The Daily News. TUESDAY, MAY 28.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 28 May 1907, Page 2

The Daily News. TUESDAY, MAY 28.

The you ig mail injured liy falling oil' tli'.' bus at Motorua on Saturday night was David I itmpholl. not Thompson. as ri ported.

Residents in thai |i=)i'iion of th; (own Mill be gLiJ tn lonni that a street light i-> to be erected in tli" corner of tiaiuo si reel ami Cuttield road.

Caplab l vin ];•; ni'li il nl. midday I \ esterii::y: Si utbeily gale; rise; I

s •>rv 'lyn; t-.:a wr inviv.v. rain probable, and weather exceptionally cold. .Mi' Fred. Belhinger will be suggested i!i" Hospital ll.iav,! ns 111'. 1 .Now Ply-! mouth liorougb Council's representative! on the Board. vice .Mr (;. Ti.-ch, reKiijinotl.

The two bass instruments purchased by tiio (.ar.ison Jiund from .Messrs. Poosey uhi Son at the Ciirisu-'iurch Exhibition i;:\■ now I'oiue to hand, ;md ! lire on vi".v .it Messrs. t'ji(im and Sun's. iTliey u ■ sj i.'iidid instruments.

The .Miiynr has been appoint al by me liorongh Council to vleal with applications hi Ikml Sunday entertainments in the town during ihe eiixuiny year, the law provide- I!,at un Sunday entertainment shall be yiveil "for personal gain.' Tli 'i'e are very few left.

A nie:>tiuu of representative-; of public bodies of the Witimale ;ind llaweru (tistriets was held at Iliuvera on Sa'nr.lay to consider proposals to lay down a tram line between Hawera and the Waimate p a ins. It was decided to obtain an electrical engineer's estimate of the cost of establishing electrical traction between the places.

The afipiui! bahn'e-shcet of the Public Service Stores Co-op. Soe.v. (Wellington) show a loss for year of .C 950. The last lalll-y. ar showed ji 10-s of double tint of tin- (list hi if. The position iiitfribulu! (o lack of support by a large proportion of the shareholders,' who objected to cash payments, and the committee propose to amend the articles of association to permit of monthly credit.

Lest the Postal Depu'tuient should not know that the town clock is in New I'iyuiouth, the Borough Council has decided to telegraph to-dav that such is the ease, ;ind request Hint someone b> sent to put the clock in working order. Seeing thai tlic'Department was still expecting the clock to arrive in the colony ten days after its binding here, the r:>- | minder may not lie as unnecessary as it appears at first sight.

'T want to /bring our streets up-to-date," said Cr Mills at last night's Council meeting. lie has our hearty support. The footpaths need kerbing and they need asphalting. Where such things are not possible, they should be made safe for pedestrians in wet wea-| tlier. The slippery clay bank in Lemon] street now doing duty as a footp iliii is certainly not an "up-to-date" piece of street, and there are plenty of other instances.

At the fortnightly meeting of the Loyal rpuicnt Lodge last, night, Kt'o. G. 11. McGahey, P. 0.. presided, in the absence of the X.G. There was a good :,t----tenvlance of members considering the boisterous weather. One candidate wa< initiated and one propose,l for membership. At the conclusion of the Lodge meeting members of the Druids attended and tried conclusions witll the members a.4 eribbage and euchre. The result of the tournament was Oddfellow? 10 games, Druids 14 games.

A horse, saddle, and bridle are to be procured for the abattoir at a cost not exceeding U. ■•'What sort of a luoke do vou think you'll get. vour Worship, at that piiie';'" asked Cr. Collis last night. Someone said. "A wooden one." There was smile, gradually extending to a brvid grin and all audible ripple of aniiii-'-uent. Then someone murmured somoii.ii'g about a "grey" horse for the bill ■!. and. although the remark was in an nvlei tone, there was a still further enlargement of the smile.

The liia i'.a il v of civil actions entered for lev!vine: at yesterday's sitting of the SM. Court were settled without ihe intervention of the Court. ludgment w.i-. given by default in the following cases: '.V. 11. Broome v. 11. .1. Cormve.il, claim 7s lid. co.-ts Ids; W. I'. Martin and Son v. John Hodgson, claim tl lis !M. costs Ss; W. li. liroome v. A. Lynch, claim t!5 !)S. costs CI 3s iid: Xew Piv mouth llarbor Hoard v. C. K. Cleaver, claim iJ2 (Is, nii s ISs: C. O. Pemvarden v. T. Julian, el lim '.2 Bs. costs Ss.

The K_m<'ut I.(ui^ { \ !.().(1.T.. held a very <-jiji\viUi' ses-.k.ji on Monday evenin jr. V>.r,. C.T.. presided «vo? jsi larjje :<rtei.dance. despite the imli'inont weuthcr. Two candidates were proposed for meinhor.-hip. and one was initiated. Correspondence was re»d and dealt with, and se/cr.il account* passed for payment. JV;j. llarinell gave an interest iiioreport w tin- Mutual Improvement Society. tveeni i\ siarted in Conner! inn with l)i.' 100,.'. Bros. and <l. Ilartncdi were appointed to represent the lodge ;it llawcra on .June '{. The item for veiling was "Impromptu Speeches. J A number of speech','* were discussed and a plea-ant evening spent.

The borough loans of £IO,OOO have not yet been floated. The T. and (■'. Insurance Company are prepared to ace"pt the drainage and waterworks loans of CIOIIO a ell, but the others are .still lint arranged for. The A.M.P. Sociey, wnieii look up the two previous borough loan on exactly similar conditions, refused these loans, on the ground that jjortion of the money was to reimburse t.hje Council for moneys advanced out of overdraft, and there was no power given for borrowing to pay for work :u----ready done, '('lie ilorongh Council, acting on the advice of its solicitors, has decided to promote a Local Bill to validate all the proceedings.

A deputation from ihe Taramiki Carri.sou Hand waited oil the New Plymouth Jiorough (.'uuHC'il last night and :isked for a renewal uf the Council's subsidy to the band for a series of openair concert- as formerly. A suggestion WiU made, also, that the rotunda in Ivawaroa Park shou.d be moved to a more convenient .site. 'J'lioy also requested that the rotunda should be prop.-rly lighted. Messrs JLcConnell and Donovan were the speakers, and asked the Council's a distance in having ihe ojien-air concerts encouraged. Cr. C'ollis, as one of the old Council, .said thai one of die reasons why ihe subsidies to Ihe bau;ls was discontinued was becau e the hands : did nut siiflieientiv siudy the eonveii- [ enee of the public". Instead of the concerts being given during the summer , months, when there were long w inn, I evening-, they were hurried through later in the year, and even then th" 1 darkest nights in the month in-dead of moonlight nights, were ndccled. The . Mayor sympathised with the deputation 'and promised Unit their requests would he deal! with when the estimates were 1 considered. Bandmaster MeCnnnell said the dilTiculty mentioned by Cr. CoMis | eouhl be. got over by the Council laying down a certain lime ill which the colleens should be given. Till- course was adopted in Christchnrch. When '.he : matter came up for discussion Cr Uell- | ringer moved thai CIO be set down on tile estimate* for each band, and tlr.li Crs CoIIK Mills, and Morey be a comiirdlfee l-t .-ee that the for lie* cntverl are satisfaciorv. Cr. Mills ob jeel ed to act on the comini! I ee, on the ground thn: he intended a.t the pi'opT Mine to move the reduction or 'deletion of Mini" similar votes, Cr Coleman's, name was substituted, and the motion carried. The vole was sustained.

The Harbor Hoard has decided to sub !

divide its Kawau Pa re-erve into build-j in.,' allotments and ;n offer tli.' -odious! lor lea-'e. As flill street, on which the 1 sections are now abutting, i; less than 1 C(i feet wide, the 'Board will have to'

widen it, unless the Borough Council J that the provision of the Public Works -U't shall not apply, sue;.' derla- I ration to be approved bv the tiovernor- J in-Conncil. The. Bo ml has made appli-

cation to the Borough Council on 'he leal ter, and their letter came h'fore the Council last night. Cr. Jirown suggest e l that no action should be taken m the matter i ntil Ihe Council had ascertained

whether the si rip of railway land rei|iiireil could be obtained for extending M.ilesworth street. It might be feiiwl eoii\'enient tirextend (''ill street instead. Tim Council adopted tltis course. T/ttcr in the evening the Mayor stated tSi'.it, he had. on the .siiggolion of th*. chairman of tile Harbor Hoard, Sent a telfc'-t gram that day to tile Acting-Minister lor Ivnilways, asking him to lix a date for receiving a deputation on tile matter of (he Molesworth street extension, No answer had as yet been received.