs MtlCoskrie and Sion, ol AucklaTid, have just installed for Messrs Archibald Clark and Sons, in their Now l(lyjnout!h waruhmise, a hydraulic lift for hoistting heavy goods t.-.) the first floor. In the event of possible 'accident, such mp the breaking of the wire rope, a. patent safety clutch is automatically set in motion by th- severing of the rope, and the lift <is brought to a standstill. Messrs Smart llros. din the plumbing work in connection with the installation. Messrs liurgess, I-'raser ;v,Yd Co. intend 'to have a lift of simlilai- design placed in their new warehouse.

The annual 'function of the English proof-readers this year was pre* sided over by Mr Anthony 'llo|ie. the novelist, who mafic an exceedingly willy speech. Jn the course of his observations lie said that he <lid not know, unless it were a man's w.'fr (and he was yet comparatively new in the married stato) that anyone knew more about another's weakness than a proof-reader about nil author's, or assumed a more despotic Control over him.—(Loud Laughter). 11 he could leave that building with any rancor agains't a body of gentlemen who had entertained liini so well, it would lie li.T-ause of their treatment <if his literary labours' (K.i lli' suhjc'il, of "commas." —(Daughter). He i- w gre.tted deeply the liberality which exist"d in 'Commas—perhaps thj'.v were che.ap, though he did not know, not being a practical printer, but he had spent hours in removing thum from th' pr. >uis of his MS. A reount writer on tie subject, llr Howard Collins, ha<l laid it down that, every two adieciives should be divided by « comma! It that were true, all he could stay was that if that were carried out in the adjectives applied to the Secretary for War he would have Item talked out. of office by this time.

For the convenience of thoUe attending l-'atier Hays' lecture tonight, 'lyases will leave ;l ml the Breakwater at 7.1."), retitrning alter the address, Now that the time of year lias arrived for beginning gardening work, enquiries will be made as to the necessary tools. One of the first U) stock these are Messrs MurUm and Co., of Devon Street, who are well supplied with all kinds, including the best English make. The principal football fixture in New Plymouth this afternoon is the match between Star H. and Tukapa 11. on the racecourse grounds.

The Taranaki Education Hoard invites applications for the position of head teacher at Opunakr, returnable till 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 22. A ballot for two appropriations of £l5O each Will be drawn by the Kquitable Building Society (second group) in the Town Hall to-morrow evening.

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