LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8165, 26 July 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Teed, (l)oin.st, wishes us lo cor 'Vt ;uY|„,rl Hi.il he has analysed and tound "right " sample- of oil take. Iron, llir \V,mvl;:i v.,11.-y. €>nt;itn. films 11-.t rcponcd on simples from lhi> locality. Ivoru s.-ttl.'r.s ure not satisfied with I he administration of school all'airs in lheir (lislriii, and wish to have a school district constituted from (h, Oakum district. The matter will b< discussed at a public meeting oF householders on lilh August, .it which Mr Maunder, n nieniiier of the Education Board, will attend. Mrs Howling, head teacher of the West End School, wishes us lo state lhat Ihougk I he children were in charge of a teacher at the swimming class, lhat Mr Poland, caretaker of the baths, was the instructor, and it is he to whom the credit of |he process - made by the boys and girls is diu\" Providing a siillicicn! number of the ' parents of the cadets give consent so lhat a lair muster is assured, the Taranaki Kdncalion Hoard will give i|conseul. and co-operation to H„. ,„. 0 . posed scheme for the encampment of cadets al Chrislchnrch. al Eslnbilion lime, and the schools inlerested will he circularised. The Maori is gival ~( nillU(lol| . Recently a Maori wahine obsenci a ' pakeha housewife carefully starching ', some linen dollies. On reaching home Ilio dusky lady immediately washed ( the only pair of sheets she owned, and, ' haying made n bowl of liquid starch' immersed the sheets. Of course, when t the sheets dried, they were as crisp t as brown paper, yc.verlhele.ss, the 1 oh! lady put them on the bed. Hubby's n remarks on "turning in" for the night o [ cannot be recorded in the English lan- j> Rung*-'- v A daintv little lunch, " With a glass of O.T. PUNCH, Is the acme of perfection, u Nu /oar of cemtrudictiun, 1

Hyancmths are already blooming in 1 the open-air at New Plymouth. The Taranaki veterans hold their reunion on 2nd August, at tho RedL House. A rifle match will take place \ on the morning of that date. - At the Central School on Tuesday, a 1 boy named Jenkinson, while playing L with other boys, met with a painful i accident. He fell off. a fence, and sus- i tained a broken nose. Tho top soil from the railway deviation works is now being carted into Fillis street, adjoining the Kecreation Grounds, and will be stacked for future requirements in the improvements to the sports ground. Mr J. A, Gilruth, Chief Governtnent Veter; nar ; a n, lias informed tho secretary of Agricultural Society ■ that the su-jjj cct 0 i his address at New •■ Plymouth wil j pro bably be " Tho Cow's Udder." jj e w i|[ also touch on the P'B-raising industry. Whilst one of the drays was . negotiating the Fillis street mud on Wednesday afternoon with a load of i top-dressing for the Kecreation ' Grounds' improvements tho axles broke, . and the dray was laid aside for the remainder of the day. The next anaual show of the Tara- „ naki Agricultural Society will be held at New Plymouth on Wednesday and Thursday, 28th and 29th November, i, just a week later than the Hawcra ■> show. Ii A suitably inscribed silver trowel was used on Wednesday in laying the e foundation stono of tho Technical *< School. This has been presented by e the contractor, Mr K. W. Bond, to Mr B Henry Faull, as a memento of his share in the erection of the building. 1, On Tuesday, whilo playing football a at the Central School, a boy was , knocked over and received concussion of tho brain. He was taken to the '■ hospital. J Tho Board's workmen are now en- <• gaged in shifting the tree-ferns and Ii shrubs of value to tho Recreation Grounds, from that portion of the ground that is to be demolished or out '' .way in connection with the miproyee ment scheme

In a hollow below tho foundation stone of tho New Plymouth Technical School •rere enclosed yesterdiy copies of the l'ahanaki Daiiy News, and the other newspapers in Taranaki, a list of the members and officers of the Turanaki Education Board, mid the njm.es ol i.he contributing bodies. Mr A¥. C Kensington, UnderSecretary for Lands, accomp niied by the Commissioner, members of the Liud Biard, and Mr W". Symes, .vI.H.U., yesterday inspected Mr A. Bayly's estate, near Toko, which, it lias been proposed, should be acquired for closer settlement.

Tko agitation for tho formation of the Eltharn, and portions of adjacent ridings of tko Hawera County Council into an Eltham County, has been revived. Waimate Road Board (Hawera County) is also moving in the direction oE forming tke district into a county. Mr McGibbon, Mayor of Gore, and Mrs McGibbon, paid a visit to the New Plymouth Municipal Electric Light Works on Tuesday, iu company with Mr E. Eockrill, Mayor of New Plymouth, and Mr Black, electrical engineer. The visitors expressed themselves as being delighted with whai they saw. Mr Langley, who writes in another column on the value of swimming, is well qualified to speak on the subject. He is probably one of the most accomplished swimmers we 'iave in the colony. In his day he has met in competition men like Capt. Webb, J. Taylor (the Army and Navy champion), James Fanning, .1. Nuttal, and others, and held his own very well with them.

Mr G. 11. Morgan, New Plymouth lgent of the U.S S, Co., in c impany vith Oiptiin Holford, have returned from Knwhin, where they made a survey of tin- hirbnr and entrance, with a view to hiving It i«llia made a port of call for the Corinua, which now ruus from Onchungn to Duncdin, via New Plymouth., The matter has yet to be leoided, but there is some reason to believe that New Plymouth is likely to bo placed in a better position than ever to cater for northern trade.

Building is reported to be particularly brisk in Elthani at present, '•iuite a number of substantial resilences are beiuj put up, every builder md contractor in tko town being fully employed. Several new office premises ire on the point of completion, and two very large business premises are about to be commenced. When Rltliam has finished the asphalting of the full width of its main streets, it bids fair to become the most attractive country town in the provinco.

The huge now factory which is being erected by the Egmonf Box Company, Ltd. (Elthani), is approaching completion, and when finished will bo one of the most imposing factory buildings along the line. The machinery that is to be installed will giye tho company in output of 2,500 butter boxes per lay. The maximum capacity heretofore was 1200 boxes. Even under the enlarged and improved conditions, the company will have no surplus power, the demand being sufficient to kcop the plant going full time.

After 27 years' scryicc as a member of (lie Taranaki Education Board, Mr Henry Fault should be able to speak with the knowledge of experience in reference to the Board's staff. Al Wednesday's meeting cf that body, he moved a vote of thanks to the officers if tht; Board, and paid a warm tribute to the efficient manner in which all office work was carried out, He specially mentioned the secretary, Mr P. S. Whitcombe, who always seemed with all information required by j-1,0 Board. Mrs Dougherty remarked i] t at some members might not be reelected. "We may come, and we may „ 0 but I suppose Mr Whitcombo wiil go ' o n for ever," remarked Mrs Doug. ij cr ty, a supposition that caused merriment among the members, but a feeling of consternation and fear seemed depicted upon the countenance of the popular secretary.

Tlie growth of settlement along the Kast road from Sjrfonl is such that ||„. scltl'-l' l ' :lt ■ ll » u S las > tlll! present | V1 .,„; n , 1s of tin-' Stratford-Ongaruc , r ,;(„-.,,, works, luivo moved in the ' lireciion of obtaining improved eduea- ■ Honal facilities for their children. The e'tlement is , ' tl " ule ' s om l e ueilrcsl s'-honl at Toko; and six or eight m : !ns 'sonirate it irom otl,er schools. In the erection of Ikoir public hall the provision for the eduea-t-n of the children by lining and "thn? up ,-oinfoplably a largo room at fie hack of the building. I hesc facts ■•■ or, mentioned on Wednesday when fcli.- Tannnki education Board d,s----eu-i-ed an wliealio" for the appoml- ,„,.„( of a teacher the -fettlemeat Vr Mo'.khousc supported the applicaHon, and pointed out that Douglas is likely to he an important centre oi that district. At tin 1 * point the rail-fl-iv leaves the mam road and it does noh. |-o. I( -U (ho road ngHin for a distance iof nine miles. This will, he thinks, •<n.i,i he a good .iuilct'o" 1 lmvu > support- , m- a school of from 5° lo lil) P ,l P'l«. | A surges l ton was ma lll> lnal ,l school ■ be established as a side school con- , "erted with Toko, « s 'lie ])arenls ; H'u-ned anxious Unit l'"' elder pupils ' sl»vild 1-oiiliiin.i to reeeive their instruct,,,,, from Mr A' I ™, tlie head- 1 master (here. A motion that tli,.

settlers be recommended to enqimv iuln the possibility of conveying tliei* eluldren lo the Toko school was withdrawn, and the Board agreed to estabhsh a temporary school. The attendance will probably bo from ten to twenty pupils. The TSgmont Box Co. (Kltham) invite tenders, to close on Monday next, for the erection of a brick storeroom at TCllham All particulars are obtainable at the Company's office and at the olllee of Messrs Percival and Messen-' gor, Tnglewood. As the notice is somewhat short, intending tenderers should interest themselves right away, For Children's Hacking Cough at uighl, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure I IsOiliwdgsOdpor.bouißj