LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81872, 23 October 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ventura arrived at San Fran iiiu un Un- iijih inst. In our summary of the c timatc or Taranaki public works in yes ciday morning's is-m-, "auditions li jiiailord Court i louse £l2oo' ap icaied in nic-take for iiltnam Cour jouic ,£I2OO. Di-trict judge llaselden will pre idc over a sn :rig- of the, Utsinc -ourt at New iv. mouth on Nuveni x-r Oth. Tin p.iucipal business -1 .lown 50 fat ■.--..a'rns the admnin 1.11011 of a bankrupt'.', estate. About a week ago Constable IJa .011 ancsied a "\ictor' Bicycle o i charge 01 having nci visible ownei i iu- machine was standing uuisic ..ic pesi iiincf ,ii miunighl. So l": no one has claimed n, and the owm should cail and get it. "Were you drunk?" asked M ih'tchi.son, S.M., uf a native on Mot .'ay morning. The Maori smile breathy. There was no gainsavin the faet, evidently, for lie answ : ere "Ac, ' and awaited results. "Cm video and discharged with a cautioi and," the S.AI. added, ",ell 1,.,11 IV to Dine here again." it does not often happen that stai in the sky is dtsccinabie in ti daylight. Ju-t u:.i\ mi- eveuin star, Venus, may l;e seen fi..m aboi l.u.r ""clock in the al.crnoun, ana i t:ie western sky may be seen tin- s L . i:ug -un, Lie new. moon and tl evening -tar, the lattei hciny unit u.ihy briiliant aiiei nigliliah. Although ti good deai of complaii is aearil irom tanners and umryni. in icyard 10 the untavourabie sense iiom a pasiuie point of view, the r polls ticm lactones of their outpi ajl around tiie mountain are v< i good. In faet, most of the kit' lacvoocs s[,i, w a laigcr oupth for u time of year than in a similar peril ol any louuir year. Great inteie-t is being manifest! in the forthcoming' boxing lourn m-iit. Il has. been decided to h.e iL'ur classes, instead of thtee, as e igiiially agreed upon, iae exua cia being l"r contestants under ij sum ii is expected that the tuurnuinciii w run two night-, t | u . secunu pus-ib being ncc.'s-ary for the deciding tiie imals. it i- well known that some of ti -tieams in .\urtaern Taranaki a impiegnated with petroleum, in t. ingiecood district, according to veiacttius resident, the dunking the petroleum waters is having' ; 'iiect on the milk supply ol sor of tiie herds, the taint and smell kerosene being somewhat marked liie butieifa.. it this is so, we m; snortly rxpeel to see our co,vs turn. U more profitable aecoum than ih aie at prc-eni. In a chat with the manager of t Moa dairy factory, a repiesenlati of tili- paper found mat the oup -I buitei now exceeds hl'iy boxes day. A comparison was made ui ini: results oi last yeai's operalio at tins season, when it was fuui thai in the week ending October i I'juj, the amount of butter made w '.i.-Wj'n; '" 'he coric'pundtng we m iijoii the liguu's had grown 1107X51!), despite a slight lulling i 111 die numb"! el" supiiiieis. T tests now range hum 4.3 to 3.3. i'aiki 'j'aura. a pioiuhitcd natu was arrested ~a s.itinday by Lo stable Woous, and on Aioiuiay mot ing pleaded gmliy to a chaig'e of c taiiniig luiuoi curing tae emieii of a prohibition older. JK- cecltn in make any -taleiniiit to the poll 01 to the eouii that would idcn.i lie- person who supplied him \w liquor m contravention of the J3l lute, 'i'lie magistrate remarked t.i the poiiee ougnt to be able lo find 0 Mho gavo lion the liquor, Scrgca liatldiejl remaiking mat there we plenty of "while friends" who won ■a<i it. Cuii.-iabli; Woods acting Mitel pretcr. convey .-d to tae ace us in en exhausted, and tiiat appaicnt !• was oi ,„, ~-e to line him, as had bn-ii lined fi-quonily in the p. hwclvo months. J-\,,- drunkenm he would have i„ go to gaol for ; ,e V day- hard labour, and on the -e ( ,n ch.oge a line of ,/Jj w.e. milieu d, delimit a month's imprisonim-iu. There was a small cause list at ll civil silting of the S.M. Couit < .Monday. Judgment was gu-eu 1 dcl.iult in the following case i. U, Clavton and Co (Mr lohnsu lor Mes-rs ilalone. MeVeaga, ai Amieisonl. V. j. Connop claim 1; co ts 5 ; lvtt-sell and Son (.Mr Cif v. ,S. 11. Hanson, claim ,{.'24 14 0 f work and loai-rials. cotitt 0.-| : , 1 10 , couns.-l' /J, ~ ; i\ ,\. Ilowi (.Mr J-'iv.li"il)cri) v. !•'. J. i\loo,e (ii-bome. claim ''l 2 . costs 5 (ieldwater Ji.o,. (Mr Crev) y. |. ( Kas.wood. of Tongaiiou,.,,, claim / 1 ■ co-is yjt 5 ; Mr Jones (Mr Joh -on) v. law 1- Jones, of L'ruii, clai /J, , 10-ts £1 5 ; Wi Kupe (.\ (.luiiliam, jar Mes-rs Goveit ar '.imlliam) v. John J.u'l-. claim £. is 11 comt ~ ; Cl.a-. Clark (,Mr Uuilliam) D'nnis and I'lank (.) Su'.iivan. clai 11, 3 Ihe ci.-.' Wi Kti].' v. Wii M,('o!!,.ie. of Sp'tswoid, the def.'i dam 1-1- -11 :: le v ■■ under age win ,!, • .;..o,i. wele .'b0.0e,.,, ,nd ther fi.re 11..' -Vol wi- i'l- la lei's, ;|. p aot'ili' in.ild not .'sia|,i;-h the .-lain :!,e d'lail, of Hiih !, 1,.' -aid , uM ! fivn by In- mating'c. Defendai oljf.-eud a. ; h i ;..'i"ui!ine Nt, an M" (Heliiaai applied for a nonsui whii U wa- granted. Dont' forge'- ih.' bee I T!i- T i' ar some gnotf clothes and boots f, ,- bin thai he will like and will please yo .ii th" Melbourne Clothing Co.'s siorc The liargain Corner. Now openingSpecial purchase boys' all wool : piece suits, stylish and serviceable s;o, 10/6, 12/o.' Sjiecia! Kip an Chrome nchoul boots rj/ii.—Advt.

The ynung indies of the Salvation li'my liibie ('hiss guvo a open social ■ vcuiing' last evening. There was a ,on.l atfendau'e, ami Mr Ch'-ilterlmi, dn rilli Ins pliono-jfauh, provided linteli wi 'iijoyineiil, da Messrs Roberts and Stokes are lo )e isked lo frame definite proposals t ■ end sulmiit applieaii.m to the iioroiigh al , Jouneil for the right to run electric H; a'ains in New riynio.ifli. The conn- p,' nllors are favourably impressed Willi pi the outline supplied n couple of weeks ih ago. ' av th Notice lias been given by the Hon. , Mr Guinness otitis intention lo put the following (pies', ion to the i J rcrm.T : ly -VVhetlißt' he will, before the session t „ tonciutles, propose n motion for an tl-nidi-ess as adopted by the Jiou.-eof t - Itein esentatives of 1 lie Goiinnomv. tilth cc of Australia, urging that Jlome Utile c< should be granted to I reland ? ci The following proposed votes for 0l Courist iioads in Turanaki appear in B 1 lie Public Work's Estimates: -Strat- |! IVinl House lo ligruont House £2iH), , i ; pper ligmont £ll)il, Upper J.'enibrolie (l ttM, Dawson's Falls £2OO, Dawson's tl Falls House to Stratford House £l5O, Vlanaia (Upper) £l5O, Kgmont House a to Bell's Falls £l5O, Kahotu House to s ISell's Falls £250. y The M"ayor has recoived intimation ■* from the Secretary to the Postal Do- •* partmeut that the Council's letter of •* August 2Uth last, with draft for £3OO, \ Inn! really arrived, and that the town ' clock for the New Plymouth Post Ollice tower had been ordered by cable . on October 12th. If that clock is no ( faster than the Department's business c methods, it 'll tate a power of regu- i luting, The Local Bills Committee took ; evidence on Monday morning, says the ' -pecial correspondent of the "Elthau. Argus," on the liltUam County Bill and the Waimate County Bill. Messrs \ iioddie, Marx, iSwadl'iig, Dudley, and Bridge gave evidence. Owing to the pressure of business and the shortness ot' the tune at the Committee's disposal, the delegates had only minutes allowed to each of them. The Committee rose at one o'clock. No Jc--1 eisinn was arrived at in the meantime. A handsome gift has been made to the people of Keiv Zealand by some I Wairarapa natives. At Greylown, daukura Matire, per Mr Hen arc ' i.'arata, as agent, lias transierred land ' consisting ol about three acres, together with the large meeting-houses, outbuildings, carved fence, at Papawai, to Henare Parata, Mr A. Hamilton, curator of the Colonial Museum, and .ice others, to hold in trust as an asset of the colony. The generosity of the Muori is proverbial, and in thus trans- - fcrring to the people this valuable property —valuable not only intrinsics -illy, but also from the faet that the carved fence will perpetuate the native t carver's art—the donor has ult'orded . still further proof of that fact, t The Borough Council put up a record last night with four and a-halt :- hours of " talk," and even at 25 .1 minutes to twelve o'clock some ap- - peai'cd loth to leave the building it ■t was not so much the speeches that - o'cupied the time, but the " remarks" made by the various councillors after t- they had already spoken. The opening n speeches were in most eases of arcasou- ■. ibie length, but unfortunately some ol ,e Ihe councillors uocd to feel the lloor II beneath their feel at least half a dozen a limes before they consider their arguments siilhciently lucid. It's a very , tiring and unparliamentary procedure ,- which should be checked unless the d Council is developing into a " live g tiionsaud club," with a laudable desire ci jii the part of some Councillors to talk 1- jiiid) inches of newspaper space per i' annum. Sir Joseph Ward has introduced a Post Ollic- Act Anundmi-nt Hill, a The Colonial Treasurer is lo be 0111 ie powered to pay to each deposito; in g' i'.e i'ost Ollice Saving's Bank intcri. ot as follows;—(a) On so much of hill depo-it as does not exceed £3OO a 1- tale of five per centum, and (b- on ic so much thereof as exceeds ,£3OO and »- cine- not exceed £bc,o, a late of four per centum, provided that in the case ol savings banks, under the Savings . n Hank Act, IXSB, and of legally ivn- ,,-, -dt led friendly, charitable, or proi._ vident societies, and such other nonjt tm teantile societies as the Governor v hem time to time, by Ordci-in-Coun-r'e eh prescribes, th;, aforesaid limit of u , £(;uo shall not apply. Except; ; n „j the case of the aforesaid savings banks and societies no nlerest shall be allowed to airy depositor on more ; cl than -£ooo. ',,, Th"' Ashburton (Canterbury) polr. ice have yet another trouble to conlend will) in connection with the im- (, portation of liquor into the district. ijj Ai the railway station a few days | v ago among several cases of lie] Lieu, jjl the eonsiable on duty noticed one'consigned in a man who. to the constable's personal knowledge, was a U'ellJ totader. On inuuiry it was found rc that the man in question had not 01i l ' d.red th'-'- liquor or given authority ■' for his name to be used. The liq- "! nor was taken to the police station i" and inquiries arc being made. It 'i'' is also related that a passenger n °i an inward bound train recently had in a similar experience. When Ashbur'y ton was reached, the guard inquired -d el the passengers what he warned to ''. v do with the two cases of whisky in the van. The passenger at. oncn l,e said he knew nothing- of the cases, w II- went p.- the van, where he found u t die two cases bearing his name, and ;, was proceeding to take possession d, when tin- owner arrived and claimed „:, his goods. "-' To keep pace with a fast growing' 5- business, the Melbourne Clothing •'s Company are having alterations and : -'l ; addition- made to their boo; and shoe L " department in Devon street. The Jtr alterations when completed will ac greatly facilitate the handling of customers and give room to di-p!ay a : , large purchases ol boots made by the n- firm's general manager, Mr O'Leary, n- while 0,1 a recent liucing mission to I- the Old Coumry. Mr A. Cliff is ej the contractor, eel