LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 13 June 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Captain Edwin wired at noon ycsteidav Northerly strong winds to gale; ..lass fall; tides "high; sea heavy; rain probably; heavy river flood. Notices of a new valuation have been forwarded by the Valuation Department to proper! v-'owners in the Egniont road district. Objections must he lodged by ■2>Jlh inst. . The Treasury has advised the faranaki County Council that a iinal payment of :O>oo out of the £10(10 loan for the re-bnilding of the Mangamn Bridge on the T'nrilu rond has been made to the Council's credit; and that further sums of tT'Oand CRO are now available for expenditure on the Tapuae hill and Oakura Bridge contracts. The danger of carrying bank notes in large numbers was' exemplified last Saturday, and the incident also showed that (here arc still really honest people about. Miss Mary Carey, of Okato, was shopping in New Plymouth, and just prior to returning home she missed a roll of thirty CI notes. She retraced her steps, calling at every shop she had visited during the day. The last on the list was Mr.' C. 0. Unwke's, and there she found the roll awaiting her, and had her mind set at rest.

The State, per medium of the Truant Inspector, made another attempt yesterday morning to compel regular attendance of children at school. For neglecting lo comply wilh the terms of the Education Act in this regard, fines were imposed by Messrs. K. Cock and W. i>o» ley, justices, at the local court, as ruuler: John Hale, Junction Road, 2s Od with costs 7s in each of five cases; John Hodgson, Lower Mangorei, Ss with costs 7s in each of two cases; R. A. Woods, llnrford Road,, 2s Od without costs in each of two eases; Mrs S. Jones, Stent Uoad, 2s Od (costs 3s); Mrs. N. Halpin, uarea Road, 2s, costs Is Od; Martin lin.phey, Stent Road, 2s, costs Is Od; W. Cubbou, Pungarrim, 2s, without costs, Frederick Gush, Old HospitaT Uoad. was dismissed with a caution.