LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81848, 19 September 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr McKinnon Bain's orchestra was responsible for the excellent music supplied at the presentation on Monday evening. On September, 11th probate of the last will and testament of the late Mr John diaries Colson, of Urenui, was granted on the application of Mr T. S. Weston (Weston and Weston) to the executrix therein named. We are pleased to be able to inform i FiUro} resident.! t'ial from to-day, litth inst., t\iu daily ,uu:!s to New I'lymouth are to be ipstituttd in accordance with the petition presented lo the Postal Department sornu seeks back. Money orders and saving# bank will be added to the duties of the office at an early Anyone who doubts the necessity of i raising the level of the sports ground i in the New Plymouth " TCoc." can have Iris doubU svt at ict:'. liy visiting the grounds now. There lie ~,ill Cml au engine drawing itswater supply' from a, water-hole cut about ttnve feet deep in the playing Held, and with water within a foot of the surface. The Hcnui Hoad Hoard met on Monday night, and quickly disposed of a light order-paper. There were pro. sent: —Messrs Cutlield (in the chair) E. Grilliths, W. Grilliths, ami J. Senrle! On the mqiioii of the chairman and Air 10. Grilliths, a ;d rate r.;u; struck, the same as last yejir. The iiorouginJoi:ncil wat granted permission to erect electric lighting poles on the Board's roads.—Accounts amounting to i'l.'i were passed for payment. The working-bees are making considerable improvement in the grounds of the Whiteley Memorial Church. Kleagnus !."'Jges have been planted inside the present fences, the banks turfed, anl the ground top-dressed and sown. Very *o\-n the grounds will be a credit lo the church ami to the town. For some time past many of the Members of I lie church haye wished for improvement, and the workers will > glad to welcome these on Thursday afternoons.

For Bronchial Coughs and Colds, Woods' Great I'tppormiut Cure, Is (id and 2s (id per Bottle.—Advt.

liev. . A Davis (late of America) will deliver liis famous leelure •• What I saw in Slwmloin," I Ills (Wednesday) etenuia ,in the Haptist Churcli. Ail cordially iuvjtej. X. Iv. MacDiarmid, Jis<(.. lias kindly consented to preside. Collection for Bush Missions.—Advt.

Men who find it difficult to villain suitable footwear shou'd have a look at some half dozen makes of British and American Glare Kid and Box Calf lials, just opi ned up, at the Melbourne C'hiihin.n Gi's store. Stylish and dependable Roods, they are marked at prices that are worth while. 17/6, 19/b, ?!/.—Advt.

Messrs Wilson and Nolan tools over tile basino.-s of Messrs Bewley and Griffiths on Tuesday, after having returned that morning frum a bit iness trijj lo vV elliugt.ju, Oliristchurch and Nelson. They have now secured a number of important agencies, lull particulars of which will be announced in the ordinary course. The lirin will hold its lirst auctioa sale on Saturday next at the mart, submitting a large quantity of general merchandise, poultry, etc. Messrs Wilson uud Nolan enter into their now sphere of commercial activity ut an opportune lime, and liiey have the hearty wishes of a very large number of residents of this district. The hide, skin, and tallow sales will be held m the premises furmerly held by Messrs Burgess, Fraser & Co , in brougham street.

" It is quite a refreshing change to get answers so prompt.y from Government Departments as we have been getting them'lately. I djon't know whether the new Ministry is responsible, but there has certain'y been a change for the better, which is most welcome,''—Mr. Nicholson, at the Petone Borough Council meeting on Tuesday night. The Chief Poultry Expert has been advised that a consignment of Gov-ernment-graded chickens shipped from Auckland last season realised from Ss to ios qer qair. A later rereport states that the birds were considered particularly good, and strong.y recommends the- development of trade in New Zealand chickens and ducklings ot similar quality and finish. The birds should arrive in London from the beginning of March and the end of May. " If a road hai been metalled you must not come to me for money to repair it," said the Minister of Public Works in replying- to a Taranaki deputation on Saturday morning. He added that if a district could not afford to keep U p its roads after they had been once made, it did not sav much tor the district. to comply with all the applications received for grants for roads would need a special loan ot about tour mi'lions tor that puipose alone, in the expenditure of the limited amount available the back-blocks must receive the first consideration. "My determination,'' said the Minister, t'is so far as I can to look after the boys in the backblocks.'' Mr Jennings, who accrm panied the deputation, remarked that lie thought a loan of a mikion, to be spread over say four years, should be raised fo T roading in tho outlying districts.