LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81890, 17 November 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

W.thin the past three years imports of colonial butter into Great Britain increased from .14,000 co ■ 57,000 tons- while during" the same | period importation of foie g.i butler decreaiscd from 1 SO,OOO i<> 158,000 tuns. The cup cricket matches in South Taranaki wi re tomm need j,i Tliurs day, when Ellham had a somewii.it easy win from Kaponga. The former compiled 70, tie double figure scorers being Dr. Maclagan 14 and "extras'' iS. Eltham made 134 for the 10-s of three wickets, E- Cole 64, and J. Sullivan (not out) 45. After the monthly tea of the W.iite-

lev Church ladies' gtii.d on Friday evening, a meeting- of tlu congregation was held. It was decided thai the new parsonage should be of one storey only, situated on the proportly recently acquired from Mr Bauchope fronting Liardet street, next die eieclric light distributing station.

For six days' working in the four weeks ending November 14th, the harbor dredge made 44 trips, removing 2640 cubic yard- of sand. The dredge was under repairs for twelve days for Government inspection and npars.. The Harbormaster stated 011 Friday that in his October report | lie omitted to credit 35 loads, so that the figures for that month should be increased by 2100 yards.

The Rev, S. S. Osborne has been appointed supervisor for the University of New Zealand matriculation, medical preliminary, Mu s . B. intermediate, solicitors and barristers' general knowledge, and junior scholarship examinations, to be held at St. Andrew's Hall, New Plymouth, iin December. There are 14 candidate- in all—l2 for matriculation, one for junior scholarship, and one for medical preliminary. The other day a local man engaged

on night duty "found that his trusted shooting" iron was out of order, so he took it to a shop for repairs. The night air seemed to have made him forgetful, for he quite neglected to state that the weapon was loaded. Suddenly, as the repairer was tapping" it, the cartridge exploded, the bullet being embedded in the floor. The next interview between tlio repairer and the owner was not fit for print.

A local resident experienced a slight Shock the other day. When mounting his bicycle lie felt a stinging sensation in his leg, and heard a jangling on the road. Stooping, he picked up, and dropped smartly, a hot cartridge ca-e, which had just been emptied of its contents by a group of youngsters who had by some means became possessed f the blank cartridge, and who seemed overjoyed at the result of 'he explosion.

The trade at the port for the pa*t month, according to the Harbormaster's report, was as follows There were 44 steamer berthings, the agg'gate gross tonnage amounting 10 42,901 tons. The imports were 5634 tons, including 575 tons of railway coal, 258 tons of private coal, and 675 tons of railway sleepers. The exports were g,So tons, making a total of 6614 tons of cargo handled. During the month rough stormy weather was experienced, but there wa- no delay to shipping.

The Exhibition commemorative postal stamps are selling freely. There are at present three values—halfpenny, emerald giccn. with a picture, and showing two Maori war canoes making for the coast; penny, vermilion, showing Maori carvers at work in a pa; and threepenny, in chocolate, showing the landing of Captain Cook. The border of this stamp is ultramarine. All the stamps are oblong in shape. There has been great demand for the stamps from different parts of the colony, and from foreign countries. At a shareholders' meeting of the lnglewood Oil and Prospecting Co. on Friday evening, the following resolution was confirmed: "That the capital of the company bo increased to the amount of £IO,OOO by the creation of additional capita! of the amount of .£SOOO, divided into 500 shares of /lot- each, such shares to be issued as ordinary shares ranking as to dividend' and as to distribution of capital on a winding up pari passu with the ordinary shares of the existing capital of the company." There is already a good enquiry for the new issue.

"Seen a b.jg blacky-browny dog anywhere ? ' was the query which giected a New Plymouth resident when he visited the railway station on Friday.. The interrogator hasvmcd to explain. A big dog answering the above de-cripliun had been consigned through to Auckland. A coup!" jt ihe porters, kind hearted, look the biule from his captive quarters in order to give him a drink. Just as they got into the open the cuain became detached from th% collar, and away went the dog. It anyone has been the blacky-brjwny dog aforesaid, some of the local rai!>way officials would be pleased to hem about it. The dog is addressed and labelled for Auckland. Says the King Country Chronicle; —"Some idea of the rougn state of the country 011 the 'Spiral' of the Main Trunk line beyond Taumarunui, may be obtained .from the fact that 500 men are employed on the live miles ol iine south of Kaurimu. Two of the cuttings alone employ nearly 100 men between them; one of them contains 120,000 cubic yards and the other 50,000 cubic yaids uf conglomerate rock. In addition tlieie are two banks containing 150,000 and 07,000 cubic yaids iespeci.veiy. Tile line rises, rough y, >OO feet ill seven miles, Kauiunu being lyoo feet above sea level, and Wait amino, the next station, 2000 leet. The lauer station is almost ha.fway between Auckland and Wellington.

The lighting- of the wharves at Jloturoa lias been very much improved of late years. The antiquated and unsatisfactory slush lights tnat made our harbour such an excellent piaee to avoid at night have given place to electric lighting', and lor month's past these clusters of lights placed at intervals along tile wharf have given full satisfaction. In the la-t few weeks these have been carefully overhauled. The new arc light at the end of the wharf has given uch satisfaction that the harbour-ma->ier recommended the jioard to purclia-e another of them as a spare nglit lli.it might be mniired at anytime. The cost was /lj iy u, aagainst J'.j 10/ for the old one, and liie new lamp was far superior to the one previously in use. The newport leading- light on the hill at the root of the breakwater is much appreciated by shipmasters,

The commitico set up to make arrangements for the garden party to be held at : 'i}rookla«ds,' ! Mr Newton King's grounds, mot on Friday evening, and drew up the programme of special at-'actions. It was decided to charge , shilling admis-ion, sixpence to all under i(i years. The suggested programme ne tides a grand march by specially dressed children on the lawn, this Hem being in charge of Mrs C,auk-iodgi-r. J'heio 'will also be a pro-e.-sion of decorated bicycles, a gipsy camp, afternoon tea, and r-efresli-menf "stal%'. Tile Rev. Wijjuims, Colbroak, l[odder, and Lewis, .'»d Mr ll'.'ldt wen- appointed in charge of the "special attractions,"

idu Mio\"s ;it ;niv Junction iithci" than ilian a clnitch K'aidm parly. The of ilu? pany, w'nidi wdi !i" ht'kl nti the Oth piox., wi'l br cl<;voivtl t» the MiHhndiht paisona&v '•uilcliiit'; fund. i.ox(i-\vixDi-:n separators. Wlumi srjjura'or r 1 imlun-iii'-ntn : n the 1 way of cxlrmU'd icnis inu! <'<)[ip;ns t.n entire da ; ry ini<> Kin.U" °n the terms "■'Hlin.ir tin; nin-

iit«t i<s mva merits. 'Alfa-l.aval 1 Separator buyrr* do n°i rebuilt? li'iin-- ol ijavim'nt, their sav nfi'S over mitatin>>' separators are so much KTMter that tliey earn t!i« ir own com twice over in a season. A vis ; t 10 nui r.iand at the International Exliiliiljiiion wil' convince you that the "A la-Lava!"' has no rivals. CiitaJ"euei free.—K. Or filths and Co., \< w Plymouth, local agents. Sole N.Z. aßonts, Mason, Struthors and Co., Licl, Auckland, Falmerstou , North) and ChrUtehufcb.

A man named John Williamson, of Kakaramea, wa knocked down bv a tram on Lambton quay at 1.55 o clock 011 Thutsday afternoon, says the: N.Z. Times. It happened that the proieciing guards pt routed Wil liamson being d lagged under the wheels. The tinfoi lunate fellow was taken into ihe fciiipirary buildings of tlio Commmercial Hotel, and Dr. Gilmer was communicated wish by lc ephonc. He found that Williamson was suffering from a slight on cussion of the brain, and from a few inconsiderable biuises. His immediate removal to the Ho-pital was ordered. Late on Thursday night the patient was fairly well.