LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81860, 8 October 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I'ho Borough Council meets this 'veiling. A recent visiior tu Australia stales that evciything points to a big and prosperous season for the graziers and aguculturisis. 1-10111 our report of the meeting of the Chfion County Council, it might easily be inlerri-d that the ineffective poisoned wheat complained of by Cr. Joll was purchased from Messrs teed and Co., of New Plymouth. The grain was imported from one of the outside firms. ft was in consequence of the reported fai'ure ol i'uc imported article that Messrs Teed and Co. biought their well-known bird poisoner under the notice of the Council.

ikere were killed during tieptcntbtT alike .New Plymouth muniei]ial abattoirs 100 cattle, :j ealves, oG7 skeep, 2o lambs, and 113 pigi ; 111 tripes were cleaned. Compared witlr tlie totals oi September, UKIj, there teas an increase ot U cuttle, 'i'Z, lambs, oil pigs, anil IS uiiies. ices amounted to -kiUl Ss :id, and rents l;j -3s lid. The lees show all increase of JU7 iUs liM- .During the luoutk a bullock was condemned for tuberculosis, and one sheep for suppurative pleurisy. At tiie Garden Party on Wednesday, the Garrison Band, instead of doing the contest marching as arranged, will do ilie "Serpentine March,' a very pretty and effective item. The dittiTeiii evolutions resemble a gigantic snake moving over the ground. Has is the march the Tirnaru Gar--11-"11 Band caused such a furore with at the 1 law era contest. Drum-Major l.ister has spent considerable nine drilling the band, and those that have had the pleasure of seeing the band going through the march, say that it will be one of (lie best items on the programme that day.

Die Oiago Daily Times asserts that ■*■•1111; Otago members of the Millers' Association art! suspected of violating ii'i agreement in make all sales through the Associaiion. As a lesuh. of special meetings held at Chrisi church and Duncdm one miller icluclamly confessed lo slight breaches of the agreement, but proofs j n the hand- of the ditectorate showed considerable breaches. The offender v.as ihen given the alternative of an exhaustive public inquiry or paying a forfeit amounting to several hundreds. The incident was closed by the forfeit bung paid. Kesidculs along the sea-front of the e tst ward will learn witlx pleasure that liio unsightly iiuc! unpleasant rubbish depot nuisance is to be abated. It has been found impracticable to iind ,-mother site for tile depot, so llie Works (.'ommilte jjas eome to (lie conclusion that llie borough will bo best served by retaining Llie present rubbish depot. They recommend tliit the engineer have llie existing fences taken down and re-ereeted with a view to limiting tlie area of Ike depot, and that all surplus earth and street-sweepings be utilised to coyer up the rubbish deposited tlipre. At the invitation of tho Central School teachers the workers at tho reeent bazaar and a number of friends assembled in the school gymnasium on Saturday evening, and a very enjoyable euchre party and social were hold. I The prizes in the card games were won bv Mr l'ritehard and Mr E. Clarlte, (111 games each) and Mrs Cholwill (12 games), Mrs F. IC. Clarke and Air 11. Dcinpscy winning the " booby." At the coin lusiou the visitors accorded a vote of thanlfs to Die teachers. 31r Dempscy replied, and was immediately greeted with strains of "lie's a jolly good fellow," and loud cheers, " Aijid Ikng Syne" concluded a ycry pleasant evening's entertainment.

ill count ction with the trade procession on ill' 1 loth (Labour Day), {he will u v «»'niblo as follows: 13,ikri.s ;iik( bun.h"is' /raps oil hairl sick- ({ railway MatioiiJ. fiom Hie Gro-yeiior llok'l towaids C"iVi'c Palace; c.iml mi'iclianh and others on hand side r,f street, facing railway sia'ion also. The working exhib'U \\ : ll iis-nnble in S*. Aubyn ■•li■'''i tnou r,n sy''nor Hotel coiner Id !). Beiry aixJ Co.'-/ premis l '*.' ami also fact- toward* the railway station. I' i* p:ux ( ulafly thai inhibitors s houM iioic 111 iarrant' Mii'ni. The procession will leave at n a.jii. s Mos:-i|-s A. Humphries and A. l'erham will uci «is marshals.

Some time ajro Mrs n\es_, u f (his divi.i.-{ l-avs llx- U'aifarapa Da."v nn advertisement in a Wellington pap (, r: ' J 'A\ aiilecf, some k'nd lade to take charge nj- a bain' eie./ and had a hvelw-jnonihs-oid boy 'eft at her place by an unknown' woman. It transpire* licit :h' . hild's name js Kiehatd Chin l,eM n, it- la ii«-r b< a Chinaman cany•ny on -i fruit in llawera. and iis n'oiher a who now oiiiv A -oori while l>aek a liawrra paper divv aitention »o this df adfnl e,•»>.(• in ils leading columns and the p-ilice ijisiituted in iu'.r'es. 'l'll'(,'hiitaman disappeared fr<?n; llawera, Ihe mother of the girl-mothor earns I:' r liviiu; by wasliint;' and ha.s '•ther (hiidren to-keep, and the child wa- dump'.'d on 'o fli-e Car<cr(on r<'-sidi-nt \\ 110 rep'h'd to the atlverii'.ement, no provision h< made for ils main'enancc. Tin 1 ehild was i 1 eiofi' Mr W. P- Jatnt's, 8.M., to thu Wellington Recuivintf Ilomg,

According lo a detailed statement prepared by the Borough Engineer there are 320 chains of water mains yet required before the New Plymouth reticulation is completed, and lie estimates the cost at £5440. Cr. O'Sullivan is gified with a capacity for ready retort. At ihe Clifton County Council meeting 011 Eliday, the chairman suggested the advisability of not publishing' the moil.lily toll takings, because this might interfere with any attempt made by the Council to 'ease the lull gate next year. Mr O'Sullivan said he had hoped for a belter suggestion than that, a suggestion that at the end of this year the chairman would agree to shift tho toll gale altogether from the road. gTlie " Carnegie Committee" will recommend tho Borough Council to-night to acquire Sections U'i-2, i) 43, and 1)53 (Mr Holdsworth's residence at present occupied by Mr Samuel), for the purposes of a library site. There can be no doubt of the suitability of the site—n better could not be chosen, if the price is reasonable. The committee seems imbued witli a strong wish to locate tho new library and readingroom iu some building away from the congested portion of the town. Out of 110 applications for tho municipal electric light 101 priyate connections have already been made. The maximum load recorded to date was reeortled during September, a tiograph display in the thoatre and the illuminating of the Centra] school bazaar increasing the load to 70 kilowats. The income for the month just closed was £BB 13s, of which £ol !)s 8d was for private lightina and £3l 3s 4d for street lighting. This was rather less than that of the previous month, due to the longer daylight and the exceptionally fine weather.