LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 20 June 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Captain Kduin telegraphed from Wellington at X 1.55 a.m. yesterday: Southeasterly; expect heavy gale; glass rise; tides poor; sea heavy in Straits; rain probably heavy, ami weather coider. At a sitting of the Pensions Court 011 Wednesday morning two applications were dealt with. One pension of £23 *\as gianled, and in another application a pension was reinstated in full, the circumstances of the pensioner havin" recently changed. °

the matter of providing seats at the mortuary in To Ilenui Cemetery, aud of painting the building, will be brought before the Borough Council on Monday night, the Keserves Committee recomniendiug that the work should be undertaken.

Ihe llegistrar-General's return for lJOti give the total births in the colony w!liul1 '4'aranaki contributes 10-o. Of these totals there were four cases of triplets, Taranaki's share beim* two In 11)05 there were three cases of tnplets, of which one was in Tarauaki.

In order to show their practical sympathy with ill-. J. Jleikle (ex-driver), who was recently dismissed from the Kaiiway service as a result of the liakaia collision, all the locomotive department employees in the Canterbury district are contributing a day's pay towards pay towards a fund for his benefit. Kaiiway men in other parts of the colony are also subscribing liberally.

the liorough Council has decided to i °,a hid i" Queen street in order iu conill . H llh . WilUe Uart aut(;i "itli ihe town drainage system. ;Ur. vi-uda 1. sanitary engineer, estimates tile lost at ,U. A general rate of Is 0d iu V , ,md a Wte of (id in Lhe x " 1 U " : ;uuuull vaiuc was struck. A i,-sol, hion wa , p sj., tlli!jil w . !,T f ° .. tk ' Jal<! Blackmem 1 ' tMl ' Utoiv °-

tuu l )] l t ' °/ Vls 't»''s to -Vow Plymouth cmiu ; had a , m . io „. sort of lousisled m nsltmg eve rt , st . u * t m tiiL- town. One of limn, speaking to a porter, said Xe W H.lSon (o | R , ~r oud ()f ita sen , iw . n t]ij J :C\ ib ? ; IUmdiUKV and provender <= 11 and cleauliness and promptitude the rule. Some of the establishments, were m our informants' ;;'"S ul, ' ,oSt mo ' ld for the now pup la uHcrnoon tea. Of course, we r, -1 T °";". Wi,s we| l "orved in tl™ no ,1 i, 1S "° IU! Ulu lesa g'-fitify-si<Te sou;" ' a ™ a - fmm «» m,t -

I Tar'mJff' 01 ''';™^ 11 llilS to the •>i.u aki County Council as follows: M e to advise you in respect to the f„>!,i I i',°, ,''" itZl ' 0y Tmv " Di *- I linil a. lialanee oulsidc the "v,u district is slill left out of the lemu disliict. As it will |„. M ,,essarv r 'v;: a l , " , ' i ' l r ° Ji |o '* tiiis bniuncc 'i V > n ! " '"I h r »v wh,ther any step;' 'a\. Itccn taken lor nieryiii" that nart" the ro;ul district into Taranaki Coun•x' ' 1 has boon done I presume it , "> ""Pl'ly the! counly i ,ll ' Wnitara riding oulA 1 Unit portion of the ~M „-t arc in a sort of "uo mans laU| oad-r ~o milllori| v> "''''l'ssary for the district io ii< 1 i!ici;:Ou into Hi,* counl v.

For llronchial Cou-lis, take foods' (-.real, 1 eppeinunt Cure. Is «d and 2s fld. If yon want your furnilure removed eareinlly, expeditiously and economicalIv, employ the New Zealand Kvpress Company, Ltd., who make a special feature of this class of work, ami who are ■lifo a'lie to supply first-class dry storcj'e aceoiinnodalion.—Advt.

' hr--e are ilic d.iys when one's IhoiiLdds naluiallv turn to the Melbourne Clothing Company for warm • ipuarel at keenest prices.' si vlish lop coats 2!ls fid, 30 : .-. :i!is (id: lamliswool knilted socks, 8d pair; warm knitted singlets and pints. 2s lid, ">s lid. Is lid: men's all-wool Crimean sliM'js, r* 1 Id; men's pyiama suits. .!? ; 1,1- 'I- lid, to lis Oil: womeivs warm slippers. Is, Is 3d. Is nd: men's fc!t fliiipers with carpet soles. Is lid Advt,

A special meeting of the Taranaki County Council is to be held prior to the ordinary meeting on Momlnv, July I, for the purpuric of passing a special order authorising payment of Iho bridge rate out of the general fund. Th,-.' inline of the lirst ship casting anchor at isew Plymouth in connection with the early settlement of this town was omitted from tile letter appearing in yesterday's issue over the initials "JJ.E." ami dealing with the harbor. Tiie name of the vessel was ihe Tory, t.f 400 ions. Tiie Taranaki County Council recently wrote to the Railway Department suggesting that the railway line should he ; fenced mi the Mountain road near tin; Wuiougona Bridge. The District Engineer has replied that it is intended to complete the enclosure of Ihe railway at that point at an early date. Tlr.i Reserves Committee of the !)itj'ongli Council recommend that ihe School Commissioners he asked if they will consider a proposal to exchange reserve E (adjoining i lie Cemetery grounds), owned by the Commissioners, l'or town section 7i)2 (opposite the hospital giito), and reserve L (Old Hospital site on the Mangorei roadj, owned by the Council. The seven pounds sterling authorised by the uorongii Council for the purchiiae of a horse ul the municipal abattoir still remains unexpended. The Council delegated the business to tiie abattoirs' committee, and the committee ill turn has passed the matter on to a sub-com-mittee comprising the Mayor, Mr. R. \V. Dixon, and the manager, who will now yet out upon a search lor a desirable steed. Why not have a parade of all gee-gees valued at ,C 7 or thereabouts in order to facilitate selection?

Tradesmen and others are rather interested in the proposals for the improvement of the Mill road, as this iresh means of access to the Vogeltown and Harrington road districts, or from there to the Erankley road and west end of tiie town, would greatly shorten and sii'Hplify the tradesmen's cart rounds. The .CiJUU ( loau and £IOO to be contributed by the settlers affected) proposed to be expended would form the road from end to end, ami metal some portions of it, the grade being about one in ten. There is under present circumstances quite a large amount of pedestrian traflic on the road, and this would doubtless increase were the road improved as suggested. Mr Edward A. Holding, local representative of the London College >1 Music, has received intimation mat in connection with llle examinations to be iicld at the various centres ill li)Ui-8, one of the examiners will be Mr Theodore fc>. Teanu.', Mus. liac. Oxon. »uo has been nominated for the duty, and is making a special journey from England fur this purpose- I\Lr Tearne is a Daehelor of Music at Oxford, was lor live years with tiie late Sir (jeorgi,* Elvey at the Chapel Royal, Windsor, and two years with the famous Dr. Wesley at Gloucester Cathedral, lie lias likewuk had many years' experience a* ;.n j examiner for Hie London College oz

■Viusie ill Lunduji and at centres m various parts of Ureal BritainFrom the inglewuod ticcord wo lean, iiiut me accident to Thomas iiawlinson, reported in Wednesday's issue, occurred oa a slight incline a little lu the northward of the Noriolk roaj. The engiae was hauling a number of log-laden trolleys to the null., and became uncoutroliabli 011 account oi the greasy rails caused by the melting frost. Tile engine left the rails and ran some distance jolting along tile sleepers, eventually .siopping without completely overturning. it is not known whether the driver jumped oil' or was thrown oil. lie was rendered unconscious by the fall and by a blow in the abdomen, and 011 recovering his senses walked back to Mrs Christie's house, fcihe secured help from the skids, the engine's starting point, and some of the men brought lit.' injured man in a suite of collapse to iiiglcwood, where Dr. Nutting attended liim and ordered his removal to tiie

Plymouth Hospital. On enquiry line last night we were informed tint the patient was doing fairly well, and that 110 further injuries had been found.