The Daily News. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21.
A letter to (In- Kditnr re tii l:' tux. Wiles other mutter, appears on 'tie fourth page.
Over a thousand v siLoi's have signoil their name- in the visitors' liool; !it the Dawson's Falls Mountain House already this season.
The liarawa will go on the slip for an overhaul on Friday next, and therefore will miss a trip each way. The new Si rat for 1 Hospital buildings are to la; olHcialiy opened to-day by the Hon. Mr Fow'ds. Counsel in the Stratford case ycslcrday referred to the "customers" of the do lor. He \v„s smilingly corrected by one of his "Ican.ed friends." But whj? Cu-tomers and patients arctile same, in that they have to pay. The public- scarcely need reminding that Taranuki's popular aquatic fixture, the Waitara regatta, lakes place to day. Some splendid contests arc sure to be witnessed in the open events, and the Maori canoe races should provide a novelty worth going specially to see.
"Put the questions in such away that a farmer's wife in a delicate state of health can iirdersun.d without my assistance," said his Honor Judge Haselden in the Stratford District Court on Wednesday, when counsel was too particular in preserving the Kiug's English.
A meeting of the Unity Tent was held during last evening's session of the Rechabite Conference, the Council suspending their standing orders for t-his purpose. The District Chief Ruler (Bro Sherwood) presided. Two candidates were initiated and welcomed by the D.C.li. Refreshments were handed round and much appreciated.
"Where is the defendant ?" queried bis Honor District Judge Jlaseldcii m the Stratford District Court on Wednesday. The defendant,a fall, slender man raised himself from his scut near the back of 1 lie court. "Il just shows hjw ail injustice may be done," said I lie Judge. "1 thought Hint-gentleman silling at the end of the table there w,is the defendant," indicatiug a vveJlknown ami stalwart member oE the legal profession.
The Taranaki Garrison Band r> turned from the Christcliurch Band Contest by last night's express tram. The numbers were somewhat attenuated, owing to some members obtaining exlendcd leave, but the remainder, under Bandmaster MeConnell, played a lively air as the train passed through the town. There was a largo crowd to welcome the baud home, but no formal reeepliou look place.
Whilst boots are very often respon-! sible for the seriousness of an assault, 1 and for the amount of pain inflicted, footwear does not usually come within the scope of the word "weapons." Yesterday a witness said a man was unarmde except for iiis boots. Cross-examining counsel had commenced to criticise the witness' apparent tendency to belittle the dignity of the Co Art when the Judge iutcrsposcd with the remark [that some of the boots he had seen on ! the West Coast of the (South island I were very deadly weapons indeed.
The literary tastes- of the New Plymouth public can perhaps bo gauged Irom the style of reading principally in demau l at the local pub! e library. The books issued were: Ficlion 15,DSO; history and biography, 32!): geography and travelling. 18(5; miscellaneous. S,j; a total of 10.38!).
In connection with the recent pro-ie-t of the Borough Council against the erection by the (lownimen' m a wooden buiM'ng within the "brick"' area, and the explanation ol' Ihe authurii'es that this is merely a temporary s.rneture. it is interestMig to" nr>le that in the opinion <*f (lovernme I ollif'als no building of wood is reckoned to be permanent, and lii'V or ordinary building- i* about tiftv veal's.
At a very representative mert : ng of settlers of Stratford and district, held on Tuesday night. Ihe following resot'on was carried:-- "That tlu> inciting desires to prote:t 1110,1 strongly aeam-t. the tardy in • willi the following public works, v./-Met-alling the Ohuva voad, of the Mounf JCirmout ra'lway, ami pushing on of the work on the ,Straiford-On-«arne railway: and. furthher, that the meeting is of opiiron that continuation of >ucli a slow rate of progre.-s is the opening up of the back country is directly opposed to the nilvnnccmcciland prosperity of the colony."
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19070221.2.4
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 21 February 1907, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
687The Daily News. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 21 February 1907, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.