The Daily News SATURDAY, AUGUST 4.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8173, 4 August 1906, Page 2

The Daily News SATURDAY, AUGUST 4.

I Wo hear oil tlio best uulliority that the Midhirst Dairy Company have soil 1,000 boxes butter ut IOJd per lb. and that they could sell more if they chose at the same li^urc. The euchre parly held at the Westown Hall on Thursday evening was largely attended and an enjoyable evening ensued. It is understood the affair was distinctly a financial success. The Corinna will arrive from South on Saturday next, 11th insl., mste; d of her usual day (Monday) and wi'l sail the same evening for South Islai ! parts via Onthunga. Shippers a asked to note the alteration. A systematic effort is to be made to diminish the small bird nuisance : i Clifton County, and the Council lias ordered three hundredweight of poisoned grain for free distribution among the settlers. The Eltham Co-operative Dairy Factory manufactured over 715 tons ■ of butter last year, an increase of 82 tons on the output of the previous 8 'ason. Suppliers were paid no less Ih ,n .C(SO,S2I for butler fat. Owners of pet dogs will do well to keep them oil the chain for a term. It is reported that several'" kuris " have ended their existence in New Plymouth lately from the effects of poisoning. The provisional directors of the Taranaki Oil and Freehold Company , met ou Friday, and iixed Saturday. 1 2dth August, as the last day for receiving applications for shares. The secretary reported that of the shares ■ a 1 lo! e I io T ii'.i'nki, only a few re- ' in.,int.!, u'luUl outside brokers reported a strong (kiunn I. The amount required before the i o111; any can go to ilhla.eiit has alreadv been over-sub--eribe.l. i The edil ii o" oar Stratford contemporary is very poorly versed ill the ethics of jounialNti- ciurlcsy. Almost daily lie brightens up his columns by voluminous chipping from the Daily News. We do not grudge his readers the pleasure and instruction gained from these items, but certainly think it is up to oil.' iYieud to acknowledge the source of his iuforma:ion, and not persistently pas; it off us his own. Particularly we object to his praelice of pirating interviews which appear in our columns, and presenting them to his readers in a maimer clearly mean s to convey the imeresMon that they are the result of th-} enterprise ut i';e "Stratford Post." At the Clifton Counly Council on Friday, Cr, O'Sullivan brought up the •; matter of the Mangania-.-ho road, which w.is made out of a loan raised by three sealers. There was a large tract of in,used native land that was not eonIr.bating a penny. These lintiye lands, he thought, should be made to pay ilirir share of road maintenance and ,■ ini'tiMcii oi. .lie asked the chairman . io bring up the matter at the Counties Loiiiereiica. The chairman slid these i:l:ve lan-ls ought to be made rateable, I lien th- Maoris would see that tuey were urued io prolh. That j wo::l.l s i!ve l'.,r dnii -n't y. The matter would l«e lb', us-e.l at the conference, .. as ii lia-i alrea l ! ,■ b n remitted The follow ng are samples of the ' stories ol ratepayers in Taranaki, who '' have been threatened by local bodies with legal proceedings for recovery of , rates. They are out isolated instaive>, but a couple selected out of do/ens thai could be quoted. "I have lost and had damaged sto.-k Io the value of £l2 on this track, w'i;n i' driving them in Io -my .-e----tion. I consider the County should

make this amount good, or deduct the -■ rates from this amount and send uk the balance. Another letter maue n similar complaint, and aided, "the - only hope for us baekblock settlers i, to ; ell our holdings, or throw them up 1 I Mr Newton King sold the Jciseo! portion of section 2335, adjoining tin Town llall, on Friday, to Mr C. W j Govett, as agent, the upset price being £1 lUs per foot, Eginont, street frontage, and one sub-division at 12 per fool King street frontage. The condition provide for the erection of a building , at .1 cost of not less than £ISOO. Excellent indications of oil are to be found an tlio property of Mr Joe Burgess, wlicsc farm is situated a few . miics south of lugleivood, near Norfolk - load. La>t Sunday a parly of live went out Io investigate, and were abie to boil their billy over one of the gas i holes. It is rumoured that boring operations are to commence shortly in thai district. On Friday a number of the senior pupils of tiie Cenlral School were taken Io I lie Recreation Grounds, . whe.-e they weiv given an intere.Niiny , *■ 11 d pru "Ileal hoiaiv I,n by Mr Knsvr. -Mr D.unpsey, beadmaster, and \lr F. P I 'orkul', Chairman oi I In l lle.'re-ili ni Groiiadi Hoard, •u-ie in attend inre. county e'erk in ihis d : slriet lias revived a somewhat threatening letter 11oal a ratepayer in answer to a notice lli it imp ii.l r.ite> "ere io lie sued for. Tne ietter states tlia'. par ieulars have not been sent in a legal tv.iv, and thai thei" were some errors on the part of the clerk for winch he might be punished. If a summons were issued, the clerk wouid "hav; Io pay the piper in the end, for [ a:n not going lo be bounced. I don't want to have any further trouble, and J. do not want to see you get into trouble, for I think you are a very reliable man," An exi-oange slates thai er«|'iiries have been made ut Auckland on behalf of a Vieiornu piriy as I 1 I in. pros|iecis oi >i-M'eiu- iil in Ihe A nek I ni l or Taranaki pr ivinec-. I ii-1 -e iiitereslcd are small laniKTs.IaniKTs. whose eapual is said to aggregate over Jt2il,ini!i, All exchange slates that one of the no I striking examples of the possibililies of a properly managed butler and cheese factir,' is to be found in the cooperative company a! Barry's Bay, Banks Peninsula. 'lhe earnings of this company, winch has only 17 supplier.- and -121 cll-.vs. amoiuiicd for the year j•i -1 closed lo til lis 7d per cow, or an average ol C2N/ for each supplier Thar.-.lay's '• Siratford Post" says . Ihe Str.iiior.l Ae.-hiuat isat ion Soeiel v nil! receive this even! g 251)01) | , Levin and brown trout eye 1 ova I en liauc.ii'l. which vull be placed in the leiieiieries. A batch ol' Iwcntv pi a'd. are e\ace!e. 1 „ a Monday ni-;hl troiu Wellington, and a nuiubej .Mallard and Paradise ducks are lo ;r----nveiii ab. u a .week's tunc. A meeting of the Coun-ilof the Society willj be heM Ij-morrow evening io consider: tie.' of the game. ' The ''lliliam Co-oporalive O.iirv Factory Company has i.-ued its f.nirlhleenlh annual reimn and b ilanee-sheei. an I I lie .oiniial nieeiin.i; of the Company niit be oa Saturday, ihe lII], insl. From Jhe rep .ri we le irnlhat the average priee paid to ,-iijipliers bir butter fat was Jl-21 pence per lb, and the balinee in hand „» realisr.lion will make a liirtlier p:iyueul |-.oss:ble of 0-J.M per lb. The iotal payment therefore for butler-fat for the season «ill be ln-2 Id ]ur lb.