LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 7 February 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

About £7O hag already bean col- ; lecied iii New Plymouth bv the (leg- , lax collector. '['lie borough stall' is at present giving mudi-iimled attention to some of (lie tarred footpaths in the town. Kxpoi'U 'of butter anil ehcese from New Zealand during January totalled (iO,2!Mewt. and sl_.G72ewt. i-c»poc-Stratford and Fitzroy bowleg will l iv coneln.-ion:? today on the rinks af the latter club, play commencing at UO p.m, A meeting is to be held next week to consider the advisibility of forming an Athletic and Caledonian Society in New Plymouth. A Wairnrapa tier's crops suffered severely from a heavy hailstorm a .fortnight- ago. He estimates \W. storm threshed quite 300 bushels out of ear. (M the motion of !Mr Quilliam ((loveit and Quilliam) probnto of the will of the kite Jolm .lames Barlow was granted to' Kstiier Pariow, the ex.de ultrix. named therein}, 'by Judge Denniston at Auckland on February 2nd.

The turnip crop in one portion of tite Wairarapa may be written down as a comparative failure, as most of Hie .seed perished (luring the hot weather and several of the paddoc-ks are to be re sown. . tn our remarks concerning llxc Izard ease yesterday, a mistake in the Christian name of the delinquent occurred. We said Charles Stratton Izard; it should, of course, have read Henry btratton Izard. At the special meeting of the Now Plymouth High School Board of Governors last evening, Mr J, B. liny tendered his resignation, which was accented Willi regret, the Hoard attesting its appreciation of his past services by unanimously appointing him its solicitor. In respect to filling the vacancy, it was agreed to recommend to the Governor the name of Dr. Fookes. At tlu- s ime meeting it was decided to determine the selection of pupils for the i fvee places in the school at the Board's meeting on Monday evening next

The High Commissioner iiay cabled to the Acting i'reinicr that in conjunction with the Hertford County .Asylum Committee, he prosecuted several Suiilhlield sat'smen for applying Xew Zealand lalicls and bays to liner .Pate mutton to fill ;i contract with. The asylum defendants "were lined Xsj and the casts amounted to

llle "Kawaia Settler," in referring' to the new appointments lo the Council.,. says:—Oll (he ijiieslioji of landliol'ling .Mr JleXal. will not miin a. I'lind follower in Mr McOardle. of iCn wliia; (he tiovernineiit Land Bill wi/l certainly not meet willi his umjUiili. lied support. lie is a (inn believer in the Ireehold with reasonabl li mi talions. and this for others as well as himself." Mr 1.. I). Webster has received a lelegrain from the Wellington Amateur Athlelie Club asking him to form one of the I cam to rcprescni, Wellington aL lh/ championship ni;,'ting in ('iiristchurcii on 21st and :.'.3rii February, under the auspices of ihc S.'A. .\iua',lcur Athtetie Association. condilion is made that, he miisl compete in Ihe ([iniiler-mite luirilles. lie lias not done a great 'leal of racing over the sticks.' but i'eckdns lie can get lit. for the Hat events. 'At 'the usual fortnightly meeting! "f tin' Unity Tent, J.0.1t., held last evening, details in collection with the I'orUilcoiniiitg conference were pom p.eted, and it is confidently expected (h t a very pleasant time will be spent by the visitors. Ihe local committee has arranged a very com pica; illustrated programme. l!e----conccrniiig the meetings, a guide to places of interest in the district has been added,, which should be found' very useful to the delegates. During llici interruption of trallic "ii tiio Itotorua-Aiii'klaud railway line, teams had Lo be engaged to convey sugar and Hour froin I'aurauga to ilotul'iia. So sueci-ssfut ha,-, Lliis means proved 1 hat there is every likelihood of the route bring adopted in ihe lutiii'.- and the Tauranga ro'ule a strong compelitor wi.h the railway. As a matter of fad, ivrLain goods can iie landed cheaper by means of cartage from Tauranga lhau by ine railway d:rcc! from Auckland to lioLorua, and, some assei'i, with greater certainty and mule expediLiously.

In the course of a conversation with a I ress representative lit Christchiircii the Minister lor .Minos (the 11011. ,'las. McCowani said thai, tnc sale of coal from the Slate coal depots is stendi.y Arrangements Imve no«| teen completed lor opening a depot at Wanganui, and from time io lime new depots will be es la Wished in other towns. As to Ihe ell'ect this departure was having; 011 Hie sale of eoa, for domestic purposes Inc Minister said : "It is having ihe same ell'ecl on .he coal trade us the .Stale fire insurance scheme lias had upon jnsur. mice rales. \\' ci do not want to run coal dealers out 0 r cempCle uuduly witu tliein, but we know thai in Wellington, for instance, the price of coal lor domestic purpose's was reduced considerably after uur depot was es tabiished there, in the ease ol' Auckland we could not ship eoal from iiie .Stale eoal mine tu the northern uity and compete successfully against the local coal, therefore, n'e do not attempt lo compete against it but in any place where a monopoly exists against the interests of the people Hie Stalv will interfere lo prevent it.

The way of the dog-las collector is hard. TJu: owner of one of '.lie canine species, anxious lo a\oid payment of the tax, generally lends the liog lo a seond cousin in another di-,-triet. Many folks endeavour to eape payment by pleading .hat 11... dog is exempt, not having reached Ihe *•* luonlhs. "W'lic," said Mr Tipping, the energetic bui'omih collee tor yesterday, "sonte of tin.,,, | laV e got Ihe hair dropping „ir, and yel I hey tell m e tl„, dogs are under age." Conslitu,mg hiniseli a dental expert, the collector generally settles the disr"t" I'.v mi examination of the do,.', inoutii, and the collar i„ usually pur-eha-ed. lis was gloriously "had'' a lew days ago. A local owner told ""11 io eoine down to the ollicc next uiorning for payment. lie eaine lull }':<• trip was in vain. Xl,e dog owner had left lhat morning mi a holidav jT- The Xowti Clerk gives irot-icc that the lax in the borough must be paid by tlie liti, inst