LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7887, 1 August 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

0 There will be a sitting of the I)istrict Court on Wednesday at New I'iymoulh, before His Honour Distiict Judge llaselden. No civil cases " 111 --''t down, the only business bein..; two bankruptcy matters, an application for discharge by Amin liurk# (Mr Hutchen) and a similar iipi'lication by E. A. Laurent (Mr \t. L. Fitzherbert). Mr Quilliain Will appear on behalf of the D.O.A. The preparation of the electoral roll •or this district is- well in hand, and it is expected that Ule compilation will be completed in about a fortnight. It is, of course, desiraM# that as many electors as( possible should be placed on the 'main roll, and t.ifit those eligible should not postpone their enrolment until the supplementary roll is in preparation, a-; they may lind themselves left 0 1\ entirely through making their appli cations 100 late, 'iu the course of their canvass the collectors hnve had li'om new arrivals a considerable ni.iuber oi claims for transfer from thy rolls of other districts. It has s nee transpired in a large lnmilK'i of instances that the names of these applicants are not on tho roll of Jhe district frotn whence they came, "it I will be advisable, therefore, for thosii. ho have handd.i in transfer claims to inquire at the Registrar's office L Courthouse; whether their claims ii.ive been duly recognised. Where radical and convenient the registrar will communicate with such persons, but it is preferable that the,* should cull personally, and tha; ..ithout delay. In a letU'r to the Minister for Public Works, Mr E. M. Smith, M.11.K., compliments the Dopai'tmeut on the v ell-finished and handsome design oi the new post office, but points out i hat wiiile excellent accommodation >vill be provided for the postal stall, erious inconvenience will be cause;! to the Stamps Ollice. This olltce is .iiw poky and badly lighted, and 'lie new building will effectually block out any light. Mr Smith suggests that the present Customs Ollice ihould be removed to the centre of the town, near the railway station Hoods sheds, Ijnnded stores, and business places generally. The ollices vaulted by the. Customs could be used ,y the Stamps Department. Mr Smith suggests t, lat a departmental illiccr should report. At the New Plymouth Politr Court on Holiday William McClellanxl, who was arrested at Waipawa, admitted the paternity of an illegitimate chilo and was ordered to pay iinto Court fis per wx-ek towards the support oi I he child, also £8 3s costs of the complainant's confinement, and £1 Is solicitor's fee. Defendant wns further required to give an approved bond of £25, wititin one week, for the due performance of the order. Mr Quilliam appeared for the mother ol the child, and Mr C. H. Weston lor the defendant. The new pumping gear manufactured in Sydney for upo at the petroleum bore was delivered ajt Moturoa on Monday morning. The manager, Mr Fair, is. engaged w th his stall in putting tile apparatus into working order, but pumping can not be proceeded with until some .'l-inch casing necessary comes to hand on Saturday next. The flow ol oil continues to be very satisfactory, and public interest in) the forthcoming pumping tests is very keen. The company has about 3IKIO gallons of oil stored, and there will not iio the slightest difficulty in finding a market for a large output. Already applications have been made for u large supply, including one from Auckland lor a guaranteed supply of Kill barrels per week. The company have sent samples to a number oi centres. A - Couple 1 of £.") shares changed hands on Saturday at £l7 10s each, on behalf of a Wellington purchaser. Further evidence waE heard on Monday in the case of William Francis Greqiiaway and George Cliff v. John West, claim lor J;."jo damages. llefendant was the tenant oi certain lands at Fitzroy, and plaintiffs claim that he failed to keep Iris covenant to keep all building, fences, etc., in repair. They allege that through neglect .-to keep the'fences 1l repair the defendant's' cattle broke into the orchard of* the section, anil caused dyimagc'to the extent claimed. Mr Anderson (Messrs Maloui-, McVeagh, and Anderson) appeared f ; or the plaintiffs, and Mr (!. Cray for the defendants. The S.M. reserved his decision. Ratepayers are rejniuded of the poll whic'i takps place to-morrow on the proposal to borrow £7olll} for \ tin: satisfactory Ko)nple(jop of .the wilier and electric lighting schemes, and £.">(HI(I for the <llll Street extension. The polling places will 1m- KaM. ward, Crocker's Store ; cen'tral,, Town Hall ; west, Mr G. A. Co'.ney's residence. Regarding the form of the voting puiier, legal opinion has iK'en obtained Jruui Mr <). Samuel, through the borough solicitors, advising that the old nk-thixl of drawing a line through the proposal against which the elector wishes to vote must be adheri-d to. Tho intention ol the -Act of 19114 was to secure uniformity in voting by the use of a cross, but some delect in this method has been discovered. The matter is Ix-ing referred to the Municipal Association. A very successful meeting of the Whiteley Itand of Hope was held in the Whiteley Hall on Monday evening. There was a large gathering, over which the Rev. lluttle presided. Mi- IVUrjjiger delivered a short nildress in tlifj evils of intemperance. Tho following progfa/nmo was then rendered Recitations : Mjsw/s Cole, I Ruth Heldt, frla lllanchelt; songs : I j-:) JJi-nnet.t, Gwennie Dlanchett, Irjs Houlton, opfj Averial Fooke ; violin solo, Wilfred lllapchett; pianoforte duet, Misses Collis and Ramson ; readings (humorous), Messrs Williams (iii{| Mason. Mr Williams alsfca gave u short addfeps, and the orchestru, under Mr Turner's direction, played selections- throughout tho evening, Tha singing of tnetNatJiona.l -Anthem te.rmlnatnd the proceedings. A private telegram received from llunedin last night states that thfc Titell-llrune season concluded with a S[>ecial revival, by rivpiest, of "Sunday." Hundreds were unable to j obtain admission. A great ovation > at the fall of tho curtain was accord- : i d Miss llrune,' who was compelled ; to make a gpcci'b. j,

J he late Mrs IV. T. Snmll has loft a (jvii-.T.-i!« Ifpncy of £SOO to. it'hq New i'l.> mi, :!:i itoHpitul and £23 ito the ltt'U 1 at ion I'oaiJ.

Influenza has lately been very prevalent in Hawcra, says the Star, and amongst others three of the postal olhcials have been off duty with ttu trouble.

'Die boundaries of the ridings in ill new county of ttaitonio are gazette... itivu an seven ridings, viz., 'le Rua-a-.Moa, Ulorolmnga, Hang-atihi, ttaitoino, M-airoa, I'acmako, and Te Kuiti. tach riding is to reiuin one member. The election of the n<W County Council is liv t d lor August 2(i, and the first meet-nig will beheld at Te Kuiti on September 4. A Buildin-g Society is fcre.ng former in PaUea, an-di provisional uiructuis have been appoiirU.il. The proposal is t-o -issue a tnousan-d shares.

II is reported that a motor 'bus service will be running ijeiwwn Lltnam anil Upunakc within three weeks' lune. The distance 01 iiu limes is lo be covered in two hours as against three and tnrec-quartcr hours by the present horse coaches., It has been decided by the Railways Department to build a number 01 powerful four-cylinder balanced compound engines lor use on the passenger and goods trains. These engines will have a greater tractive-power than any of the existing types, and will be a valuable acquisition to the rolling-stock. Designs are also heing prepared lor heaVy goods-engines to be used 011 tho heavy-graded portion of the North Island Main Trunk Railway, ami it is intended to make a commencement with the construction of these engines at air early date, in order that they may be completed in readiness for the opening of the line.

On Friday afternoon, a deputation, comprising Mr J. A. McKenna and MrC. E. Major, M.H.R. [or H&tfera, introduced by Mr Symcs, M.H.R for Patea, waited upon Sir Joseph Ward regarding a loan of £SOOO to complete the extension of the western breakwater at Patea from 600 ft to 700 ft, as rocommcnd?d by the engineer, Mr Leslie Reynolds. Sir Joseph Ward promised to favourably recommend the request to Cabinet. When it was reported at the last meeting of the Auckland Education '.ioanl that the five instructors from cMigland had arrived in good health ■likl spirits, a member of the Board "Why shouldn't they, when they come to God's own country from the most desolate place on earth—London !" The. exclamation was received with laughter by several members of the Board, but one or two were evidently not favouraH>ly impressed with the definition of London.

Tiie Napier Telegraph refers to a jromising Napier youth He is a ..'lever boy, hut lie will come to a !>a<! ending if he does not inetid. A iluashing by a healthy schoolmaster might do him good, and save him from the cat later. His method is ■is follows : He gets on to the hills introduces himself with a parcel sai l :! to (ome from a Napier firm,' and when lie is found that he is mistaken as to the parcel's destination lie discovers Uiat he lvas somehow lost sixpence. He hunts around Midcfalig-ab-ly, before life sympathising eyes of the good lady of the house, and failing to find his lost treasure he weeps. Then the good lady gives him sixpence, whereupon he departs to work the trick next door. It might 'be as Well if those who are Appealed to by this Jabez Balfour in future would detain him While they ring up the firm alleged to have sent liini out.

The Wcstinghouse brake, with which it Was deei-dtd to equip the colony's rolling-stock in the year 1900, has, up to the 31st March last, been lilted to 843 locomotives, 752' carriages, 217 brake Vans, 9708 waggons, and G travel! In-g-cranes, and had been I found to -be Ivighlv efficient an-.j an eminently satisfactory iadjunct -to our railway system. Its utrili-Vy -is ,»arjticularly- noticeable in l-lie daily i handling of the fast passtnger and heavy goods trains. But (or its adoption the satislactory increase which has been made in the speeds of the through passenger trains could not have been undertaken (says tiic Minister for Railways), as an efficient ftrake is( a sine qua non in all such cases. The installation of tire electric tablet, train stall, and ticket systems, and lite inter-locking of points and signals, was commenced -in laiil, and up to 31st March 1905, the tablet has been.ins'talled at 132 stations, 500 miles of line have been ' erected, and signals and points inter-locked at twentystations, abd staff and ticket working installed over sixty-six miles of line.

With a view to keeping pace with the increasing -business and further lugment-in-g the stock, a comprehensive programme has been prepared lor rolling-stock to be built in Hie Government railway workshops for the year en-ding March 21, 190 K. This comprises sixty' carriages, giving seating accommodation for 3240 passengers ; 211!) waggons, with a carrying capacity of 3047 tons; four 47jftand five 30ft bogie brake-vans. The additional waggons will be equivalent to 508 ordinary four-wheeled waggons. Besides furnishing the means whereby a very large number of -the artisans of the colony will be kept, in constant employment tins stock will (says the Minister in his annual statement), when complete, be of very material assistance in connection transport of the goods and, passenger traffic. Since the new through service was inaugurated between Wellington and New Plymouth, says the New Zea- , ' T ' m( '- S| the t-hrcugh train stops at Midhust; and imtny ( stalions on the line to pick up or set down passengers, and consequently the mail is frequently carried on to New Plymouth, and sent back next day. Th-is gives rise to great inconvenience, more especially when the train does not stop on Saturdays. Hie introduction of of the American system of landing and picking up mails has been suggested ; but the postal authorities state that it would cost too much. As a matter of fact, a former postmistress at Midhirst used to put on and take .off the mail by hand, whether the train stopped or -not. If litis is not now.practicable, some effort should -life made -to introduce the mechanical methods referred to, Perhaps the Government would favourably consider the matter if the settlers of any particular district contributed half the-cost oj the apparatus. It is very desirable that residents in isolated localities should receive their letters and newspapers with regularity, for they naturally appreciate very keenly com munieation with the w-orld beyond their district, and it should he the aim of the Government to help them in every possible way. M'' D. Bray, late secretary to the yaijjt Commissioner , for Ne|v Zealand, contributes an article on the butter and cheese trade of the colony to the current number of the Grocer. He points out -that in the past seven years the annual shipments of -dairy produce have Increased well over 200 per cent., and that last year's export totalled £1,623,354 in value. The article describes the characteristics of New Zealand butler ami cheo.se, the factory system, the;methods of grading, buying ami gh-ippjijg, a|i;J concludes thus 1 That the dajrying jnilus'tfy in New Zealand, qf given free 1 ! scope, ip capnable of enormous development in the opinion of all who have given the matter consideration, It has been pointed out -by many connected with he dairying industry in New Zealand that should the 5 per cent, preference advocated by Mr Josephthauiberjaiin and others conic into force, t-lio high frei-ghti charges from New Zealand will be counterbalanced, ami this distant- outpost of the Empire will be placed on an equal looting in this respect witMorcign coun- ! tries wnich are close alongside the principal markets of the Empire. This -question is, however, too large a ( ,one to b« rated into here." Ii

j I'hilip Eva, who recently got a small order against his two sons for maintenance, proceeded against his • two brothers, William and llnrry j Eva, at tine S.M. Court on Monday, ; with a view to Uieir contriibmirjg , towards his support. Defendants «[>- j peared in person, the first nanw.sl i pleading inability. to pay,' and the ! second consenting to an order for 2s Gd per week. The Magistrate made an order against each of tihe brothers for tlac payment of 2s t>d per week. ' A pair of black pontes are advertised for sale. A inost enjoyable evening is in store tor those who attend a'lecture to be given in the Primitive Methodist Church on Thursday (by the liev. J. J. Pemlray, on "Billy Bray." As .\f• Pendray knew the Cornish preacher intimately, he should have something fresh to te!l of this interesting character. In order to suitably open thm'.- new show i'o,i>ui, Messrs Morey and Moore have decided to place in the building hundreds of articles, ranging in p.ice from lid t!o t2« (id, price of 2s lid'. Their half-yearly which will be quitted at the fixed) sale takes place 'l'rotu Suturday next till Aug. 19. It is the intarution of the New Plymouth Harbour Board, at the next meeting to strike a rate of 5-16 d in the & on all rateable values within the Harbour Rating District. The rate book is mow open for inspection at the Board's office.

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