LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8032, 19 January 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■ • The whole of the electric street lighting arrangements in New Plymouth are now completed, with the exception of two lamp brackets hi Barrett I street. ' Mr B. Tippius has been recoui- \ mended for the office of dog tax col- ' lector for the borough of New Plymouth, and the Town Hull the regis- 1 tration ollice. The electric light distributing station : in Liardet-street, New Plymouth, is to be connected with the telephone system. The station and the power house is already connected by private phone. There are some, says Mr John Burns, M.P., who dream of* nothing else hut football. They are cultivating the wrong end of their anatomy -their feet instead of their heads. Providing the quality and price is satisfactory, the New Plymouth Borough Council will probably require IiUOO cubic yards of metal from the Government ligmonl Crushing Works. Over one hundred houses arc now connected with the New Plymouth sewerage system. Over £3O in lees under tliis heading have been collected by the Borough Inspector within the past month.

Parents will he pleased to learn thai the sanitary arrangements at the public schools in New Plymouth are being greatly impromi, and new latrines will be finished before the opening of the schools after the vacations. The generating plant at the electric power house was tested on Tuesday last for four hours, partly on full load and parlly on overload up to 40 per per cent. The machinery stood the test very well, everything being up to requirements of specification. " Thousands of the best type of manhood that ever panic lo a country were gathered on the West Coast," remarked Mr Seddon at llokitika, referring to early times; " but, hang them, they never got married, and they are not leaving any youngsters behind." The New Plymouth Borough Council has been recommended by the Works Committee to procure necessary fittings to light Barrett-street by electricity. The question of lighting the baud rotunda has been deferred in the meantime. The old order changefh. At the Borough Council Works Committee meeting on Thursday night, it was resolved lo recommend the Council to give the Gas Company one month's notice, terminating tlic present arrangement for street lighting. The electric light installation at|the Town Hall has been tested and worked satisfactorily. For the function in connection with, the opening ceremony this evening six special fittings anil lamps have been erected in the Council Chambers, in place of the ordinary 32 c.p. lights. An exchange says a phenomenal return from a herd of twenty-six cows has been obtained by an up-to-date supplier (o the Mastrrton Dairy Factory. For the month of December this dairyman received a cheque for C3O f2s, averaging ,fcl 7s lid per cow. f'be accuracy of the return is absolutely vouched for.

Fancy pawning two £lO notes for under a pound! This happened at Duncdhi a day or two ago. A man was arrested by Detective Hunt on a charge ef stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, shoes, and two £lO notes. It .seems that (he owner of the goods had the two notes concealed in his shoes, and the thief pawned the clothes and shoes without discovering them. The New Plymouth Borough Council Inspector has at last had his patience and vigilance rewarded, having been successful in getting information laid airainst several cycling by-law breakers. One ol the culprits is, according to the Inspector, an old offender, and another --we blush to write il --a Justice of I lie Peace. vNcxl week they will be requested u) loe the mark.

A calt-'birth extraordinary has occurred at TV Iviri, and its accuracy is vouched for by Mr Fred Walson." A cow gave birth lo a heifer calf, and nine weeks afterwards dropped A (hir[healthy bull call'. Incidents are known of twin calves being born, but a period of nine weeks between the first land second birlli is an occurrence remarkable for its pi'cul : arily. And whilst nature was exerted in one instance it has been depressed in another by reason of the mother ol' the calves going blind in the teats.

It is alleged that a large quantity ■ of railway material for the North fs- , hind Main Trunk line—including four traction engines, railway iron, drain ' pipes, and cement—has been shipped up the Wnnganui River and landed at I'ipinki, but cannot be taken lo its , destination in consequence of the bridges having, by decay and want of care,, become unsafe for heavy traffic. It is said that the bridges must either he strengthened at a great cost or the material taken back to Wanganui and thence by rail to Taihape. The Auckland Herald says: Mr Keith Matthews, of Taranaki* has invented a new process of dressing flax. The invention consists of the application of a high pressure water jet. The flux is merely passed under the jet, which washes away the epidermis and all the vegetable tissue, leaving j]ie fibre absolutely clean and of glossv whiteness. The advantages claimed lor the process are that no bleaching or padduckiug is required, the libre i» not bruised or broken, there is very little loss in the shape of tow, and that there are no uuslripped tail ends, thus doing aivay with the necessity of scutching. At the last meeting of the llawera Hospital Hoard, the chairman reported that an incurable had been sent back from Wellington. The chairman had sent him lo a boarding-house in town in the meantime, as there was no rnum for him in the hospital. The secretary had interviewed Drs. Valintiuc anil McGregor while in Wellington, and they informed him that there was no institution in the colony for such cases bid lie learned that the Health Department was making arrangements to erect tents on a place where (here was a large quantify of noxious weeds to be ' destroyed. The chairman thought the Government should legislate to provide ' for such cases, and moved that ar- - rangenieiits be made to accommodate the case at the Hospital, and that the ' Health Department be written to on l the matter,

HEHIT UEWAUOEI) \',Y OOI'RT () JUSTICE!. The acknowledged good <)ii:ililii-s anil ' success of SAM)t:ii ano Sons' Eucalypti xthact liiivo brought out many imitatiuns, ami one case was just, tried'in tlie " Supreme Court of Victoria, before hjs -, Honor Chief Justice Sir J. Madden, KGM.U., etc, ' ' 1 His lienor, in giving judgment, said , that whenever an article is commended t. I lie public by reason of its good quality, f etc., it is not permissive to imitate anv of | its features. Die imitators perpetually from doing so, he 'ordered 1 them lo pay all costs. * We publish this to afford the people an opportunity of protecting themselves, and of securing what is proved beyond all ; doubt by skilled witnesses at the Supreme Court of Victoria, and by many authorities during the last. :!l years to be . preparation of genuine merit,"viz.:.- , Tut: (it:ntink Saxjikr A So.vs' i 1'rtll; VoI.ATII.K KITAI.YI'TI ' 11 XTHACT. A purse containing £>l has power lo ' • purchase hut i!2 worth ~r goods. Kmone month, however, Mr ,1. 11, Parker, (he ( noted Jnwoller and Optician, of Devon St., will sell anv article from his choice and valuable stork for E5 per cent less than the marked original price, so £\ has really the purchasing power of £| e s . „,. I Ifscan secure ,tl wortli of goods. Tim Irmlc will he supplied on the same terms 1. Many article; are to goat less Ihnn eosi' v Adveiliscincnl gives furllicr information i The store in next to the railway erosshi", \ llig risks are run by cyclists who ride * with no bell or lamp, The local authori. |< ties are 'watching for "law breakers." It Don't run any more risks, when you can get a » good outllt, or any separate article to a complete your cycling lilt at .]. Hurle's h opposite flic l'ost Office, and at prices low 1 enough to touch the ground. Kepairs of .1 all classes are a special delight here, and v we are only satisfied when our customers h arc with out work.—Aclvt, u

A short story, entitled " Told to the I Sultan," appears on the fourth page. | The New Plymouth Harbour Board meets to-day. The adjourned cases against a number of bookmakers, lor belting at the Tarauuki J.C. Chris.nia.s meeting,come on for hearing al the New Plymouth I S.M. Court Ibis morning. Cyclists are at present heaping blessings on the authorities over the state of the road above the railway station. One has almost, to be a trick rider to dodge the stones that are scattered over tile r-.-id. An hour's raking would remove the present danger of "spills." From all indications, New Plymouth has secured a very complete electric lighting installation, and much interest is being taken in to-day's inaugurating ceremony. Of course, having a good light is a very important isideraliou, but the question of cost will no doubt appeal to the majority as of quite as much importance. The detailed ligures respecting ihe cost of the scheme will no doubt be divulged to-day. We understand tlie total cost will 'be found to run very close on £U,Oi.IO, a very much more considerable sum that that contemplated at the outset. The scheme, however, has been considerably enlarged upon since its initiation.