LATE LOCALS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8002, 13 December 1905, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

The new hall at > I rrnui is now completed. The rumour that Egmont had nl-5 most carried no-license is unfounded. To carry this issue another 872 votes in favour were required. Mr T. '.loll, Okaiawa. is now jirning out 1U(I Imxes of butter daily, llis payments lor November l .nilk totalled £9626 Ifs '>d, on an idvance of 'JJd [ir.'l It) for butterfat.—Star. The Egmont Flox Company is considering the (jiiestioit, of erecting a destructor at its E-ltha.ni factory to uurn surplus shavings and sawdust. Ihe "Argus" suggests that the destructor might also be used (or dw stro.Ving garbage. From several quarters we have revived inquiries as to tile running of trains at Christinas time. There is a. very general -desire for a special to '.ravel southwards on Sunday, Christmas Eve. Fly this, means many lamilivs will I>e re-united for day. ■Such gatherings will be impossHilo without the suggested service. Jupiter, says the astronomical contributor of one of our contemporaries, is now by far the most conspicuous object in the heavens, almost midway between the great triangle in Taurus, and the well-known group (of stars called the Pk'iades. Owing to his exceeding brilliancy he is easily seen long Ijeforo the evening glow has faded into night, so that many persons have remarked him nnd wondered what star he was. He is most picturesquely and favourably situated for .observers, anil those having telescopes should mow look for his belts and satellites, which •an be seen with comparatively low powers.