The Daily News TUESDAY, MAY 21.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 21 May 1907, Page 2

The Daily News TUESDAY, MAY 21.

.Mr. !•'. Ihozdowski complains that the i'aranaki County Council has encroached n his laud in makim: approaches to the new Waiongoiu; Bridge.

'■The longer the specification, the bigger the contract price." remarked Mr. S'adden at lle< I'it.'.rov Town Board meeting lust night.

• At ihe S..M. Court yesterdav lienrv Aiulholland, alias Wilson, who had nleadeil guilty to the theft of a bicvclo, was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.

A member of the Filzroy Town Board was heard lust night regretting that in taking over the Jiatdities of the Jieniii Road Board the noxious weeds were included.

At Monday's meeting the Hospital Board passed a resolution of sympathy and condolence with Mrs Smith, and family in their sad bereavement occasioned by the death of Mr E. M. Smith, M.H.R.

His Worship the Mayor intends to immediately convene a public meeting to lake in hand the setting-up of a permanent committee in connection with the furthcoming band contest, to be held at i\cw Plymouth. An early start is a good start.

"There nre some, members of the hospital start who consider the drains are a. legitimate dumping ground for all sorts of refuse." This is an extract from the report presented by.Mr. Tisch to the Hospital Board. The offenders are likely to get into trouble if the practice is persisted in for the blockage of the drains has caused quite a considerable expense in the past week or so. At tiie .Magistrate's Court on JlonTJav morning, Sir. W. <i. jUiddcll, S.M., gave judgment foi plaintiff for rile amount claimed in the following undefended eases:—(i. H. Lindstrom and Co. v. A. Dunbar. t'« 3a 2d (costs til 10s fis): Taraimki Oil and Freehold Co., Ltd., v liobert Watson, £3 12s (id (costs ti2 ;i s I lid); U. Dooly v. (i. Roberts, ClO Ks l!d (costs .fl 10s fid); E. M. Uurle v.*A Harper, £0 17s (costs Bsi.

"When are you going to build a stable at the Mountain House V" asked a resident of Mr. Collis yesterday. The chairman of the committee was equal to the occasion. "When we get the money," he announced. "Well, put me down for .til now," was tiie little expected but verv welcome rejoinder. And a bystander increased the surprise when he ejaculated "Put me down for half a sovereign, too." Mr. Collis' list is not closed vet

There was a good attendance last night at the summoned meeting of the Moturoa Lodge of Druids. Arch.-Druid llro. H. Stocker presided. Nominations for officers wore received, there beinrr several contestants for most of the po" sit ions to be filled at next meeting. Four new member* wcl'c ' initiated. , TIM lodge team is in full practice for the card' tournament with the Oddfellows' Lodre next week. "*

Complaints hive reached us of the manner in which the Borough bv-laws are being infringed by cyclists and drvicrs. It is tiie exception now, rather than the rule, to sec bicycles eqipped with light and bell, whilst unlimited vehicles are seen all over the town, and sundry collisions at night have' been recorded. Mr Kendall' has had perforce to relax his vigilance, through stress of work, but the Council shoidd have some other Ivn.x-eved official at large.

Mr. 11. Okcy was officially declared the member for Tarannki on Saturday morning and had not long enjoyed that honor when iie weired his first "request" This was from (he Tarannki County Council, asking his assistance in (he matter of the prevention of further erosion by the Stony llivcv at Okato. Mr (ikey's reply was prompt. In it he , ;; , V s tie 'is personally acipiainten with the matter, and was writing to the Lands Department, pointing out the serious damage, likely to occur to the country ■Mid private individuals in the neighborhood by the encroachment.

Mr. A. L. Humphries, for the Reercation Sports (iround Committee, desires us to a.-knowledge with thanks (lie „f. fers of Mr. ti. George and Mrs. A. Cole, each to seat one of the southern terraces' on the new ground, the latter offering also to assist in the erect inn o! any oilier seals that may he donated. ' These thoughtful residents have created an extremely useful precedent, and it is hoped that: others will follow suit. Tt mav not he within the means of all well-wishers to finance a whole row of. seating. But that need he no deterrent. The seats are being made of timber two inches thick, probably from nine inches to a foot wide, and the committee will be pleased to receive and to use any planks of these dimensions.

"It pays to advertise." said Mark Twain at an advertisement writers' banquet. ''When 1 was editing the Virginia City Enterprise, writing oopy oui! day and mining the next, I tried to force this truth home in many ways. A superstitious subscriber once wrote and said he had found a spider in his paper. Was this good or bad luck. f replied to him in our Answers to Correspondents' Column as follows:—' "OW'Subscribei": The finding of a -pider in your copy of the Enterprise was neither good luck nor bad. 'The spider was merely looking over the pages to iind out what merchant was not advertising, so that it could spin its web across his door and load a free and undisturbed existence for* ever after!'"

It will be remembered that Rev. T. Fisher, of Ukato, being compelled to pay the full dog tax of 10s, complained to 1 lit- County Council, and claimed lo be allowed to register at the lower fee of 2s lid. The Council informed him that the dispute lay between him and the collector, not the Council, and the clerk [supplemented the information with a definition of the balf-crown dog as one "kept solely for the purpose of the management of stock." The rev. gentleman claims that his "kmi" is used only for that purpose, and explains: "It followed me while on horseback and. though I tried to find its owner and be rid of it, it stuck to me and my horse. 1 then trained him to look after and fetch my horse at feeding times, and on my visiting rounds, and for this purpose T keep him." Fancy a horse, and a parson's horse too, needing to be fetched at feeding times.

''That's been a sore point for a long time;' said a member of the h'itzroy Town Hoard last night when the chairman brought up I lie matter of stray cattle on the roads. "It's high time we took steps to stop it," said the chairman. "I am continually hearing complaints about it. There are plenty of cattle running about here that ought lo be run in." There was some dilliculty at arriving at any decsion. it being recognised that a pound would not be a paving speculation, and there were few people likely to take up the duties ~r ranger or poundkeepcr, and people were still less likely to act us informers. The chairman mid the board would have to lay an information against owners of the wandering stock, which were doing such damage to the footpaths and to private property. The said owners have begun to get cheeky. One ratepayer owns a heifer, and she jumps fences like winking. She has a particular liking for clearing one particular fence on account of the succulent herbage abundant on the inner side. The owner of the herba-e objected, and was told curtly, "If you keep your fence up she won't get in." ■The board is going to deal with the nuisance.

A penny saved is n. penny gained. Two sliiiliiiL's or mnre saved in every r l.y ilmiliiiL' nt '•Tlie Knsli" :iino«nt« to .1 considerable sum in a ycnr. It payvon handsomely fo buy your elotliins.' Uierc as it is the rlif>ancst store ynu'i] find in Tnrnniiki. A few prices tli.it slionld interest yon are : Boy's overcoats Rs lhl. boy's tnnie suits 8s 11,1. boy's Norfolk suits from Rs fid, boy's I braces from 3d, boy's odd knickers) from 2s lid. boy's caps from (Id. at tlie| lending elotliins store, "Tho KasJi I '' Devon street, New Plymouth.'