LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 2 March 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tlie Sonoma arrived at San Kninciseo on the twenty -seventh ultimo at e ght p.m.

The Wanganui Herald is responsible for the slate it that Mr (i. V. Pcaice, of lvakaimncn. will lie a candid.-ile for the l'atea seal at the next election.

The Oswcslry Grange arrived oil' \\'ii"Ham on Friday afternoon to load about 12,000 carcases of beef ami mutton, and sundries, for the London market.

It'is not often that we liud the five vowels in a word of six letters, but the Maori word Oapuci, the name of a road in the JS'gatiuiuru riding of the Clifton County, contains the whole set. The Ngairc, Norfolk road, and Durham, road school pupils held their annual seaside outing on the New Plymouth beach on Friday altcrnoon, and spent a very enjoyable time. The Clifton County Council just mustered a quorum at its last meeting. There were only four present, which, meant that the Council had to adjourn when one of its members expressed a desire to catch a train a little earlier than the usual closing hour. At the farewell services to be giyen by the Rev. jN«.xon at the Queen street Primitive Methodist Church on Sunday the choir wi'.l render special music. The anthems "Seek ye the Lord" (Dr J. B. Kobe-is) and "What are These" (Dr Sti'iiicr) will be sung.

The New Plymouth vital figures for Pebruary were as follows:—Births 2:1 (17 town (i country), deaths it (II town .") country), niui-riiigcs 7. T'lie registrar (Mr P. C. Smith) informs us that the infant mortality for the month was fully 3:l'/„ per cent higher than normal.

■lf the country is going to be magnanimous and give the Mauris roads free of cost, and without the payment of rales, it should be at the expense of the whole colony and not at the expense of the Kuropean settlers ill the neighborhood of the Maori holdings."—.Mr t'meman : , 1. yesterday's meeting of the Clifton Countv Coum cil.

The Rev. l«'atber Me Deniiolt, C.N.H.Ii.. opened a mission in the. Catholic Church, Inglewood, on Sunday last. The attendance during the weefc at. Masses and evening devotions were 'excellent, the church being always packed. The mission closes on Sunday evening at Inglewood and on the day the Rev.' Pat her Clime, C.S.S.U., opens a mission in St. Joseph's Church. New Plymouth, afttfl- the 11 cfjrloek mass.

I A meeting of the committee of the iTatauati Poultry, .Pigeon ,fc Canary Society was held at Iho ollice of tho secretary, Mr E. (iilmour, on Friday evening. Three championships have been allotted to the Society's show, to be held on July 27th, 2Stk and 291 h next, yiz, Modern Game, Bull: Leg. horns, and plain-headed Norwich Canaries. Tho schedule has been revised and adopted, and will be issued shortly.

There is a great scarcity of labour for road works in Tarauaki just now. The matter came up" at the Clifton County Council meeiiug on Friday, the engineer stating that in addition lo tins the various works had been delayed by the numerous holidays recently and (tie sport-loving tendencies of the men. Now that the regalias and the races were over, he said, there might be an improvement. The chairman queslioncd this, saying that he had noticed from the newspapers that sports were coming on at Wailara, Tongaporutu, Urenui, Mokau, antt other places, all during March. 1 The seiy.ces at Queen Slrect Church to-morrow will be conducted by the llcy J. Nixou at the usual hours. Farewell sermons. Anthems by the choir.—Advt. In drawing the attention of our leaders to the Jtortum Insect Powder advertisement, we beg to inform the j public that the Mortuin is far superior to any other powdii on the in.ii!;>-;-.

and is not an old powder under an other name, as some shopkeepers have been trying to inaliv out. Give Moi' tiiin Insect Destroyer one trial and you will not wish for any more ofl'ee live to kill Hies, flea 3, and every other vermin. All chemists or stores sell it.-Advt.

South Ishuul advices report a sharp rise in the price of sheep, the recent rams being responsible for a rise of fully 2/ to 3/ per head. Buyers from Auckland are operating very freely. even at increased rates, the demand for young sheep in the latter province bc»| mg very keen, and prices are severa: ] shillings per head higher than thosei ruling in Taranaki. Flounders have been very plentiful lat Waitarn lately, ami herrings are present in shoals, more particularly in the part of the river just opposite the freezing works. Line-fishing is altogether too slow for the local fishermen, who have resorted to "jagging." A " jag" is made of three fish-hooks tied back to back, and fastened to a line. The " jaggcr" throws the line well out into the stream, and then sharply jerks the line in again, and any fish lying in the way becomes impaled on one of the hooks. Some of the Maoris arc very expert in the siucncc of" lagging."

About twenty intending members j attended tlie meeting called for Friday L'. evening to discuss the proposal to form t a rowing elub in New Plymouth. Mr J Wortlungton was voted to the chair, i '. that the importance ot the meeting ' demanded a much bigger attendance. . Mr Johnstone moved, and Mr E. ' Griffiths seconded, that the meeting ', adjourn till Friday, March BtU, at 7.30. ! The motion was carried, and the sccre- . tary requested to communicate by cir- . cular with the seventy gentlemen who ■ haye signified tlioir intention of becoms ing members, It is hoped that on Friday e next the attendance will be large, for '- the provisional committee cannot re- " commend the formation of a club if S only a lukewarm interost is evinced : " We believe that the young men of the '' town are anxious to have a rowing '' club formed, and that the conditions at „ Uhe harbour are favourable. All that [r j'ls needed now is some practical ln- .„ I terest.