LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7970, 6 November 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Stanford Menhyc. mine, New South Wales, where the explosion ,(,c----ctnreil tin- other dav, was visited recently by Mr W. S. Lunn, secretary of the (lisboine Has Company. He was piloted lliiougli this and oilier the Newcastle district by air Adams, director of the Stanford colliery, wlio was killed, and was introdi'icfil to uiosl of those who lu-.vp 'hfHin killed or inijuixd in fif.< disaster. The various managers and deputies whose names are mentioned were particularly kind |o tlit- visitor, and no trouble secmeii to he too great to cinvhie liim to get an insiglil into the industry in which tlicy were engaged. Mr Ada'ms cspicially was ijiost IbispiVable, and spent a gord tlcal of time driving Mr Lunn about. The deceased gentleman was a director of spvi ral other colliers as well as the Stanli.r.:. lie was Hie owner ol a large brewery at Nowcaslle, and was a

very wealthy man, being one of the h/.ggesl landowners in Ihe district. lie appeared to be greatly respected by the miners, aid addressed them all by ih"ir Christian names. The Stanford colliery is one of the "show" mines of Newcastle ilisti'.cl, l.ing wotked on the most up-to-date lines, with electric coalcutiil's and various dither modern impr ivtsneais driven by electricity. No trace of lire-damp bad been experienced in the mime, and it was perfectly ventilated. , There were Kill employees in the mine, work I,'eiiiß carried on night anil day, and the output was aro'it liomf funs a dav.

'l">i'-* olher day n Oladstone native perform- .1 : , hair-raising f,,,i ■„• i.«.-.ng. I'eiT ferenuist', from a portion of thy Well krhwli Mel.-.inrhlin cliffs into the I'unmnhnnga driver, a distance of lie- feet. The native win fully dressed at the time. The l|-ss of giriflimtied land tax caused by the silb-divisicn ef bug' Hv t. n years from April I. 15'.1.1. to Mare', ). I'm.-,, j s £<. M.-,:', |Os <),|. Some i-ry large blocks oj_ while kauri K u.,i Inneii,-, cu unearthed in the K.-ii lui dislricl. Northern WaTroa. Son,., fortimale diggers found 1 lew. 01 one pocket. Illfl. below Ihe silrA me-sam' from Diiiieilin slates :h.ii the Orange Lodges an-1 I'robesianl Dcl'diCe Ass cialic.n celchiati ,1 •iiM-eio.nary of the iliscovcrv of Ihc -iiiii'OHilei plot hv uiarehing 'i„ proc ssli.i, to Victoria Hall, where"" the Rev. Tn snail liehl a uiiilid service 'lh'.ittiuilaiicr v.is.ii.ly moderate. Two Chinamen arrested ■ u ■Sunday jimming .i| !_lir,slchnn I: on aj charge of having opium in their poss- s ion no smoking purposes. -\" Aslihuito -,sage sa-s lh,t a iroposal to ho'il Ihc l:i.i,;| ei.nlest liii'ie in October, HUM, hes hecu well nc.ivril, and folic liiisiness mi", have ■-uaianleiil the flitel lon against financial loss. At llf lupicst held at (-hrslchifVcdi hi S.iliirday, relative lo the death of '■lie gminl Thomas (icort-e Harsh, llirouuli falling hclwccn two cais at Wmi:l-Io:i. the jury tvliiriici a Verdict thai iltatli was due to an accidcnla' -Mr T. V.. Taylors action again:-,! tli- Hun,-din Star has ia•■ -ii seiihd. Mr Ta.vlor accepting pa.wnenl in Court of I;-;.", pins coasts. '|i|„. pi,,,,.,. ,„ n Kes an apologv for ha\ ing published correspondence inadvertent lv hintine. I Iml the member for I'heislchurch

Wile.l to eons'! rm-1 an electric tramway under municipal ownership. This will l-.yih,. |i,-M jnnniripalh-own, d electric service in Japan.

The ''ann.liiin Co\erniu,.in has hud noiigh of the Iloul.hohors and the. ■eeelitric ways. I'-ei 5v,.,-n tliirl.x and forty iim-ii. womni, an,| girls ~f this sect recently made a 1.-oulir,. „f Ui.-ir .■loih.s. and started I arch Ih.-omdi tin- sir...-ts of 1,,,-kiow,, in FAleuie procession. Willi the result that sonic went lo goal ami som-,1 t,, an asvInin. Til,- lands reserv,..-! for (he. sect, have heen op, n, .1 for sctilement. and lieiin-l'-ortli live imp oil alio 'such •'■inn miiti. s is to be -disc, unigetl. A syndicate, iirM;,lj',g one v.i II known I'jiiiiisuta iisident lias (acconhng lo the Ak-area Mail) pr.u.tidily eoliipleleil the purchase ol a :junil-aiTe hlock oi hush in Kaikouia. It is the intention of il„. syndicalc, '.mm dutch- on the completion of thi| purchase, to institute sawmills, and carry on on a large scale. The I'xpoits irom Pa tea lor lite months of Octolnr, lljiia, were : llllllil, N.isr, ..,oM s, I2!l2cwt, value t21,111l : preservi :l meal, f>B7cwf. value i.'iXi ; heef, Ll2!!cwi, value.till? . wool, 2 hales, value -D.'f.'i , (minus i,i M.n. value i;2 ; lotal. t2l,K7n. Ml' (!• Tisi-h aiinoimecs ihal he will '< 'h' elect.us at 0ka1.., Talarai m.ika and Oakuia in the 7th, Nth and !lll ' iu-l. icsl'ectivclv

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