LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 16 May 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

ll Mas noticcal.l.- at Monday night's liuruniili Council meeting thai the biiildcrs among the ciaiucillors had (he least to say with regard to the Carnegie library building contract. I'atca has th- largest branch of the Farmers' I'nion in Taranaki, according to Hi" returns of financial ; meirrher-: sulunittcd to the Provincial Secretary. The branch Iris |>2 members. Kapuiii conn's second with .10. In coiiiiection with the partial closing nt certain sired., during teh construction of bridges over the new ruihva,line, i! is stated that the railway authorities intend opening ISuller 'street to give access to the town by new Cover stifel from the seaward portion of UKborough. At'lr Cc declaration of the poll ru Tuesday night at tiie central booth, Mr (iaukrodger, one of the scrutineers, proposed a vote of thanks to the Heturning Otiic.-r, Mr \V. A. U Banks, for tiie efficient and careful manner in which the dayV, proceedings had ben conducted. Mr Colding seconded, and the vote was carried with acclamation. Mr ISnnk- suitably acknowledged the conipliinciil. expressing his pleasure that lh.e proceedings hail passed oil so satisfactorily.

"The ecu I re ol' uiir town is a .lisuraee to us," said Conu.-illor Mills lust, iii-bt when the lii.ivuf.il Comieil was ,lis..-lissil)j. I lie pm|ins,il tii lay a |«riii;iricnL j.-tiTali ami asjihall irussiii;. at lII.' Devonstreet, corner. "Xoi only mi jiirniiiif of 1 lit- wheel trallic. but. !'oi- pedestrian Inillic this enrucr needs ultra(ion |-i;rli( away." (V. Pikett considered tlic lincl In'i'ii improved somewhat, iiiul In- considered tli-it, ill the interests of economy tin- mailer could well lie held over. The Mayor, however. tlioii«M this sh.aihl lie (routed as an urgent mutter, and the Council authorised the work. ,; Woods' -Great Pppjjeriijint Cure for

Tliere are uoiv MIS couiiceliim, wild the New f'lymoulh municipal electric lighting system. The minimum load recorded last month was !)■> kil.nr.ils, and the revenue for April was mini lilil. Tlic Mayor at- last night's lioruimh C'">nnl i ting deuie,; (lie siaicment attributed to hiin that the electric lielulug system was costing the boroich ■CI I (ill,, year, and alleged thai his words were i;i|il(i lor 1 his year. C'r. Collis wa„ equally positive (hat the statement was n general one.

The Jtctiiniing Ollk-.'r commenced a scl'uliny of (he rolis at -1 o'clock y»s-tei-iluy nfleraooii, the work Ihi.'hj; ,'on|"et..,l late last night. ,\| r |j all | ;s vvi]s ns.sisted by a number of scrutineer and assistants. qi 1(i uiwl t . oU]]( , Wl| he mad,, to-day, ~rift. t 0 the ollicial dcclaralioii of (lie result.

. Tl "' J'rcss reports (hat sneaking at Uirislcliurcli tl„. olher ~\-en ing .Mr llall-.l<.„es sai,| he li,,| ,-ecciv ■,! ii comnninicalion from die l-'arn Ti ! I "ion at Jlawera suggesting lh ;1( { ij ireehold of native lauds should be "iv:"i to those who hid enlered into leasei ''"'• l!'i'i". He said existing contracts would be in ~„ wav interfered wid, and the duty of every liOmH man was to see that they were iiiaint lined Tin Hnwera Star Ihinks flieiv musi be .-j,.„, , mistake abou, (|, iH| .„ (~,, „„„.„ nuiient nienibers of the Hawd-a hrau-l, it"- very strongly 0|)|) „ S( ~| to i, rajl ti N! ,. (he trochoid t 0 tl, native |„, M |,, ssp The chairman ujion being asked said thut no such resolution was s o nt from the branch.

New Plymouth has been startled out o its striile. _ arcpsw J, I). Nut ; M „ •mil Co. have in completing their new warehouse premises in Courtenav "I, Jil "' tl ""'» the most modern c.utway of cast-iron, the wheel-wnv being aJiout a foot wide, and sunk "to a depth of about an inch into the i'o,(:path these crossings are in vo , in Auckland and other lar<.o centre "a' population, and ju the bi.r cities 'tj Home. Several of the borough ecum-' ••■Hill's at last night's meeting complained that tint thing was 100 dangerous j„ -New I'lyinouth, where there was such a vast amount of pedestrian tra/lie. The borough engineer stated he had seen them in use everywhere. and had seen heard of an accident arising therefrom. Tlie Council decided to be on the safe side ami (lie matter was left in the hands of the Council's engineering staff. The big channls cut across the same street by die infant school, ami a. deep hole in the cobble crossing „ext the boot factory are not nearly so dangerous, because, presumably, the people" have become used to them.