The Daily News TUESDAY, JULY 31.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8169, 31 July 1906, Page 2

The Daily News TUESDAY, JULY 31.

Midhirst notes appears on our fourth page. So far as can be ascertained, the lambing in this district is likely to re•uru a good percentage. Twins and triplets are everywhere to be seen. The Karawa, having completed her annual overhaul, has now resumed her Oiichiinga-New Plymouth running, and the Ngapuhi returns to the North of Auckland service. At the annual meeting of the Sir itford Farmers' Co-operative Association, held yesterday, the balance-sheet presented disclosed a balance on the year's operations of £2872 Is sd. During (he year 1,10H,8531bs of bitur had been manufactured at a cost of !)(!d per lb. The report and balancesheet were adopted. Hare Matcnga, the east coast native, who is living in a :date of outlawry, last week committed two fresh robberies, one at Mr Wallis's, Hairua, and another at W. Ryan's bush cam]-, stores being taken in each case. It is getting difficult to obtain bushmen to go out to camps owing to Matonga's frequent depredate., ns. The rrankley Koad Board decided on Saturday to write lo the manager of the Koru sawmills, drawing attention to certain damage done to the road by alleged careless driving of horse teams, and requesting that the by-laws be strictly observed in future. We do not vouch for the truth of the rumour, that the defeat of the Taranaki footballers by Otago on Saturday has had the tendency to decrease the value ot oil shares, and has also caused a slump in the price of Taranaki butter at Home. The piece of native bush recently reserved on the Barrett road for scenery preservation purposes, has not yet been protected from the depredations of. stock, and the ferns, palms, and other undergrowth are suffering considerable damage. The Premier is convinced that the Exhibition buildings will be ready in teue for the dale fixed for opening, but 'ie is lot si sure that exhibitors will be re; dy. Son e of them, be says, .iiyn-t r alisc low much time they urns' a Jot for preparing and setting up their exhibits. The premises so familiarly known as •' the old mill," and now destined lo be•«me (lie up-to-date warehouse ot lessrs L. D. Nathan and Co., at the op of Currie ,-trecl, arc already undergoing some slight alterations. The •var buildings are being demolished, in jrder to allow of the machinery being removed, but, as yet, the pi in of alterations has not been decided upon. There is every probability tint the Viniki AL'rieiiHur-il Society will hold i meeting ;.i ralford. Mr Gilrulh, Chief Veterinarian, has promised to leliver a lect > " at that town under lie Society's auspices, on the nighl Jiicceeding'his New Plymouth address. The dates will be towards the latter end or August. Mr P. McGregor has assumed con '.rol of the Barrett road slaughtering■ilace for cattle condemned by the the Government inspectors. In future .10 lauds will be killed except under Government inspection. Th's system is now i,i yogue, Mr Rowan being the • up-rvising official. l;i the New Plymouth S.M. Court on \L'!iday a rj«ro' consider ible interest to slo.-kcwner- oceanic 1 the major | ..-.ition ef the i!av. (I. liiddcJl sue. 1 ■; le iVw for £1 '' for " go k\- .-old an ! d ■iiverc.l." Mr Kerr appeared for tin / M;ii!T. .md Mr Quillum lor defen o.i-i>. >'■: ;.■.■! ion was rued to lb, form of the cia.i.;. an ! ;'. « is amende' so that the pli-:.lM' chimed tlO f,. fir amount of g"o ! s c'liveried l>> iefcndauls to th-;i' o.wi use. h\\, . the cvi.hn.v it apiaarcd liial l.w ee.sts belonging t-' lb-' defendant - escaped from the abattoir lands, ami got in to Kiddell's section. Tie defendants were communicated with, and in company with |he slaughterman and auother witness, the beasts were identified and brought to the abattoirs. Then plaintiff and one ot the defendants met at the abattoirs, and the plaintiff seemed to acquiesce in the decision that the animals were Sole's, and the beads were killed in the hitler's name. Three slaughterman identified Ihe beasts as the two that escaped from Sole's mob. For the other side it was pleaded that the hides were examined by plaintiff and his man, and on one of them was found the registered brand of ICiug and George, from whom plaintiff had bought cattle. Judgment was reserved. The takings al tin- Otago-Tara-naki match on Saturday amounted to At the last meeting of the Council uf the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce, .Mr Malone attended by the expressed wish uf the President to lay before the Council bis views for the proper representation of the '1 nranaki district at the furthcoming International Kxbibiiion at Christchurch, by way of an enlarged pictorial mao of the v. bole district, setting forth the nature, quality, and cost of land for settlement in the several blocks, together with an illustrated booklet describing their resources, sport and scenic attractions, minerals, timber, etc., mid lo have the Taranaki court made attractive by exhibits of specimens of natural history, ferns, curiosities, and photographs. It was ultimately resolved that this Chamber cordially agrees that the representation at the Christi liurrli Kxbitibtion should be of the Taranaki provincial district as a whole, and not of any particular pails to Ihe exclusion of others. A well attended meeting was held at Kltham on Saturday to consider the proposal to form an ITtham county. The following moth n was unanimously carried: "That, in the opinion of this mot-ting-, the time has arrived when, in the interests of the whole district, a new county should be formed, to include all that portion of the district having, the town of Kit ham and the railway sta- ! lion for its natural centre. A" riniilnillec insisting of Messrs liocldir. I'l.iuley. T. Jenkins, <•;„,, t, and Mm ray was M -i up !,, take the nccess.nv steps t,j hay,- tI H , „i-w county At the monthly meeting of the Kianklev !<o;„l Hoard on Saturday. Messrs ||. ((key (Chairman), C. ])ilbng. \V. Jemison. and K. s. Allen were present. Messrs IJiUJi,,.. . in .| for ./.:.; in lonueciion with "some n-rl: done ,„, a side ,-,,;„] |, v \i, l-rosi. The res,,i u ,i,,n j, x \ nK ,]„, loii'Mtc 0, ;,,,(! ,-,,-,,aoiis amounting '" /'o- ;,,. ;„, iM-1i,,., /-,,,, M| - 4 _ Ila]| - ve.ii s m'eie-t on spree,] loans, were. o-a--e'.l f„ r payment. Speaking at a meeting at llnnnepos.,l i„ ..,.„,] a„ agent Home !,, act :i - I"';-'"- ''e'ective towards the 1,,,, '■"' " l:iL "~- as s,„|, :l m;|1) W()l| , cl I' 've no leeal siamlii,..- and the •'-'[• '-'the •■;„,,;,," ,„„Wheshut : "''' ll '-' I'""- He, however, approv. ■•;' -r m. r,, llfi -, M., ■„,<]!„', „r '"'■ f.overnniHii grade,s ||„, n( . |,, in| """' >" i 1 ""'- as he, ]„;„,. ,|„, ~„„„._ •■'•■■■•' '.cent „f ,|„. (;,,v,-,nin„t. would j ( ';; ( : ;'; ! '''" "i> m„, i, u-,-i„\ i. : „„wTl "' '-''die I has .T.rH,.,] In:ll „,.;. '/''eM'o.k ounce, „,., sbi„pr,s, |„.i,,,, '!'•' '-cises of |,res 1„ wool cargoes. B irctains, \„ a bargami. ami Inscesl bargains, „ V e (be order of |]„. ,l„ v ~| Melbourne Cln|h,V; Companv's g,v„f sale. There's nnthin? Irnrnperv abeii' imv of the :t!l hjo- nlTerinss. and the savings nil Mind are good and so'id.— Auvt. For Cluldren's IM-imr PoutrTi at niahl. Woods' Croat Pennermiiit Cure Is Gd and 2s Od peiiboltle. I