LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 23 January 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It IS e-lmial.-d (hilt il, t - CovonmiMit will make .C.-.n.i)i»i. a v ,„■ 1 1V compelllll.U' l-MIK-a.1,,,, Jtau'll, 1„ pay' for th-jr correspondence. _ l'n,at.H-s arc voltiii K i„ t|„. <, T ound in several plmrs in Mini around liast n«S the iL-ii'tit ram having proved very lnichicvons. 1,1 ' -'''l"''"*''- ul' pressure of W( ,rli (ho engine -i- Ims a-ked for authority i„ i-njr;,!.,. ,•[,.,•;,,,[ am-.-. Tih. Work <'omniil(,-c. u, u -i, om tlii' application wii- rei'om-d. w jil , v eoiiiiiic.lih. Council :<» i.uUioriUiip :■' I.'ii .-lulling a «-,-,.!,-. A «'.-ll I u'ii, Wangaifui jii-noiifr-r. "■lin lias 111.. repiliiltinl'l of l,ci||;,- a |„t '" ■'■ piijiin-l. had ,i ralla-,- h.-ai.-d di--. ■•ii.--i»ii uiih a punier r.-c-nllv. wita uni.!- 1., a <-.„,v.-ni.-n[ ,p„;. where a. '"»• livly round, were i„d„;,cd in 'l'll-- peiicillci- in-..v.-<l vicloi-ious In- a' lliil< ; -.v l'-il liander. :ifHT apparently luiMii.S' I Ik- wor-t of Hi.. I..mt. - l|.-i : , l.'l. A liriviit.- lelt.-r has 1,.-,-,, received J'l i U<■-!•; I! ids and Moke,. d < Auckland, stiitinjj that they hnv. withdrawn tln-ir oll'cr to instil electric Jiglitfiip ami tramways in Napier. I'iiciv reason is that tin: condition? now imposed by 'the Council would necessitate a premature disclosure of their jchemc. and this disclosure ih.-v are not prepared to make. The, Mtrall'ord County Council recently pa<.-.-d the foliowino- resolution, and asks the Taranaki Council to i-n' dor,c it; "That this Council, in view | of the continued spread of noxious weed:-; in tin- country, respccifull-,- j:ecommend llic Hon. Ministorjk for Agriculture to instruct th-s Jjßous WccHs Inspectors to adniinbtJK'tlie law more tiltuig<mtW\s-i£iaß ■ ■ *

Inglcwood rainfall for December, (Mil inches, was the lieaviest recorded in tin; North Hand. Til.' Porongh Council's staff i'- at present ongagod in laying down sowers in Dawsoiistreet, south. Tin- next sitting of the Native Land Court in New Plymouth is fixed for February 7th, or as soon thereafter ns the busings of the Court will allow. Potatoes continue to be a very mo (k'sl item among the expoiis from l.lii.s colony. Last month only 2 ton?, valued at ,C2(i. were sent, out, Auckland being tin; port whence shipped. 'The Tnrakina conveys to New Zealand the lOuiperor Ininz Josef's pies enl of lu-o chamois bucks and four dec.-. A quantity of Austrian forage has been tak.'ii aboard for the voyage. The Covcinment of J.'iji is making a .-.run:;; bid for (],,, settler, and. as a beginning, invites applications f or u, e base of an area of fO.OOII acres in TTie southwest corner of Vanua Levu. 'there wcr,. 21:125 people in (he colony who objected to slate 'their re i giou, denomination -or belief at the time of last census. Nearly twothirds of these were males.

Tiie number of breweries in the CO louy last year was 72, and they cmployed 7.'M hands. The wages' paid totalled .tilth's a year, and the beer mad-' in 1!)().-, amounted to 7,li;U,:i(i2 gallons, valued at .1572,571),

The S;,ratford district school's hold' their annual picnic at tire Breakwater on Tiiui'aday, li'eiTruary 7th. A cricket mutch between the Stratford and New Plymouth Chilis will probably be held the same day.

The desk patented by Mcsrs Spencer and Sanderson, now cxhibik'd nt tlie International Exhibition, is aittraeting oinc. notice, and a New South' Wales school inspector is enquiring the cost of making the desks in quantities.

Ail Invercargill minister has adopted tiie practice of answering questions at his church on Sunday evenings. The large number cf young men who attend the services testify to the instructive and helpful qualities of ths departure.

Air C. P. Pry mentions a curious coincidence in Pry's .Magazine in connection with the South African team which has been touring Croat Britain. Their average iwcig'n.tl (12st : Ul|U'). is exactly tiio same as that of the New Zealand "All Blacks.''

The lender 0 f .Mr ,1. 11. Sheppard, at <:.'!:.">, |,. ls j uvll . lm ,| ))/( , (l f,, r ,- ll( ,' building of a new teacher's rc-iilcnce at Ixginonf \'il'age. Other tenders u,•>■,•:—Boon Pros., c:J77; K. \T. Bond, £305; ,]. Peterson, ,C3!>7; A. »'l'b. JMIKI; .1. 11. Turner, X-117; Jack-on and Cleiand, X4.)(i.

I'ouifry keepers will be interc.-teu 1,, note that at the line of ilm hr-t census -bare were in Taranaki 2'J-lO g; .-,', I(i,SS:I ducks, 127.25(1 f„wl-, 47('iS turkey.-, and -111. other poultry, c.veludnig 'pe-eiui-i. The total ii|Uiuber of poitllry shoivu in tlic Taranaki reiuniw.i- 1 U2,2.jS .

The slim of OHIO has been set aside by IWlianienl for distribution ,o public libraries, and the distribution wi.l take place on February (Jth. Applications, in the prescribed form, iiiusii be forwarilcil to the Secretary for Kducalion, Wellington, on or liefore iSih inst.

Ih the total population of the co lony (exclusive of .Maoris) at (lie last oeii-us (;tl(i.'.'-!7 wcije nati\es of New /calami. lHUiai „„„ t . f,- om J.;„ g i aiu |. ■17.7117 from Scotland, and -HAm from Ireland. Those who gave China as their birthplace numbered 2002, and iliere were -117-1 who came from Cerniiinv.

The New I'lyinonlh post ollice advises that posicai'ils bearing i m ita turns ol New Zealand stamps will be passed for transmission within the colony. This concession will be withdrawn when (he present 'stock of card- is exhausted. Delivery of such cards beyond Xew Zealand "is forbidden by iiiiernational regulation.

Al the meeting of the Taranaki llortieniiiiral Society's committee on .Monday evening. : \|,- j. p. tl ton ])Kii U\.

mg, arvangciiie.iits were pushed on for the annual show to be held on 21st l'ebruary. .lodges and--stewards were appointed, siib.jec. to their consent, and Hie secretary was authorised to arrange for afternoon tea on the day of I he show.

-Mil.'. V.. Palmer, observer, inform: us that win has fallen at New Plv mouth on Id (lavs ihis month ihe iota I being 7.1'J0 inches; on ci x d:novcr a quarter ol an inch fell each day, wnilo'on one occasion, the l.'itli instant, the fall was 2.28 inches, and on another, Jie 1-lth. 1.5.5 inches. The. rainfall at Slrati'ord from the Ist to the loth was 8.82 inches.

Bad feeling beiwecn two of the cmployed at tiie gasworks resulted in a Cerinaii named Xaslrow charginc a young -fellow, Fuller, with assault. The evidence, taken at Hie Magistrate's Court on Monday and Tuesday, was of a contradictory nature, and the Magistrate, declining to believe the informant's account of howhe came by his injuries, dismissed the

The Taranaki liliication Board now provides a bathroom in its new residences, and, of course, the bath also. -Mr I'atlll, However, stated last night that he did not believe the Board should lind the bail,. "If W e iind if,' he said, "I'll be bound they will never it-, but if the teacher has to pay Jor H, then it will be different," His fellow members 'dissented, on the ground that the room was useless wiiuoul ti.e balh, and the latter was a fixture. "No more a fixture," retorted Mr Paull, "than a kettle." ITe mentioned laier that at teachers' residences the bathrooms were generally used as lumber rooms,

An exceptional opportunity of visHiiig ihe Inhibition is to be olfereiT the licoplc of New lyniouth by Ilie llailway Department on the' ilOlh ui-l, m connection with the Depart-i.i-'iit - si-iiein... of ollering facilities to dillerenl drsiricls in turn. Throimli fares lo Christchurch, first class; boat and tram, are to be issued at :C2 return, second-class tiain and <(eera".' '"'"I '-I "/ii reiurii. A special'tra'in or trains will be utilised for the ey i'Ui'--i"ii, leaving aider the mail train A- ,ne number of ticket is limbed to illO. intending patrons should i„ak" u|l lihca-iiou („,- aeeononodaliou at the ocal railway station as soon as „os -ib.ic. J

.Mo-l. of th,, business transuded bv I Hie borough works coniiuitlcc had '" do with the lieereaHon (irounUs inipJ-ore-ineiits. It was decided (o recommend the Conned to allow (he Sports (.'round Committee to remove turf and top ~oil from Kiiiis-'sire,-: -.( Il"' rear of Mrs Coker's section and 'o inl'onu .Mrs (Joker (hat until this lias b'A'ii removed tJiiy Couifcii n „-i Hot see its way ;„ make (he 'entrance to her properly. The Council will al.-o be recommend to allow the same i'"iimiiH.-'. under the supervision of the foreman, to deposit tree stumps in f'illis-siiool. to Ilie rear of Mrs Riley's premises, and to notify Mr Kyng.lon to remove the wood deposited by hiui on that street.

The first practical 'examination in connection; with (he London College of .Music was held on Tuesday al St elary's Hall. Or. W. E. Thou,:,-. Mus. Do.-., (ixon., Professor of ilu-ie was th,- evainiuer. The followiiig an- Ihe result,,:—Oiauile Henry J-alwanls. primarv piano. 77 marks il'l. A. Holding, teacher); Olive P. l-'i-ln-r, primarv piano, 77 marks (Cl. A. Holding; Kihth L, M. Itodgei-s. primary piano, S2 marks ("Miss Kohson); Alice W. P.ollingor. intermediate piano. 7,S mark- (M. A. Clolding): Annie C. Xoble, inlerim diale piano. 72 marks (10. A. Holding); Kvclyu Duiiil.lelon, advanced senior piano, 7(1 marks (K. _\. bleir-tierl: ti'dward A. Holding, senior organ. Si marks (A. K. iMcTcher). " " '

.MODKII.N CUh'AJI SKPAKATOItS. | Mr \\\ Thomas, of Jiav. [ writes as follows.—"I have much pleasure in stating that the .ISnllic Cream Separator is giving mc iU-e,ry satisfaction. It is a clean skimmer, per cent of ful in skim milk .03, h'oasv to drive, aivl will put through the staled quantity. I may say that I have driven a hand machine of a iliffereat make and less capacitv. and I iind the Baltic is by far the easier to drive. Cost of upkeep so far. has been one bottle of. oil. Further particulars from J. 11. MaeEwan and Co. I