The Daily News FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81909, 21 December 1906, Page 2

The Daily News FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21.

As a Hireling place for th:- Tara ??aki Slock Exchange, Ute f!oroni:h Council iias agreed iolet. li:e Town Hall daily fi't>iii l().::i! to ]i a.m.. for a rental of 10s per week. There will be one call dailv.

From 1 lie l-i proxiem the parcel pes: Jidtud rate v, 111 ue to four pence for ihr hi'.-L p(jund and two pence fur each succeeding pound.

Only one application v.-<, received frr the position <;f cu>!odiau at the \e\v I'lynioifth municipal baths. Mr J;rown has been temporarily ap pointed at a unary of C2 per week, ii permanent appointment being deterred.

William Thompson, the victim of the railway fatality near Xonnanby on .Monday evejiim:', die,l in the ilawera Hospital yesterdav never having regained eon.Deceased was a wellknown farmer in the Nonnaiiby dis- . ricf.

in the event of the Kailway Department handing over the earth and loadthe trucks iree of cost for the of -Moiesworth street east,, the liorou-h Council has decided to provide a man and horse for shifting Unearth, at a co>t not exceedin ,r A committee har been ajipointed to wait 011 the distnet engineer to ondea.\ our to have this arrangement ;.;ivcn I'll'ect to.

A Well attended meeting of tlie committee of the Friendly Societies' picnic to lie lii-ld at Sentry Hill on Xew ?-:l l'_ s ' )j, .y was held on Thuisduv ■'\vniiig, when linal arrangcinoiil's were made and (lie various officials and committees appointed. The fane lion promises lo be a must enjoyable all'nir. barge entries have aliv.-i.lv b.-en received for the sports meeting. Faiti-ies for these events close with the secretary, ill- T. Clarke, to.day (Friday). Hst inst.

stringent by-laws, moileikd on those ill lou-e at C lu'istcli urch, are now Ucing framed by the Town Clerk to deal with the smoke nuisance in town. The outline of the by-laws was approved at last night's Council meeting, and when prepared no time will lie lost in bringing them into operation. A cursory glance at the re strietions leads one to suppose tluit I hey will satisfy all the present malcontents.

The 'Parana Id Agricultural Society offered four prizes ior the beat essay's b} children under 11 years of age, about its recent show, and 3S children from schools in the district competed. The judges, .Messrs A. Am oiiry, Jl. Wood, and A. .Morton, met recently, and awarded the prizes as follows:—Jack -Uortou, hguioilL Village, age '■). 1; L. „M. \\ ylie, Stratford, 2; George ilooker, Frankley road, a"C 12, o; A. liobertsiiaw, inglewood, *4. 'J he judging was, of course, carried on without the names of the writers of tile essays being known to the judges. The following cable has been received by -Mr Orion Stevens, manager of the Xcw Zealand branch of the -National .Mutual Life Association: The :i7(h annual meeting of the Asso. eiation was held to-day. New busi lie.--, for the year amounted to .Cl\s.)U.7S!), an increase of JJHUO.OOO over last year's. "Tin, annual im-oiee now amounts to ,CS2:i,7SS. The inlcrest earned is 4 : ) id per uc .nt. The total funds now stand at. X4,-17S,(J0U. being an increase on last vear of UUO.

It ll.t-, been i', -oiled bv I lie lluidl'.gll Council to proceed with" the fciynit; of Wilier mams as follows:—Youn" street, labour L'b'd, ef;l i-{- -1 inch pipes in stock, USII; Vogeltown, liiliour .C-4'i, 4-inch pipe,, in stuck .u:.'4; Fitzrov! labour >:;S2. 4 inc-ii pipes i u -.(nek c, The lollowi;!;: additions to the wau-r-H'ork-, already completed, are to lie charge,! to uu . waterworks loan:

Lginoul street, labour .est, new nnacruil C7l; liobsou, Liardet and John etreels it.id Lliot ro;id, labour Xl2, new material jcil).

The High Commissioner, ihe lion, tt. r. peeve.,, write;, to the 1 ,). ilcllo.van to tiie elleet that circulars he distributed in Gemmi amount iiie editors or I >teii i_r German papu.wi;en on a visit to Kuglund with a view lo securing- a market for \ew Xcalaud meat in Germany were bearing good fruit. The German Press is now giiiiig much attention t„ (j,;., (luesiion, induced by the exl raordiuary height to which prices have in/ viea-"d, and reference.-, to (| K , _\ r . v Zealand meat are numerous \]r Peeves says he is keeping itl t,,,',,., Win, the ijiiestjon and has considerable hope that the opposition of the Agrarian party to the introduction of foreign meat will be overcome.

The Native La,..1 Court was engaged for thr'ee days and one cvc'mng i, au application for probate of the will of .Lioera Pangi (deceased), a .Maori woman who lived during the later years of her lite at Pell 'lUock, and who at one time was a Chieftainess of the Pukctapu hapit. JJy arrangement several applications lor succession orders were heard a.t the same lime as the application for Probate. Many wiines-es gave evidence at length ana the addresses of Counsel Were hen id 011 Monday cvcnine, alter which Judge Kawson re,er\ed Judgment. Grant of Probate was oppo-ed on tin: ground chat the te.tatri.v wa., not at the time of makin.r the will posse-sed id' the mental caje a city leijuircd by law. Mr Shailer U eslon ol Wellington appeared for Mr- Clements, All- Chiudc Weston of -New Ph mouth for Mrs Loic llr t K. Pratt Jot the beneilciaries ui.der the will, Mr Demon for Uaupatahi and .Mr liamcne l'or Parele Matin, ' 1

" 1 «'liole Council should know oau-Hj what is going on.' remarked ( r. lleilringer on Thursday when onposing the following recommendationr "Thal all letters having reference >" Cit'Cll n-a{ liljtUrl'rt lie (IcalL witJi hv the eleetrie light and tlia't ;he committee be empowered to with-;-i d -IV eonvspondencc which in opinion should not be read in '"'r 1 -" V- on be ! eiinuuitice, disclaimed a ne desire to keej, I he Council in the dark, and said its members were <iuile Hill-' lag to have all letters perused b eoinnnttce of the Council. It was inadvisable to have mailers published ;>i iiiiM's, Cr. Wilson, whil't . iwil; , the present lighting committee credit .or the be-! iuten:ions, said (hat lo l"'"M0sal might lea, 1 ; lo aoll-|. Ot the jJll 1 i|.|,y eoiiimiltee,. JJ U ' • ' -ilire -poudellc,- ■ l " eon-e . , ; '"'"''l <•"!!,(• IH' I( r J'l' I |1( , >it in umnniile,. 11 '• ""I liesiral'le lo I, u'O: I e-.; : "|"ic ;| ee j, 111 >I j, Cd . C|-. \j' H'-'U all reasonable -:';. i i,'" ,j.; "i'l'O-iiion

HIE CKI.KJiiUTy Of SANDER ® J,LK!; V'JI-ATILK P J'l EXTRACT. j» universally M knowledge! Royalty ■lOcors ii, and the ciuirc medical pro. i-s«.on has adopted its use. Imitations spran;; up iviihout ntitnbrT. i hi: laU—c of 1 ii'-m—all siy!, : ,i 'l'.straets an oil foiled up , m U.f tiusimj; and unwary, under tin' ;>to«seM misiisi. (if Sander and Sun,' reputation, Sander and Som' jns'i ■uted an action a! (In: Supreme Coiut of Victoria, belore his honor CW Justice Sir J. Madden, K. C. M. G ore-, and at the trial a Mvorn witness tr-ti.ied thai he had to stop the use of counterfeits mi account of the irritation produced. This shows what carc h required lo obtain an article that is scientifi. caliy tested and approved of. As such is solely (indorsed and recommended. THE GENUINE SANDER AND SON S PURE VOLATILE EUCAT VE.TI EXTRACT L '

An interesting discussion took place at tlic linroiiL'li Council nipetin" coiN-H-nintf an application by tlic Child' Postmaster for permission to erect a temporary _ telegraph tent in ,lohnsiici't., outside the racecourse, on the. occasion of the Christmas race meetin?. Crs. Col lis, rH.[|ri, w . r . I'iirker were opposed to tin- "ranting of any facilities. The controversy elscwuere on the subject of telegraphic betting, and the Parana!;! Jockey

Club's refusal to allow ip'li t'-nt on their property, were cjuotnl as arguments permission being granled. Cr, Monteath waxed sarcastic Jit. the idea of the Council -i'lt up to mind Urn morals of the people. Cr. Wilson was of tho same mind, ' | adding that they Mere not called upon to hack ii|) the self-interested dispute of the Jockey Club with the Depart ■ iii' iiL I ulit there was some alteration of tlie law the fooling of the Department was that it was bound to provide facilities for its patrons. If the Council refused admission the De partmcnt would merely move the tent on to private property a few yards As in past years,, a motion was linaliy carried by six votes to iluee, merely stating that the Council v. ; .u(d raise no objection to the loca tiou of thy telegraphic tent.