LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 24 May 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. "W. Prver. score!ary of tho New Zra'land Kniployers' Association, is lo Jjivt. an address to factory owners al New Plymouth tins evening. ('apt ain Kdwin wired yesterday : to .-in.ng westerly winds: •dass lilt If movement: tide--, sea considerable: rain probable. Mr. .1. C Tdonteliore has boor, entrusted hv I lie Taivuiakl County Council with tlie work nf eomph'ling the Tapuae contract on tin- Main South road. Hatepa vers ic tic district are pleased wuh tho manner in which liis nun and team-; are settling into the job. A eemmillee meeting of St. John's Ambulame Asn.-u-iatiou was held iu ihe Tmvii Hall laH night. His Woiship Hit; Mayor (President I occupying the chair. Mis. Henry Cray was appointed secretary pro. tem.. in place of Air. C. If. McCahey. resigned. Tt was decided io siarf classes for ,i nur*iu\r v ami "first, aid"' oil dates to be advertised. You Cough! Don't trifle with if! svkks's cnu conni w;;i one it. SiOd everywhere. Is fid and 2ji. (Id.-■Advt. In drawing ihe attention o; jnr readers to the Mortum Tnscct Powder advertisement. wo bo# to inform fho p>.M> (hat the Mortum U far superior to any other powder on the market, and is not an old powder under another name, as some shopkeepers have boon Irving io make out. Give jMortum insect Hesiruy- \ er one trial, and you will not wish for , more elTective to kill flies, fleas, and I every other vermin. All chemists or I otorea sell tt.—Advt.

The Mayor Ima boon appointed lo act] in conjunction with llm and ilie (Jlmmbor (if Commcrci* in tho ! mattiir of endeavoring to have Mu> • 1

worth street opened through to St. Aubyn street. | Out of 3.) candidates who sat for the | tlie Fellows' diploma in the November . examinations held bv Hie Xcw Zealand Accountants' and Auditors' A-sociation. .inly three obtained full passes, one of these being Mr l'\ P. 1). Jclferics of the Bunk of New Zealand. Inglewood. sixteen partial passes, and among these were Mr 11. Lewi«, of the Taranaki Oil and Freehold C'o.'s staff, and -Mr <\ A. | Madett, of Messrs d. 11. Cock and (Jo. j In the Associates' grade there were two . fall passes, Air \V. l.igelow, of Jle-srs Sargood, Sioi-nlid Fwcn, and Mr 0. I' ( - : Day, late with Mr 11. liaily, F.N'.Z.A.A.. and now accountant for Mr -1011, of Okaiawa. Messrs T. CI. A. Ual'le, of t!ie l/iiion Rank, and Mr L Macey, of . [lie I'osl Ollice. obtained partial pass--. ■ S'one of the Taranaki euididatcs failed in either grade. All in Cameron, fairly well-known in this ili-trict, was beiore the Court en Thursibiy -morning on charges of llu-lt an I false pretences. The firs! charge was that on February i'th- at Kltham. lie coiiuniit'.Hl thel'i of a horse, hames and gig, valued at the property (t .1. \Y. We-t. and nrv«n,l that lie obtained a motor bicycle worth Wl from A. Cede (Cole and Donnelly) by a false pn~ HMice. Thi' information alleged tlia; be , had falselv represented himself to be >n i the employ of Arthur Cleave and Co. (Auckland] at a wage of CI a week,, and that the horse, gig and harne-s given in part payment belonged to him. Scrgt. Haddrcll prosecuteil, and Jlr A. 11. Johnstone appeared for tile defence. Mr ,Johnstone applied for a remand til the 31st inst, as lie would have to obtain evidence from Auckland. KtT S t - Ifaddrell opposed,, but the Magistrate considered the period reasonable Hie accused was then remanded till 11 a.m. m Friday. 31st inst. Bail was allowed m accused's own bond for :C!oO, am! ,wo sureties of £75 each.

HcumwnUiUw from tl» various iianclies of tlie New Zealand Kiulway Mlicers' Institute mot in conference ill recently. ami diirinpr uk' veck's silting whii-li ft lai'K'mnilicr of i|iiestions the wcl';uv of olliciTs of tlie railway service AW discussed. Tile monitors comprising tlie eonferenee subsequently wailed [lie Minister for Tlailways (lion. Mt - Kall-.loncs), and urged upon liim Hie I desirableness of granting' u universal I i-Hi!. linur day to statioiunnsters and members of (lie clerical division, together witli all amendment of tlie Olass.jlieation Act ill tlie direction of more adci|uate reiiiuneration lieing given for tlie services performed by tlie stntt a wliolc. tlie requirements of the service having considerably increased of late vears. The Minister gave tlie deputation a sympathetic hearing, and promised to give their requests evevy consideration, stating, in regard to hours of duty, that he ivas averse to anyone lieing required to work unduly long hours. At a subsequenl interview which the members of tlie eonferenee had with (he (!cneral Manager, numerous questions ol interest to both the management and members of tlie Service were thoroughly discussed.