LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8159, 18 July 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

/ Oil indications are reported on the upper Rowan road, six or seven miLes from Kaponga. With the weather showing some signs of improvement, the directors of the Inglewood Oil and Prospecting Company are making arrangements for continuing prospecting on the propcl ies over «liich they hold boring options A big boarding-house is in course of erection at Douglas road, or Oriiru, the' present terminus of the Stratford. Ongarue railway. Mr Hartwell, of New Plymouth, is the contractor. The third sale of the series of Newton King',-; Taranaki hide and skin sales, was held at Stratford yesterday. There was good competition for the catalogue of two thousand hides, thirteen hundred sheep skius, twenty bales crutchings and eighteen casks of tallow, which were sold. Prime ox and cow hides brought ad to n.Jd and up to s\d, calf and yearlings up to oid ; sheepskins were unchanged and sold at late rates. Tallow made 20s lid to 22s 3d.

Cr. Hcllringcr is not yet content to |allmvllie all-night street illumination question to rest He is anxious' for further information on this matter, and has asked the Mayor to obtain from the Borough Electrical Engineer some definite figures as to (1) the cost to the Uorough of the present system of street lighting, showing the price per unit paid on the basis of i;ll)il per annum; |2l th»-incren>ed cost, giving tljc amount iteewi-d necessary to be allowed for wear ami tear, and the estimated value of the additional current consumed ; (a) continuing j.ll the I lamps throughout the night ; (b) continuing arc lamps only after midnight. An opinion is also desired on the point whether, as defined above (a) or (b) would be most desirable from an expert standpoint as affecting the running of the plant. To the point also is Cr. Bell. ringer's request that the Engineer furnish a comparative cost of using electric light at <>d per unit and gas at 7s <ii per 1000 feet. 0. T. PUNCH is a temperance drink And all good stores supply it; The tipple of gods, it's nailed, I tiiiik

Messrs. Gilmour & Pattie reports haying sold Mr Jackson's two farms at Tataraimaka, consisting of 530 acres, to a Stratford buyei; also 850 acres at Tarata to a local investor. . The census results shows that the population of the North Island ?s 476,891, and the South Island 4U,255. the increase in the North Island since 1901 is 80,320, ani the increase in the South Island 29,597, Haying failed to secure a single nomination after two appeals to the ratepayers, the Omata Road Board has to adopt the course of submitting) to the Tarnnaki County Council for its approval the name of a ratepayer to act ss a member of the Board. Accordingly, Mr J. J. Gilbert's name has been submitted.

The annual meeting of the Taranaki Boxing Association was lu-11 at Stratford on Monday night. After oonsidorable discussion regarding the advisability or otherwise of continuing the Association, it was resolved to endeavour to keep the Association alivo, and oflhors for the year were appointed. The matter of holding a tournament was left in the hands of the committee. The breadwinner has a friend in " Champion " flour. Its action in refusing to be cajoled or forced into the flour trust has been of incalculable benefit to every home. The trust has to keep down tho price of flour just a little, on account of " Champion" standing out for the people, and offering a superior article at a prioe that is much lower than what might be squeezed out if all millers amalgamated, and forced ;up tho price. "Champion" flour is advertised in this issue to-day. Mr tferrton King is the Taranaki agent.