LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 24 January 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Post Ollico iulviscs thiil Ihe Melbourne-Naples despalch, of lilth December, arrived in London on the afternoon of the 20th iust. The bowling match between the Stratford and Ne.iv i'lymoulli clubs tu decide the Taranaki premiership is to bo played on the New Plymouth green on the ISlsl iust. The Mayor of New Plymouth and Mr Cowie are invited to attend a conference in Stratford to consider the promotion of a Taranaki Provincial Society for the Prevention of Cruelly lo Animals. A (society has been nourishing in SSlral ford 'for t'-.e iwsl twelvemonths. Af (he anuii:ti of members of the Insdewood Athletic Club on Tuesday. Mr If Brown was elected president, and 11 r .1. Gihbs secretary and treasurer. The annual spoiU meeting will be hehl on Marcii 7lh. An lionorariiim of ,C]o was voted 11 Mr (iibln for his services as secretary.

Tiie seaside excursion organized In the Strall'ord District High School C.iminilteu will again be in evidence at Ihe Breakwater on February 7th, when all previous excursions will be eclip-ed. We are informed that the Stratford Boroiiidi Council will pay fu-w Plymouth a yisil and pmbahlv four or live r,nks of bowlers will also be in for a friendly game. The School | Committee hayo arranged for a train lo take 1200 lo 1500, and it will be (he I longest tram to visit the Poet of New Plymouth. The Slralford Hand will a-company the excursionists. The Union Company have very kindly i placed the s s. Tiikapima at the disposal ol the Committee, so our country Iricnds arc iu, for it good time, J

Owing to theTutanekai being otherwise engaged, the Government has arranged with the Union Company to wry the cadet battalions to luo Exniuitioii.

A black edged Parliamentary paper "]" liceu issued containing all th* j-'Ucr.s ami telegrams of condolence sent, I, 1 W'f death ot tile late ill- Ucddou, 1 e ,-0,,,!01,„ces cover 257 pages. The Mli.'dulo pi-iee ot the paper is 4s ')d « : « , ci^H. of r ,i,i "" 3M «™pi«

A an instance of what can be (lone ». (iiielul enllmg „f ( \ niry her(l M ,. -la.tin Craven, of Awnpuni (Mann, atu) l 3 now .ending close on a ton "l »»'lk daily („ (lie flK . t ](i berd number. ] 0() cows, of which'7o are lienors, and 10 strippers, the re'"■under being cows just- come into

Whilst the men i„ (J,,, avorair,-. bush ™»P are proverbially hospitable, ».l- lon t" paeons. T | lis( ,. ln oasj] " 1 ,l '" l ; ld ''; 1 "■'"» "" extract from a ■;Ll.ir i„ i 1,.._ M,„, lt io„ Boar.l. ,„„n----!""'"W <b-e visit of a baekblocks mi,, '«l';r to a cainp. I„ Hi,, word, of 11„. ", nl " r - ""»-y l"l lif lie stav.-d njgbt 11... mosquitoes wollM "i" bun. .the parson passed on. The Premier has been advised l.v Hie llign Commissioner, that Major l.ong.of the Army Service Corps, visits -New Zealand, arriving on March 15th for the purpose of inspecting The various meat freezing 'establishments in the colony. The Premier regards the information as very satisfactory for Aew Zealand, and hopes that a persmiiil inspection may lead to the Jetting of further army contracts in the colony,

" A Tariki reader " writes : " The Tarih public, myself included, arc especially interested in the Education Board meeting, particularly in regard to the unfair treatment received by the Tariki school children at the hands of the School Commissioners, by the releasing of their playground for a term of twcnry.one years, leaving them in the meantime the slope of a lull and a swamp as a playground." Tins matter is dealt with fully in our report ot the Education Board meeting and lint body will lease three additional acres lor a sehool phiygrjund if the price is reasonable.

J-i« C.-.i.s.Ls Bniw,, litis estimate.! that the total wealth of till- Unit,,, Slates m IWM was lrti;,>i.sl,-l|-..(lOu,|,j:i< J Ins slm Wt .,i j,„ increase ,„,,.,. ( | ln limaUs 1.,r liini, ~r I]( ,, M . |v o, ~P r t .„ ll( . ''"(I « li 4 per ~,.„t ,„■(,,. i|„, ( , s .| illmt( timatc lor LSbll, when the total wcalll was <w,o:j7,o!)l,i!)7dols. In Iftfl-i tii< yalu, of u„. ,-,,,! ~,-«>,>.-,-tv taxed „,,, «..,Wi fl Jii,i:!.-.,101..; ,-oal prop,.,!,- no ■axed, «,-.05,5i>7,)74 1 10:5. ; liv. ; "stock 4.0 ( ,J..,<)].7;)ii,ib,5. ; railroads and (hei: equipment, ri,2|.|.;i,2.0WM01>.. ma tori «[s iiml products of manufacture ~lO!l,2Sli.i.(lUdois.; ma climvry. ■etc.. .i.2!r7.7.>4.151)d0k; o„], end silver rum mid bullion, -im-lrao. 2i Alois.; i-loi.liijijr, •2,;,(VMMI(),l)00(lols t'onvertoil into one-dollar bills place, end 10 end, tin; string would be lon' enough to reach from tile oarth to th' moon and back thirty times,