LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 21 January 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thcmquoit into the circumstances attending (be rcent lire at Wailurn mil bo held in (hat (own this afternoon at 2 p.m.

Ihe I'Visco mail sloamer armed al Auckland on .Saturday evening, and tie i-oulhern portion of the mail will branded at the Breakwater this morn ing li'om the JKarawn.

The new building recently erected for I lie Bank of New South Wales ai ingletvoocl is uoii' open for business. Mr Howe, the manager, entertained several of the client-; and lentliii" citizens on Sal unlay afternoon

Stratford will hold a Hospital Sunday domonslrai,o n in March', and it i~ cipMril tliaUll [lu> bands in ihe provinee Ttill take pari, lilforis , irc lo h j, made 10 have special excursion trains running

| I-ne iakapuna was delayed at One.mngri on Friday, and did not clear the \ n l"" 11 " J'mu\s unlil ucarlv ten o clonk on Saturday morning. Al'ter a rough trip down, the vessel was berthed at t\ew Plymouth about nine o'clock, sailing about midnight. The authorities have placed a new ock on the door of the- i'ast End baling ulieJ, ami forwarded the key to the one resident who Ins this year Piu (ortheru.ht to use the dressing sl'od. As half of Ihe bathing , t „son 's.ovci, itis suggested (hat lite keys mi.Jiat be issued for the. remainder >i the seasonal half a crown.

Mr OlmsNaylor, organist of Christ Uturc, Wauganu,, Bm . an organ ™Wm SI. Mary's Church last nigh, liieeor.grcg;,.,,,,, 501 , |1K ,., , 0 lll&1 . ~ 'Jle'V,-s : -C.,n|i|e„e (Wheeldanj; fan-'~-i:i, -0 o:iwli.s.si„, a " { L lls) j p :lslor:l! ■ympliony (5u11iy,,,,. lugue „, U (,l. ,S. ]>.,,,,. The choir -lave a sp, o „ ( . , rendering of •■God so e-ived Ihe world ' tSlauier).

s , . A T u nauca (: ™'' ! ""b "1,0 w-a s o, - ft.-jl-uv.lajr morning liberated from lYew ; lyiuoutlt mol alter serving fourteen , U»i' ot lus first ai-dous was lo take a , bicyel.j_ that was standing in front 0 f . Hawkes emporium, m Devon strcel - and ride oil- wilh ,|. Constables O'lLnl. . own and Culleu gave chase, and the alter soon overhauled ilm l arrcslcd 1 t! '° » ll »- [ y Weyt-lc was damaged '" ; : m '! L> "' :l -''' lilc f'-Vi'o being ])ulled oil'. . ■■mi tnc inner lube exploding. J[e ' will 1,.. rLnrKort at Iho S.AT. Court this , ""OMing mil, the theft „f (Jjc hk . , e and willul damage to ].roj.cr|.y. . favored by jdeasant weather, (he iiiiuigmanon of Hosphal Sunday in Aew Jymoulk was in every way sue-'■o-sslui, nbout iiftcen lnmdred people Haling the deiuonslralion ii } ht '"■«"■■" 'on (-.rounds yesterday. p ivo I'audb took part, the Hlrati'ord, In-1 0 - »'oo|, AaiUra, and Ike Xew ITy.uo.lb ■J'"'»y «»d Garrison Bands -the selection of music was good »'"» " very enjoyable afternoon ;,'" "'? I ' L : sr,lt '. J,; I'Jiid plavcd selection, m the following order: -Jngicwood (Bandmaster if. Cottier), ftiraLlord (Bandmaster W. i\icholls), Ij-f-'""" | ( Ba 1 lllll T. Hughes), -U, , lary Band (Bandmaster Slurmey), a"' (urnsonßamUUandn.asterT.B. ■yi-Unnc I), (he latter playn.g tlie two i.nusfseleclious now in preparation loi tiie big contest in CUrisleburcli. "'liiog die afternoon short addresses «'!-' re given by Mr K Doekrill, Mayor »» A en- I'lymoulh; Mr G. Tisxdi, Uia.rmau ol tliellospilalljoara.imd ■ l ;c.-<srs h U. Smith and \V. T .len""'f. ;i-'»il.l!. Thank, wero\,e'■,"''!c.l the bands takingpart. espc-iailv chaige Ul - the boxes, wliich, when 01-eiicd, showed Ihe pnbin, )la( [ ~„„,„. b""-'" .L-Jil His. This carries a Gov-e.-nmeul subsidy 0 f 21s ior every £ sojliatlbelloml's funds will benelit to I lie extent ol i'o'li lHs.

•V M,icn,ulie inveMigatio,,. Klv lhe I''"'•-. 1 ''"'•-. « mnv to 1,, 111; uk, into Uu e Olloum' l.tltlO 0) cool mi -; ch( , i , s(; !).,'^. ,S|l1 =' Cl " 11 iUld UB "( Hii' ; Uinmiissionea s stair, ai ,. at ~,,, ■<''-' l"'l'( <;««™ m.-loiy to ,„vr,ti,nt,.. ■ ;•, l»'n,„,„( s 1,„.,,. ~,i C0ll j; ,•■.,1 ,- r.- u "''- ■" ""'"i "ii.l nrtiiiC....1 iclirycralion power, am! the. (.;„. 1 eminent l,s supplying Uu , . pervi s ion, 30 that authentic data ,„, be available a B to what'S,Tne »H.<t elect rami!; at low tonincratu-e '■"- on U,e flavor. There is prollaoiv ;'" <"'" i" Uu. business who w j|, ~,,,;. ,' "',", nn ?"Z ""l'l'ov.-s chocs, tJu .,i. " ami reduces tlu' slirinkaw | m t what i 5,,,,; generally admitted "is tint ""' ■•»1«r..v...,.0,,t compensate lov tl,, '""I '"a abstains wj 1 endeavor to i,„ r v l ' ";i ,: ' l ';»"' l »- will i,, fo i •".' ™ k' -V'W Zealand eheesemakcrs "it'll eoiisideral.le interest.

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The condemned K-ipj>ig;i hole! luiiViil:', v.hici n;is about io lie <]i-j;.;;;. tJ t .I to ia.l«- Wily foL'il now builUng, WHS bum-J to the ground on Fnd:,i : nidt TilC tollij V;|!,|,. „f l;y|,| ( .,| f.,-1.,1,, o, ihe enhrny nl tin- end ol' hist yi'.-iv, as I'l'-.1. Wll„ C2IS.I)!I0 11(111. (!; ,!,:.. C-i1.11U0.0i.".) ivpr.-eni- ;t •:, . v;l lie ~; improvements. Waring i< >. : jii;, '.... '-al dit,',rlot sirbdivi.-i,,,,,. through,o: t 1 I <-' Colony. WI'IV 10 Value,], and |; , ('•till 1!,,-,-, as,! i„ fil|>it:il ~i ;-, those amounted 1.1 Cil.iilili, Librarian, sr,ys that the pe'.,.■•..., ,'i 111." library Mile finm nil :.-1--.I"-.■----:»-■.-nil trades, al!l secus nut] till" olasso..-,. 'l'hoy represent, m fact, nl! sorts ami conditions (if men, from the okiof jn.itide to ;i. u'acksiiiith's Milker. I'bo liillcr. liy lie' way. is a deep si,ideal:

of ik" liioi'iiluiv of the eghlo.'ii'h ecu! m-y, wlih-ii is his hnli'iv. and ;!r Wilson ! iok-, upon him a, '.mo of I he i'i!'--l aul!i,,rili-s on .10in.,.()•,in Mew Zeaiand. A ,lesl:"l'.lio on.-olllitcr kelWeeu ISO, liu-v bills look place nl t;,e l'..hu r ~!;,,; :-',.:i!h ,'.i!..yui-,1,; on Mooi'iv ls-1 . 11l l'i,e ll"i,„!l'lii:i-!i,:,"l .-, C ■ i'Olt lil'e iuornin;: one of Ike Im'iV .-\va i 'i.n'ia'l tlead. and Ike 0i1,.-.,' di, ■! ~l Ike rail way caltle yards later ,„i in :!„. ,|av. The animas were flic pism-rlv <if .Mr A. Douglas, of llampdeit.' A.horse has died in Kvskinvil'e. Xow South AValos, from a somewhat peon liar canso. The animal was in a pad dock, and on the owner going for it he found it lyini; dead. " There was ii wound on the'side of Ihe nock, and I'H'.jii n.ppca|-ancesj airolie;!, ,(;,„ hoi'so bad evidently bled to death'. The police investigated tiie mailer, and reported that th" hor.-o had ro led upon ii sharp piece of glass, which had made it gash at its neck, and that il lid.,' tyedi. to death. j'lio glfiss-a. tliree-cornered jiicce—exactly" lilted the wound.

A denizen of (he wild niul woolly baokblocks 'of South'aml recently vis ite,| Timarti, says- tne IV.-t, and was taken lo the'harbor by a Tiinarii I'riend. who, with much honest pral :, pointed out Ihe nov; Dredge :)o(l, which Was working alongside ike oil breakwater. The man from wacback gazed stolidly at the big machine for a very long (imp, and his friend at last suggested that they come nway "Not yet," was the reply, "I've counted 3(14 of those buckets come out of the sea since I've been In re, and t'm not going tii! tlioy get the lot up!"

Some idea of the value and importance of the ilaxtiiiliing industry may be gathered from the fact that 900 men lind employment ai the mills m this district, sais the Manawalu Standard, and another :i()i) in llawke's Bay. Seifert Bros, alone employ over l."> 0 men in this district.. Tii'o chief valine of Ihe business, as far as the industrial element is concerned, is that the gnat majority of men employed represent unskilled labor anil they would have great dilfeulty in obtaining the wages derived from their present occupation in anv other wail; they might turn their attention to.

In connection with the staleinent that a large quantity of South Aus Iralian grapes would'be shown at the Chris/church llxhibilion. it anpcai's Signer Bragaln. Hie Hovernaienl vi'.ieiilluralisl. intends to make a display of \eH' /calami grapes at (lie ,-ame time, wilii a view to showing that the Jocally-grown article in the matter of flavor and price can compote with the imported. The grapes lo be displav ed will be selected from the flover'n inenf experimental farms in the W'ai kato and llawke's Hay. ami also from prominent Now Zealand growers. The vintage this year promises to be a re cord.

A grand bazaar in aid of I lie Western Bark funds is to bo held at the Theatre Royal on 2(ith, 27th, and 28th February (race week). A strong committee of ladies have the mallei in hand, and are working most enthu siastieally. No doubt the bazaar will be the s'oecess it deserves to be.