LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 8 May 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tlie poll tor ill!- election of five members lor tin l rurrhicloii Uuail Hoard yes Icnhiy was t.iirlv Iji'uvy, aud rir.-u 1 U iI: (t'arter lil. .!. I'cpperill lid. tSpejice .">!!, -I. I.ashhrook SS, \V. V. Comt Si, W. M. I'crrv 111. AI. fi. iiiiM,,.!- i.-i, |i. \v. Sim-liiir -11, l„ V. Laurent The first live were fli'cfi'<l.

i.el 11-. luijic tli-il (In' wheels of (lie new (own cloek won't <-lo<> as (lie l)cpar(niellllll wheels appear to ,|o in Wl-llill-f lon. .A week we announced lliiil (lie dock li.ol .utivr.l in New Tlvtiioulh. mid lint (lie work of erection WHS tii'iiij.; proceeded willi. Vel Hie I'osIn I Depiu", litcnl. replying nnder (lie ,|:ite ot May .*!, (o tin- Council's previous ipiery concerning ||,c pnlilie time, piece, wrote thill, •■(he clock is liifr in the colony .11 any time now. and when received will lie immediately sent on to New I'lvinoul h. The arrancoments rotits creel ion iire being made, and there will be no dclav."

l-'or ( liildivn's Hacking Cough at night. Wood.,' (,'rcal Peppermint Cure 1/0 and 4/ti. \

! '-"dies an.l gentlemen' (as the political aspirant Buys), Tie want you to see the spolnrlid show of boots and siloes at the Melbourne Clothing Co. You'll find the poods to he Up-top quality and marked at prices a long way below competitors'.— Advt.

If you want your furniture removed | carefully, expeditiously and economically. employ tile New Zealand Kxpres.i Company, l,td., who make a special fealur,-: of this class of work, and who are also ab'te to supply first-rigs? dry stor»g-' nccoiuiuodatlon.—Advt.

"F didn't know there wore people ,-•«> toml of work that they would steal shovel* and picks/' said C'r. (leorge at Monday* County Council meeting, \vhou discussing the tendency o! hidden touU to be mysteriously "lost"' in the OniaUi riding, A departmental enquiry was conducted on .Monday by l)r, Valentine concerning the recent allegations against the custodian at the Old People's Home. The inmates were examined at some length, and it is slated that there was some interesting (juesliou-auswcr evidence that is better lel't out oi" print. The inspec-tor-Ceneral will report in the course of a i'e\v days. In the meantime we are informed that Dr. Valentine was well satisiied with the conduct of the institution.

Mr. Jennings, M.IJ.U., who was on a visit to Kahotn, paid a visit to To Whin at IVirihaka on Monday, lie had not seen Te Whiti tor over i'our years, and was struck with the vigorous appearance of Ihe old prophet, who looks as keen and as alert as. of yore. Ale also noted ;i great immbrr of improvements in Panhrtka since his last visit, in the afternoon he paid a visit lo the Cape Kgmont lighthouse, ami was courteously shown around by the chief Jightliuusekeeper. Mr. Wilson.

The "man in the street'' was wrong when he rumored impending trouble at the New Plymouth Hospital. The meet ing of the House Committee is merely for the purpose- of discussing with Dr. Leatlmuij medical superintendent, win-* proposals made by him for new or enlarged buildings. The New Plymouth hospital has had such a long record ol smooth and satisfactory working that it is quite a relief to know that, far from impending troubles, tiie satisfactory running is as pronounced as ever.

Mr. 0. Corney having resigned from the committee of the Tarauaki Poultry Society, Mr. E. P. Bullot has been appointed in his stead. The committee lias arranged for an art unlou in connection with the forthcoming show, the four first prizes being gold nuggets, .(iuessers will have a chance of estimating the number of eggs in a basket, and the person guessing nearest to the actual number will receive a good prize. The committee lias arranged to meet fortnightly, and show details are being carefully arranged.

The following samples of the questions lived at Mr Okey on Mon-My night bear evidence of > lie high standard of Taranaki electors' intelligence: Are you in favor the repeal of the law of primogeniture! Would not this assail the oligarchical monopoly and thus make this part of the law capable of symmetrical classification? Will you, if elected, have the present slate of tlie law of evidence repealed which stages that the only existing state of facts are positive ones—for a negative fact is nothing more than the 11011-existence of a negative fact is equivalent of the existence of the correspondent and opposite positive fact. This has an important bearing upon a monstrous act of the Liberal Government passed in 11104 i-.nd accordingly an elector would like your answer in clear and precise language 011 the point.