LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8126, 4 June 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"Extraordinary Prosperity" is the title of an aiticle appearing on the! fourth page, A slight shook of earthquake was experienced in New Plymouth early on Sunday morning.

There was a good attendance at the > T ew Plymoutn Recreation grounds on Sunday atternoon, when the Garrison Band gave a programme of instrumental music that was much enjoyed. Ladies who have promised platos for the Fitzroy Fire Brigade ball this evening will greatly oblige by having the same ready by 10 o'clock this morning. Two dairy oompanies in Victoria have divided over a million pounds sterling amongt their suppliors since the beginning of the year 1892. The two factories that have aohieved this great record are Glenormiston and Oamperdown.

The amount of butter in the cool stores of tho colony at the end of April was as follows:—Auckland, 13,668 boxes; New Plymouth, 7413 ; Patea, 16581 Wellington, 19,100-, Lyttelton, 2500; a total of 41,339 boxes.

A wash-out has occurred on the road being coistructed past Veale's estate, Barrett Road Board district, nearly making a clean break of the formation. The trouble seems to have been caused through the culvert at the point not being large enough to oarry away the storm water accumulating during a heavy downpour.

In giving a final reminder of the Fitzroy Fire Brigade ball this evening, we cannot too warmly advocate its patronage by the public in general. This brigade is especially deserving of support, and we trust that the opoortunity now presented of according it assistance will be very largely|used. The arrangements are most complete, and a thoroughly enjoyable evening may confidently be guaranteed,

The export of butter from the New Plymouth Freezing Works still continues, though in greatly diminished quantities. The Corinna will load 377 boxes to-day for Wellington. There was none exported in the corresponding trip oE last year, and only six boxes were shipped on May 22nd, 1905. The season is being unusually prolonged.

While in Wellington last week, says the " Eltham Argus," Mr C. E. Major, M.E.R., hid an interview relative to the Eltham-Opunake railway scheme with Mr Hall-Jones, who said that sufficient information wo«ld be to hand in a week or two to decide which would be tho best route. In reply to a letter from Mr Major, Mr Hall-Jones stated that there is no intention at present of extending the survey from Opunake to the bay. The big rainfall, and the consequent high stale of the Stony Eiver, completed tho work of deviation begun by the local bodies. A channel had been made in the required direction when heavy rain set in, and the river rose rapidly. Very soon every yestige of the dangerous obstruction, which threatened to divert the river on to neighbouring farm land, had disappeared, and instead of the stream being only about twenty feet wide at this point, there is now a clear waterway of a couple of chains. Tho scour was terrific, tho river-bed being lowered by quite twenty feet.

The Chief Justice yosterday sat her j as a Koyal Commission to hoar. a petition by William Humphries, of New .Plymouth, who claims from the Crown £2126 compensation for being deposed of titles to land acquired in presumed accordance with the law. Mr Humphries petitioned Parliament in connection with the matter, and the Native Affairs Coinmitteo of tho House decided thst a judgo of the Supreme Court should hold tho inquiry and report not later than the Ist July to the Goveraor.

It was in a local hair-dressing saloon. Thoro was a stranger in the chair, and he was most anxious for particulars about the " hvpnolie drive." Each and everyone told him how the thing was " faked," tho drag would he drawn by tho circus horses, who wero trained to the game, and so on. The stranger said ho would make a point of seeing the drive. Just as he was leaving the room another individual rushed in, almost colliding with tho stranger. "Hullo, doctor," he exclaimed, " ready for your drive P" 'Doctor' was Professor Bonner, the man who was managing the drive! The discomfiture of the wiseacres was complete.

Considerable interest is being mani. fested in the boxing tournament which takes place on Thursday next. The departure is practically new to New Plymouth, a scientific boxing display never having been witnessed here. The man who can take care of himself by his knowledge of clever boxing is unfortunately not to be found as easily as fifteen or twenty years ago, and the general movement throughout New Zealand to resuscitate what threatened to become a lost art will meet with unqualified approval on all sides. From a physical training point of view, boxing must rank second to none. A few of the inevitable results may be noticed in the average boxing man, soundness of chest and of wind, muscular development, nerve, quickness of eye and action etc. Columns might indeed be written on the subject.

We would like to call the attention of the Barrett .Boad Board to the state of the footpath on the Devon line between Cutfield road and the Belt road. Somo time ago workmen were employed forming a kerbed footpath on this stretch, but after doing about a third of it work ccised—-this several days ago. As a result it is almost impossible for pedestrians, especially women folk, to negotiate in wet weather either the path or road, as was actually the case last week. On the unfinished end of the path the drays have broken the drainage pipes connecting with the street, and this naturally has not improved the state of the path. We hope the Board will immediately push on with the work and so give relief to the unfortunate people who are compelled to use the thoroughfare in quostion. Mr N. Greiner, well-known to our Inglewood readers as a straight and up-to-date business man, has taken over the premises and business of Mr J. H. Parker in Devon street, New Plymouth. Despite the ravages in the stock as the result of the clearing sale, the shop still carried an exceptionally valuable and varied assortment of watches, clocks, brooches, and all kinds of jewellery when Mr Greiner took possession, and ho has already added to it iu no small way. It is doubtful whether any jeweller in Tarunaki is in a better position to supply the needs of the people than Mr N. Greiner, whose shop is next tho railway crossing in Devon street.

All witnesses called in connection with tho football disturbance are asked to call at Mr Stacker's oflico this evening, at 7.30.—A dvt.

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