LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 20 April 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

r i he formation of the new footpath on tile South road beyond the West Knd school is being proceeded wllii. Owing to a technical informality, the Hon. li. A. I.oughnan, M.lately resigned. The point was whether lie came tinder the tu,r. .if jJie Di-qiiiiii-ticat ion Act through holding a (Jovernnicut, appointment within six months of his nomination. Tile prescribed term has' now expired, and it is understood he Mill be re-noniinaU',l in due course. Alilm' half the length of the wooden side-walk approach to the wharf at -Moturoa has been rcdecked. and the remainder will be done as-soon as the necessary timber anives. 'J'lic old footway looked and felt shaky, imt evm the engineer did net espeet to «nd the timher ill ,-uch an tidvaiacfl stage of decav. for hi' niLiilioned in his n.oiilh.y r-p i'rt that ' only a few of the planks aie wort!, putting down ag,:in." The voting man who •'scorched'' down tile hill ill Brougham street about .j.JIU last evening will lind himself in "(.hieer ftrect'" if he plays thai game too often. Without a guiding hand on the handles, he allowed the machine its head, and da-bed across the Devon street crossing at '..errilic speed, anil just missing a cab by a few feet and causing a ladv pedestrian to !!y for the footwalk. " lint not a whit was the speed lessened, and the cyclist sped on his way. If the borough authorities or the police fail to pull him up. there is a chance that a passing vehicle may get in his way.

At the Police Court on Friday morniny, before -Mr W. tl. liiddell, 'Frank Schodrovski was charged with' failing to provide for the maintenance of his sister, an inmate of the I'orirua asylum since June, )!100. Arrear- of I'7-s were alleged to be ilne. Int."rrogatcd by Sergeant Ihiddrell. the defendant sni.l his farm of :i7n a.cres was valued a,'. OlSlit). lie had paid oil C11r.4, mi,] waj, a niortgiiue of L' 181-I.i. The S.M. held that lie was able lo pay, and made an order for the payment of ios a week .for the future, anil for a reduction of the arrears by instalments of a pound a week.

The harbormaster, Captain (_'. I-;. Hood, reported t.. lie.- Harbor Jio;ird on Friday thai there were •!!) -•.i-.ainer berth ings al the wharf in the previous live weeks, aggregate gross tonnage being 3H,.51i1J tons. Imports were tons, including 377 tons of local coal and :jst tons of j'ailu-ay to:.;, exports were lliW tons, making a total of MM tons of cargo handled. The dredge worked lifteen days, making forty trips and removing 2-100 cubic yards of sand and silt from the new berth. 'J'he signal sI a 11' and light house and beacon had been overhauled and painted. The Inspector of Factories on Friday morning proceeded against 10. May, baker and confectioner, for two breaches of the Shops ami Ollices Act. The offences were that he hail employed a lady assistant for more thuii "ri hours in one week from March 27th to April oth, and that lie had employed ttie same assistant for more than the hours without an interval for a meal. Tile defendant, who admitted the olTencc, explained that he had formerly two iady assistants; one. had left, and he had not engaged another, the remaining one tloing the work. He lutd intended, however, to have two, and a second ' la J !| 1" ready been engaged. Tile Inspector mentioned that there had been but one since November. The Magistrate, in inflicting lines of CI and costs on the first charge, and 10s anil costs on the second, said tile defendant had held an unfair advantage Over those of his competitors h'Jio complied with the law. The costs weiv 7s on each charge.

•Mr >Vm. Cutflcid, 011® of (lie members of (lie 11 omi i linad lioad, topped the poll wiih H 5 votes at the first eMlnn of commissioners for tile new I'itzrov Town District. Jfr Leslie Steele, chairman of the lioad lioarci. was a close second with !12, ami Jlr W. 11. GrilliUiS, anotller member, eai„e tl.ir.l, with 87f Tilis is a pretty fair indication ol' (lie ratepayers' satisfaction wi'tli the conilnei of llieir afl'airs as far as (lie Ileum jtoad Board was concerned. They have entrusted three tried men with the re--ponsjbi:i(y of imiiui);iiig tile first year of flieir flight into more pretentious municipal management. (Jul of SJI4 inters on (he roll, I>'l voled, representill.;: voles. Jlr ('. I'. l'ootc, Ihe returning nlliccr, had alt (lie arrangements most complele, and the poll was cli'clari'cl within nil hour, although the closeness of (lie polling made a recount ncce<saiy.