LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7879, 22 July 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The annual social gathering of the Bowling Club will be hold in the ohl I'iiemasons Hall, Brougham Si., on August 15. I I'tains will leave New Plymouth for tli.. breakwater to-day at 8 a.m. h> connect Willi tile Horn the Soah, ami S. 10 |i.m. to connect I with ti..: same si earner i»r the Nurt.i. | lh.- ''ierra, Willi :lu- Knglisli mail, ilutt ..an Francisco at 1 p.m. on Thuimuy. iilic is due in Auckland ion '• ,

'l'ii.- Chairman (Mr (■. Tisch) and fsci-aidiy (Mr C. M. Uppec) of rtus TKi .iii.iKi Hospital Hoard paid » tD i...wvra on Thursday to interview tin- latter board respecting the ma in'nance oi ho.ipital patients and old pioplc rect-ivi-it at I in- New l'l>mou.ii i list iml ions i"n_mi the Hawera disinel. 'ilie question ol the pay- ! in,.nt ol lets was discussed, and the proposed will he reported at next board muling.

Sir Joseph Ward, Minister of Hallway*. has written to the borough Council intimating Ufa I he has farther looked into the malier of the proposal for the extension of Molesworth Street into St. An by 11 Street, but regrets to lind that it is 1101 possible to carry out the extension as desired by the Council. Tnis disposes of lite question raised at the recoil row ting of ratepayers, and leaves the proposed connection oi Street wiltr St. Auby.i Street as tinonly course open. Mr Hogbeu, Inspector-General of Schools, stated at Hie Agricultural IV-uid'encc that he had found a j sciiool in the heart of a dairying district 111 the North Island teaching as part of its curriculum electricity and magnetism, to say nothing of typewriting and shorthand. He expressed the opinion that schools should strive to give a "live" education—in touch with activities of lite iu the midst of which they were plated' The time for the annual meetings of the Co-operative Dairy Company's in Taranaki is again approaching, 1 s;i)s the Eltham Argus. The results so far disclosed are most satisfactory. The Kltham Factory which paid out last year the largest alliance ruling, has had a very sucv cesstul year and has in hand the sum of £llsll for distribution amongst suppliers by way of bonus. TIIO ..aponga Factory inwards the end of the season, increased the amount of advances and consequently has only

.- small sum available for distribution. The Stratford I'osl says that

Ngairc, Cardiff and Lowgartli Companies between tlit-m pay out on . iiursday next bonuses amounting to The same paper also states ;hat it is understood that the Stratiord Factory will pay out about S-lUiHi. If this latter sum is meant ,0 represent bonuses only, we are inclined to think our contemporary lias been misinformed.

A somewhat exciting experience is .dated by the New Zealand Herald having befallen a cyclist as he was riding down Queen street on Saturday morning. He was proceeding pasi the Mercantile Chambers .vlu-n his machine skidded and he .ell. The Howick motor 'bus was almost on top of him, hut the driver ,nllled up promptly. The fore wheels of the 'bus struck the cyclist's leg, pushing him a little out of tlicwav. i'he bicycle was badly damaged.

The Secretary for Agriculture stated at the Agricultural Conference that when land in Canterbury was required for settlement it was taken up so greedily that he was unable to •?et a piece reserved for agricultural experiments. At I'Mendale, also, in Otago, he had cndcavouud !o gel four hundred acres tot this purpose, hut had lo lie content with onli ten. At Flaxbourne he had iibl.iiind a little section where lie could do all lie Wauled, and he had decided to get a block on the last estate acquired in the North Island.

The Harbour Master reports thai during Ihe live weeks ending July 18, there were 11 berthings at the wharf, the aggregate gross tonnage amounting to -10,871 lons. The imports totalled 5,536 lons, 'including 1,112 fous of railway coal and li.unii sleepers, and 15."> tons of private coal. The exports were 7WI tons, making a total of fi.215 tons of cargo handled. Very stormy and wcl weather tvas experienced during Ihe jperiod referred to, interfering with shipping but not 10 any material extent.

During the last five weeks the dredge has worked lti days at the breakwater, making 254 trips and removing J,">,l2d cubic yards oi sand from the harbour. It appears that a large (|uanlity of sand has been washed into the harbour, and the dredge is busy removing it.

Messrs J. H. Clayton and H. F. Russell, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the civil sitting of the >S.M. Court on Friday. Judgment by tiefault was entered in the following undefended cases Weston ami Weston, (Mr C. H. Weston) v. Harold Ivcy, claim £1 Is, with costs 7s ; K. Dingle (Mr W. L. Fitzlierhert) v. Isaac Morrison, claim £5 15s lOd, costs £1 3s M ; K. Dingle (Mr W. L. Fitzherbert) v. James Gatfield, claim £5 Ids, costs £1 3 7d. Owing to the absence of Mr T. Hutchinson S.M., judgment in the case of Govett and Quilliam v. the Collier ami Colonial Piano Co., a claim for costs etc., in connection with the registration, Was deferred until next week. \ iiunvbcr oi other cases set down on the list were cither confessed, adjourned, struck our, or Hie amount involved paid into Court.

The Minister of Lands told the Agricultural Conference that there was only one more ship to arrive frojn India now which left since the sterilising expert should have commenced operations. There was only one lot l of bono; aj Auckland at present about which Jlieie was some suspicion, ami they wc«' being treated with sulphuric acid. Asked if it was a fact that there Was a shipment of live hundred tons ol hones coming to Lytteltoii, for the sterilising of which there was no provision, Mr Duncan said lie hail no knowledge of such a shipment. If it arrived, it would he quarantined.

Whileley Church-. Sun-day, July 23. Preachers : Morning, I!,-v. |{, K. Williams ; evening, Jlev. J. N. Buttle Subject, : "Kliiah at Carmel." Visitors heartily welcomed.*

I lie services in (jiiern Street ti>morrow will he as follows : Morning, a! 11, Mr Buttiniore ; evening at 7 Rev. J aim Nixon. The Kcv. 11. I)auirl will be a! Fitzroy a! 7 p.m.*

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The New Plymouth Harbour Board decided at Friday's meeting to impose an additional tax on the shipping ci'iii!)?jn,. s ujuivalent 'to another shilling per !ica<l on the passengers landing or departing. The present, levy is equal to om; shilling for each passiiiger, so that in future the charge on the shipping companies will be two shillings. It is understood that the shipping companies contemplate no increase of fares, recng- , nising that the money being devoted I l>y the Hoard to the improvement ol , the port will afford greater facilities for their vessels trading here.

Tin- funeral of Mr A. F. Foote 011 Friday afternoon was very largely attended. Amourist Hkim- wlio attended to pay a last trilnitc of re- | speet to this resident of Fiv/.roy were rcpvesentalive.s of the lUnu. ®<ad Hoard, the Filzroy School i"oinmithe ami Fire Unmade (in all of which lite drctaspd li-ad taken an interest), as well as a number of Forestets. The Revs. A. Fowler and F. 0. Evans olficiated, and the church service was followed by that usually lead by the Lodge. Titer? were several handsome llorai tokens resting on th-e coffin. A large number of pupils have already enrolled for the technical and continuation classes to be started at, the Central .School on Monday night. Knquirfcs have been received from all parts of the district, and 110 doubt mow applications will be lodged before the opening. Mr Willi.,m Taylor desires to lhank ibe hospital and ambulance .staffs for ihe kiiw|iwjss shqjwn tjo ihfe. laflje dauepler during her illness.

r l'he Taranaki Voultry Show will be opon from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday next, and from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. on .Saturday. The Burlington Club will open a refreshment room at the drill hall during the show.

\ public meeting of those opjiosed to the proposal to introduce liiiblereading into our State schools will lie held in the Old Freemasons' Hall on Tuesday evening-

Alessrs Itussell and Sons, monumental masons, of St. Auliyn Street, have in stock marble and granite monuments of superior design and workmanship.