LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8060, 7 March 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

flic Mini ill £5.32 lis 7d, overdue and irrecoverable rates, lias been struck oIT the laraiiaki County Council's records, Ihc wceklv session of the Egniont Lodge, No. 1.12, 1.0. G.T., was held in the Primitive Methodist schoolroom on Monday evening. Four new members were admitted. Bro Slokes, D.G.C.T.. installed the following officers :—C.T., Bro. J. C. Legg; Y.T., Sis. Legg; I'.C.T., Bro. Harlncll; Sec., Bro. Hooker; A. Sec., Sis. Uiluier; Mar. Bro. Stokes ; D.M., Sis. Frethey. Bro. Stokes was recniimeuded for D.D.G. C.T., and a short programme of musical items and recitations made up a most enjoyable evening.

A\ aitara and Inglewood municipal circles arc niucli exercised just now about tin' county -special bridge rate. The Town Clerk of luglcwood recently wrote to (lie Tarauaki County Clerk for particulars of the rate. Mr Ellis promptly Mired to the Treasury Department, and obtained information that bulk these boroughs, having voted upon the loan proposals, and having been included in the special bridge rating area, were liable to pay the special rates. The loan was raised oil the vote of Ihe ratepayers on January 7th, l'JOii, under the " Loans to Local Bodies Act. ISI01." The rate was struck on the whole county, but was nut collected in Inglewood The first ! rate (one-twelfth of a penny in the £) became due on April Ist, liiu;!, and the Inglewood Borough was constituted in March, just a few days previous. The county has irrecoverably lost one year's rates from Inglewood, for arrears of special rates cannot be collected. There is little doubt that (lie rate over (lie w hole county will be struck and collected in fill 1(1-7.

KIIKniATIC yiTFEIiKRS. Don't waste your money by the pureliase nf liniment or pills wliieli ;it the besl only :ilVonl temporary relief. (>o lu (lie root ol the trouble and expel I lie urie in-ill (the real ranse of rheumatism) from your system. This you ean onlv ilo by tailing a meilinne wliii-h drives out the urie aeiil. I'lieuiuo wiil ilo lliis for you, ami you will lie surprised to find tiie wonderful cure effected by S taking a few doses. Read the published testimonials from leading eitizens all over Now Zealand in favour of Khemno, and try it for yourself. .Sold by all chemist* and stores at is Oil and is lid per bottle.

The Egiuont Licensing Committee I meets at Wnitara to-day. The Italian string baud, at present in town, has been engaged to dispense music at the swimming sports on Thursday, The Garrison Band will give their second municipal concert at " the Pines " on Friday evening. Members of the Tarauaki Field Club will make au excursion to Huirangi on Thursday, leaving New Plymouth at 1 p.m. The quarterly meeting of the Tarauaki Chamber of Commerce takes place this evening.

Harvest thanksgiving services will be held at Whitcly Church on Sunday, and a public social in connection therewith ou Monday. lu connection with the various schemes for raising funds to complete the Western Park improvements, a public ball is to bo held at the Theatre Royal on Monday, April 16th, Prizes for tlio Recreation Grounds euchre and bridge party are on view' at Mr G. Griffith's, in Devon-street, They include a couple of pretty silver butterdishes, an inkstand, and a barometer, It is expected that a number of the returning footballers will be present at the West Coast Swimming Sports 011 Thursday, an invitation having been sent to Mr Dixon, the manager of the team, to that effect. About fifty singers took purl in the practice last night for the sacred concert to be held in the Theatre Royal on Good Friday night, in aid of the Recreation Grounds improvement. There arc still vacancies for tenors and altos. On Sunday next, in Mr H. Sole's beautiful grounds on Avenue-road, the Garrison Band arc to give one of their popular concerts The grounds, which contain some of the best bush scenerj iu the district, and an enchanting fern ',' lade, will probably be thrown open to the public, The County Clerk is at present " billing " traction engine-owners for payment of permit fees for using the I'aranaki County roads. The annual license costs £4O, but the owners evidently prefer to pay the permit fee ol ten shillings for each occasion on which they use the road.

In consequence of the distrest among the Maoris reported in souk quarters, owing to the failurt of the potato crop, the Hon. Hall Tones has decided, after conferrin, with the Hon. Jas. Carroll and lcadin. chiefs, to liud employment for fron one to two hundred natives on tin southern end of the Main Trunl Works. The Tiiranaki Licensing Conimittei met on Tuesday. Police reports H er. favourable in .reference 10 the varioin hotels. It was decided 10 draw tin attention of the police to the prcvalcnei of drunkenness amongst the Maori.' recently, and particularly 011 Saturdays 111 New Plymouth, and to ask tin police to ascertain where the native! procure (he liquor. The secretary of the Stratford Horti cultural Society writes to inform u.that record entries have been rcecivec for their show, to be hehl|in the Strat ford Town Hall to-day and to-morrow Entries have been received from al parts of the North Island, and w< would strongly advise visitors to thschool excursion to-morrow to visit tin show. The society are making are dnction in the price of admission li school children. Everything points ti a very successful show.

1 In connection with the confcrcinc to he held at Moturoa Freezing Work o-day, a special bus service lias beei irranged to meet the 10.45 a.m. toiin. Lunch may be had at the Moluron Hotel, and during the afternoon re freshmciils will be dispensed at tin freezing Works. Among those present •vill he Messrs J. A. Kiusclla (I)uiri Joinniissiouar), D. Cuddle (Assistant Dairy Commissioner), A, A. Thorntoi (Grader at Auckland), W. Wright (Grader at Patea), and A. G. Shirley (Instructor).

Mr M. Jones, livery stablekecper New Plymouth, recently drove tin .Mayor and Councillors of New Plymouth, and other residents lo thi electric iiower-hou.se ill. Mangoroi, traversing. of course, the County road. He was observed by the County foreman, and reported to the ollire, upon which Mr Jones received a request for payment of half-a-crown as a fee charged 011 unlicensed vehicles. Tin matter was discussed at Monday's meeting of the Council, when .a letter was received from Mr Jones. Ihi Chairman lias to interview him Id explain mallei's. Oil Monday a couple of tenders wore classed ns iufornial by the County Council, because no deposits were enclosed. A few minvites Inter a telegraphed tender was considered, also without a deposit. Mr Orbell, engineer, offered to guarantee the amount of the deposit, which was for Messrs Pikctt and Wilkie, but Mr Adlain considered that no guarantee was ns good as the hard cash itself. Although he did not doubt the tenderers' or the guarantor's ability to pay, lie said hi ivas opposed to tins differential system of dealing with tenders. Messrs Piketf and Wilkic's tender was accepted, and the cheque for the deposit arrived a few minutes later.

The Grand All Nations Fair, which the Garrison Band is holding at tinend of the month, gives promise ol being one of the most successful affair.jf the kind held in New Plymouth. One of Ihe main attractions is the monster art-union for which very vainable prizes are offered, including n beautiful carved sideboard, now on view in Mr E. Dingle's shop window, lickels, \ibich may be obtained from band members and Mr Dingle, are reported to be selling exceptionally well. On the opeuing night, a torch-light procession, in which the volunteer cadets, Fire Brigade, and Friendly Societies will participate, is to be held. As the Fair is to be held during race week, |he patronage! is certain to be large.

Two ch'clric lights have been erected on the Neii- Plymouth wharves, in such •i position as to light the passenger wharf alongside Hie trains which draw up to the steamers. A little while ago, it was staled by the harbor authorities that when this lighting was provided—and not before then—the steps would again be used to assist passengers lo alight from the trains. Al present, this is uo easy matter, for the platforms I are about -feel liinches above the wharf decking, and the lower step docs not

project as far as the upper ones. As a consequence, aged people, or the sick and iulirm who travel by this route to the ltotorua and Hot Lakes sanatoria, have great dilliculty iu alighting. The Railway Department, while agreeing to the proposal to provide landing steps considered that without proper lighting on the wharf, tkey would lie a source of danger to people walking along the wharf. For rebiiblo boots and shoes of all [ sorts at bedrock prices go to Doekrill's, Devon Street Central, who lias earned the reputation for the last 25 years of selling the above class of boots at the lowest prices. Postal orders alwavs receive extra attention, as I guarantee to give every satisfaction iu lit and style.—A dvt.

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