LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81895, 28 November 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The; farmers in the Waikato are combining to fjiin an auctioneering company. Tne proposed capital is a,' 15.000 {£l snares). About 13,000 nave already been taken up. Infoimauon was received oil Tuesday aitemojii that a man was badly hui'l ill iiauhd'T.s' biisn, near Tarata i'l.e details 10 hand are meagre, our informant meiely mentioning ilia! a trie had lo be leniovod from across Ihe man's body bet'ii'o he could be carried out. The Northern SS. Go's annual summer cruise to the beautiful nari)«uis and i-lahd= abng the northern ceas'. ot tnis island—an ideal holiday iiip—is hxed for Febiuary Ist next, extending ti l the yth. Tne steamer ,s the popuiar Ngapuni, and is specially adapted for uie excursion. A suggestion made to the Agricuhuiai bucie.y, and which we nope 'U see acted upon, is that the business people and others possessing ounling snould bring their Hag poics .lito use 10 day and oj-moirow 011 ihe jecasion ol the targe inllux of visi--1 is Ij liic show. Two horsis tied a', the one post. Bo.n sea 1 be taken and noi.ong left, uui even the po-a. i'nai - way i\li Joi'usio.i's veiandali 111 Dcvoii->trecl nils minus a pool jas.-.iday. ihe maddened beasts ciui'i d .he pole down uiio iae town, uheie progiesb was stayed b-Kie any Uotner 'Jamjge was done.

Record eintties have been received lor tiie Mew Zealand Axemen's Carii'iv4.- to be held at Elthani on t' e sOtli and 37, h Dicviubt-r. In •"« oiampion chop and sawing chani-pKii-iup entrains from al. parts ot Australi a will paiticipate. Aco.plan eis for all events and entries tjr tunning and cycling events close 011 L)cccinber 12th.

There is some stir in We.lingion city commercial ciicl-s (say» a wellinformed contemporary) 111 lcgard 10 .coal is alleged tj be heavy detalea-

i'.ns by tiie loimer manager of one :11m oo.'ng business in \\e.ling,on. 1 lie, amount- involved is said to inn ;11 to tuousaiids of pounds. Sensat jual developments may follow preently.

At the! S.M. Court on Tue-day ■ Liorning a mall named James, of Mj<uroa- applaud 011 a charge of iitempting 10 carnally know a gin under tell years oi age. Tne man, alio is charged 011 the infoimatioii of .01 eye-wimess, i» a mariied man. there are two ehildten implicated, 'lie of four yeais tne oUcr seven ■ cars of age, lie was remanded ti'l Tuesday next, and later 111 the day aas admitted to bail.

A g.O'iuh'us old chap of Geiman extraction, full of mu>ic, song and liquor, proved too entertaining f,.t iiis host the other evening, and h.was shown the street door Ab-.o midnight his melodious singing brought the police on the scene, and he was given a night's lodging it; the lock-up. 'There he re-opened nis concert, and beguiled t.ie eary iiours in piteous song, much to the

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