LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 8 February 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The total i-denue of the I'atea Harbor M-.I liisi rear was CIKKI 12/1, lll » l [ n|«-i me Wlilii l:!/2 (inclusive of additions lo pier). A credit lia'auce of .(MSi) 17/2 was shown on Ihe working account, against last year's profit of" ,1.722 2/i). Having ocea„ioi, i 0 lift the lloor of tuv Indian! room of the t'riterion Hotel, the workmen came across an "Id well containing about seven feet of water. On 1 hj,. surface of Up water indication., of pdrolcun, were plainly siiowing. I In-strong smell of petroleum I'l'-t ilrawing alt ion 1,, t h«- fad. To gi\e an idea of tlio exlcit ||„, Mibseripiion nuisance has attained in New Plymouth, one guillomnn tolls ir, Hal a the present time he is i-eeii-laiiy waited upon f,„- subscriptions' to 71 -pa rate ohjeets. \„ wonder there |, mi outcry against this ejnwimr form of begging! of Hie ilellioiirue ('lohiing Coinpa'nv. leaveii on a return buvina' visit to Knglan.d by (he I'ersic,' sailing from Sydney on the iird iiist. The linn's rapidly growing business large re.ervc slocks, and i 1 r (Vr,eary wi-.l ill-range conl.racls will, leudiii'e kngbsh iiiaiiulneliirei-s for firs,!-hand regular shipments, and (]„„ ~!;,,.,. ,i lis eniei-|i.-i,ing Mm, on a belter footing than ever. Mr U'l.cary 1,,,,,,., |„ !,:■

I Air Annus.l. McOur.lv. who was con nccicl with the Farmers' Cnion tor -.me year- i„ (he position of organVr and secretary, bnl has now resigned, is nl present paired in writing a pamphlet upon ,the aititu.M fof Hv) Cnion on the hind question. with special ivleiJoico to Ulie 'present /cam paign. Tlie paiiiph'et will also I line Hie liMory of the t'uinn. from its in- ■ augiiraliou at Kailaia iN'orlh Auckland) by supporter, of i 1,,, ,„;,, ,|„| |n Jlallance. to be present. Mr 10. Ciliuoiir, sei-rctarv of the Ta- ' ranaki llorliciiltural Sociciy, has on view iialfa dozen l'emarkaiilc pota- . locs. They arc all from one void, taken indiscriminately from Jiaßfan-' acre of similarly proportioned tubers. The -i* of them turn the scale at 13'/, lbs. and Air Cilmour says (her are as »-ouii,l as a lii'll right'ihrough, and coid; 'splendidly. 'The grower, who lives in the AA'auL'auui district-, developed the variety himself, and has not yet named it. At- (his rate of pro ducliou .»is half-acre will yield him i 1)1 tons of potatoes, or 2S tons to the acre—not a bad commercial proposition.

"Jf the Chinese, come here in their thousands, we've either got to entertain the r shoot them. . . When 'you've got a dap killed he's not dead, for there are fifty ready to dike his place."— Extract from I lie defence lee turo of Thursday evening. ;At Auckland on tile 2nd instaiil!. His Honor Judge Deiini'ston, on the application of .Mr 11. C. Hughes, grant ed probale of (he will -of the late j Clarence llennoll to Clarence Svdnev Komioll and Cuthbert Ernest Kennel, Hie executors named in the will,

The big lire that occurred in Dune lia on Friday night used up a large !|iiaiitity 'of il'ue ,tiiroady d.{niin.i,iie<l slock of wnier, and only a month's uipply is left in (lie reservoirs. Spu■ial prayers were nlVeri'd in the Duneilin churches on Sunday for rain. One of the Slrntford boys narrowly nrssed a -erious accident on Thursday afternoon. lie was boarding the exeursion irain a.s it moved out. ami slipped. A poller grabbed at him. and fell, and it looked as if both would get under tiie wheels, 'the only injury sustained was thai the voiing.-tcr missed the train.

-Mr l'ooie said last night that Xow Zealauders were so fend of advertising the colony's development and r»sources that in some countries it van being looked on as the location of King Solomon's mines, or the place in which the natural wraith of the world was A inimili!) -siiW the speaker referred to the colonial powers of imagination, a remark Hint .was surely uncalled for. The Hon. J)r Fimliay has been retained by the Elthain "Borough Council ill connection with the lawsuit with the Hawera Lighting Company, which will commence at Sew Plymouth on Monday. Air Cotter, of Auckland, will appear for tne Hawera Lighting Company. The claim is for £-10110 for. alleged injury to plaintiff company's water rights on the Wiiingon gora river by the Eltham borough waterworks.

A notable sale of property and stock has just been negotiated by the National Mortgage and Agency Company, which has sold, 0 „ behalf of Alessrs AiacFarlane anil Co. to Air A.F. Koberts, Westlield, the homestead block of the Teviot Estate and a. quantity of stock. This estate is one o£ the best known in the Otago province, and is situated in (lie Teviot-lloxliurgh districts. Original,*- it was owned by Alessrs Cargill and Anderson, who worked it in conjunction with the Mount lienger run, and used to pin 100,000 is ip through the sheds at shearing time. It was sold by tiiein to Air W. T. Scriingeour seven or eight years ago. Ai, thai time the estiilet comprisitl :ft.OOU acres 'uiidell pastoral lease. Lile.y 11,000 acres were so:d to Air J. A. I'lumctt, of Greenpark, together with the grazing rights of ,-lS.Oiw acres of pastoral land and 15,000 sheep, the transaction running into nearly ,(40,000. .Mr Koberts, besides purchasing the area men (ioiied, has secured the grazing rights of 1!I,(I0(I acres of pastoral land, and has bought the stock on the station, comprising 20,000 sheep, 300 head of cade, 70 horses, and also the farm plant. The purchase money is be. twecn .COOjOOO and .C 70..000.

The Stratford school committee was exceedingly fortunate in its choice of (he day on which to hold tins annual trip -to the seaside Stratford was practically deserted, fully sixteen hundred of its residents and the scholar- and parents interested in the Stralfoid district schools finding their way to Jloturoa. The special train arrived at, New Tlyiuoulh shortly before H) o'clock, w,1.1i nearly 1400 expectant souls aboard, and toe bulk of the excursionists went on to the Breakwater, a few score remaining in town till afternoon. The 'buses ran hundreds of town.-pcoplc to the harbor, and the wharves, beach and sur roundings wore an animated appearance all day. bathing, fishing, and boating being the principal pleasures. The Takapuna ran a free trip during the afternoon, n kindness much appreciated-, and -Mr \'cw|ion King's oil launch Awakino was continuously employed in running large panties aboik the harbor. Others scaled I'aritutu. or rambled round the rocks. The Municipal JJrass Hand accompanied the excursion, and played some capital -elections throughout the day. The bulk of die work of the arrangements was in the hands of Mr C. IX Sole, chairman of the school committee and Mr F. A, Tv.er headmaster, who are certainly to 'be complimented 0; the excellent manner ill which the whole excursion was carried out.