LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 22 June 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Scenery Preservation Society has been granted permission to erect one of its "places to visit" boards on tho wharf at Moturoa, its position to be indicated by the harbormaster.

The dredge at the harbor worked seven days during the past month with the grab bucket, removing 13'/, loads, and shifting sUO yards of silt from the ikw berth. For l!i days tile dredge worked on the spit with the suction pipe, shifting 70811 cubic yards of sand.

At the Magistrate's Court veslerdav. before Jlr. 11. S. Fhz'iicrbert.'s.Jl., the Taraoaki t'ouuly Council sued I-', I'raccgirdle for special rates due as interest on the Tariki road special loan. This rate has not been collected for 17 years, but lias been paid out of general account. Jlr. ltoy appeared for the Council and Jlr. Johnstone for defendant. After evidence had been called, counsel addressed at length. The Magistrate will give bis decision on Wednesday. Mr. Roy mentioned that in the event of the case being decided against the Council [an appeal would probably be lodged.

'■Where is Kiiinai V" a harbor member U-antod io know yesterday. Jt was suggested the place might he somewhere on the Main Trunk railway line. But then the secretary read a letter to the effect that the '•Kaiimi" settlers favored harbor extension. Mr. I'riee came to die rescue, and said that evidently the set- ; llcment at the comer of Lcpper and Egmonl roads was meant, anil the word was not •'Kainai," but "Kanw hai," another member interjecting that "k-u-u" in Maori was pronounced as "c-o-w'' in England. Then everyone had a shot at pronouncing the word with tile "n* reI>liii:c(l by a "w." Of course Kaiauai was the place referred to. 'J'he proposal to widen Victoria road, principal street in Vogcltown, nccentuItes the unsatisfactory position of the same road within the borough. Just at its intersection willt the C'arrington road it is very narrow, bandy allowing room for two vehicles to pass. There have been numerous narrow escapes from accident at this point recently. The widening, unfortunately, would do away with the nmv flourishing plantation on the tapering tongue of land between the two thoroughfares, but as it is all really a street this should not deter the Council from taking such action as may be necessary for the safety of the public. The New Plymouth Harbor Hoard yesterday received copies of the resolutions passed at recent meetings of settlers on Kent. Carrington. and'l'rnnklcv roads and Kaiauai. urging the neco.-'sily for harbor extension and agreeing io a special ra'c for a fresh loan. Mr. Warren, in forwarding the Ken! road resolution.

■aid (let from personal observation ho was sure that oil the seaward side of l'aritutu there was ample hard stone for concrete making purposes. The chairman said (hat a few davs ,-uo, he badseen ilr. Mcllona'd. who was in charge of the early testing drive on the landward side of l'aritutu. had given him

an a-iu-anee to that effect, lie did not know what size boulders could be ob-'■linc.-l. but he was quite confident that then, was any amount of hard stone.

There is a letter-box perched on ;i post at tin! corner of the, old Carringjlmi anil "Vi.-tr.ri!i l-oiitl-! at Yngellown, and this liox is ;i great convenience to residents in Hint suburb. Hut whilst the box is on one side, of Victoria road (lie footpath and the residences at thai, point arc all on the other side. And !>.■(v,ecu (he metalled road and the box in wet weather is a swollen side-channel unci a fair-sized area of mnd, through which the; letter-posting public and the letter-currier who clears the box must wiiile. it would be quite a boon on a wet night if the box could bo reached from 11,,- fn„l path. There is an electric lighi pole on Ihe opposite corner, which illicit be utilised.

l.ev. 11. .1. Lewis. ALA., will preach at: (,>uccu slit PriinUhe Methodist Church from the sp/cial subject, "The \Vw Theology and the Old (Jospcd," on Simdav next.—Advt.

To-day is the last div White and Sons will be iii their present premises. On Alondav the shop will lie closed to allow of tiie removal of stock and fixtures into 111.' larger premises, next Okcv. Son and Arnold. Ltd. fall and see 'ihc throw-tints to-day—Advl-

Remember when you were a boy iio-v (lie other chaps envied you when "'cm put. on your new suit, how you felt that proud of yourself it took you ad your time to walk inlo Sunday school, and how that threepenny bit you always got with every new suit seemed to hum vour pocket? Don't forget your boy "lias tile same feeling rind he likes io be well dressed just as You did. If you haven't a boy you'll want to borrow one when you see our display of XorroP; and'funic suits, etc. *Ye have about 20 Norfolk suits at I2s M. to fit hoes of froai 10 years to .TS: !'"r t'-c bigger bevs we've :t-ganncnt suLs at Ms (Id to 2:1s; for the very liile chaps of. from 4 years to 3 years, we've 11,e popular t mile suits at Ss 11.1, tVn there's the Conway siot. coat, vest (lil.l ,I'llick-vs. all for ■)?„.' H,L' "T\ v , Kash." Devon street, New Plvim,r(.c,.-... AM - r^ajHwar

Captain Kilwiu wir-d \v. C-i'iluJ': Moderate to shun;; easterly \\ iii-l-;;gliin.: little movement; tides low; probably frost to-night. Uwing to an accident to idie shaft oi the e.ectric light dynamo at the harbor thi! wharf lighting during- this week has boon by means of kerosene lamps. The contractors expected lo ha\e the wharves and beacons lighted by the Kcw l?lynioiuli Municipal electric current last night.

'lliS railway mini of New Zealand are ijuikiii<r a presentation to Mr. .J, T. M. Horsisby, i1.11.1t., as n slight recognition ol his great interest and strenuous efforts for their welfare.

_ During the past ,'ivc weeks there were .ii steamers berthings and one sailer at the wharf, the aggregate gross tonnage amounting.to 67,<r>(! tons. Imports were 5520 loos, including 10,',"j tons of railway coal and 11211 tons of l-.ieie- coal; exports l.'H!) tons, making u lota! of TlJ'i tons of cargo handled. During this period, the harbormaster ivpuis uvsli variable winds and moderate seas were experienced, except on May IT. IS. end 111, when a heavy south-wes-ter], - gale set m. causing de i:y to steamers at Onehunga.

At a meeting of delegates of local 'hodies interested in the construction of a tramline along ihe Kltliiui-Opunake road, held in Elt!i..m on Thursday, there were present: Messrs Swadliiig and Baigont (Kiiponga Tqjvn Hoar I), Dudley and Trotter (Opunake Town Board), Fleming and Con-glen (Egmont County Council), Tayler, Pan-ott and Amoore (Ettham Borough Council), A. C. Pease and J. Boddie (Elthara County Council). Jlr J. Boddie was voted to the chair. The meeting wis held in committee, but a copy of the following resolution, passed at the meeting, was handed to the "Hawera Star" correspondent, with the remark that the jiroceedings were marKed by considerable enthusiasm: "That after full consideration of the proposed scheme for construction of an electric tramway from Kltham to Opunake or to such other parts as may lie decided by the Egm.mt County Council, this meeting resolves to arrange for special meetings of the different bodies represented for the purpose of further consideration by each body interested and to report to a further meeting to be held as early rs possible at Opunake." The motion was proposed by the chairman (ill Buddie) and seconded by Mr Dudley.

The foreman, Mr. F. Henderson, reported to the Harbor Board yesterday that during the past month one, section of twelve feet of the breakwater extension had been completed, making (he | length of the new work 205 feet, and , the"total length of the breakwater 2207 feet. During the same period 2105 tons ol' stone have been tipped over the end, and six concrete blocks have liecn made, the number still on hand being 82. The work of widening the wharf was commenced on the 3rd inst., and 12 piles, constituting four bays, have been driven. The upper waitings and deck beams have been fixed in position. The piles are being driven to a sullicient depth to allow for dredging to 25 feet at low water if required, fn the mutter of repairs, four new piles have been driven in the old wharf, which is now in fair order, and should not require any further repairs while the work of wharf-widen-ing is in progress. A further quantity !' eleven tons of boulders lias been removed from the new berth by the diver. i lie foreman recently took soundings with a pole, and found deaths ranging '.'■■oiii Bft Gin to l'/ft. The shallow depths •■•re to be further deepened by means of explosives.

The assault case arising out of Saturday nights disturbance wns continued on Friday moniing, Sergeant Haddrell mi' the police, prosecuting 1\ L. Anderson and P. Flanagan, wlio were represented respectively by Mr. W. G. MaNme and Mr. T. S. Weston. The two lefendants were called in evidence, and several others who were in the hotel at the time. The stories told were mainly i hat Flanagan resented a remark l>y \\\- ilvrson that "bookmakers were the scum of the earth." and for that reason he li'Juld have nothing to do with Flanagan. Tlic latter swore that Anderson .icizod Ids wrist and put a wrestler's "haminerlock" grip on him, and ran in m through the door, probably accidentally as far as the door was concerned, also that lie threw the contents of a glass of beer in Anderson's face. Ander-.-im persisted that bo did not Interfere with Flanagan until the latter struck him in the face with the tumbler and half blinded him with liquor, uther witnesses were Harold Dingle, J. C. MonteMore, Henry and Arthur Dellara, and lames Malison. Ilis Worship, in giving judgment, said that Anderson had no

:ight to use the langaugc complaiiii of, hut Flanagan could have laid an i:

formation and had him bound over to keep the peace. He believed Flanagan had struck Anderson in the face with the glass, and Anderson had every right to defend himself, and the information against him would be dismissed. Addressing the other defendant, the S.M.

said the language used was enough to make Flanagan feel insulted, but evidently he'had not. taken it as such, as lie asked Anderson to have a drink with him. He should not have taken the law into his own hands. There was no doubt that Flanagan struck Anderson in the face, thus committing an assault, for which lie would lie fined £2 and costs, in default 14 daysHinprisomuent.

Tue frankness of. the Minister for Agriculture in his public utterances, especially to farmers, is, to judge by ths remarks iieaid by our reporter ai," i'ainieston North show, not unappreciated. That it should bo so is easily understood when a Minister, with every appearance of sincerity, addresses m» hearers on such lines as the following excerpts from his speech show:—ln opening his address Mr Mi-Nab said that in choosing his subject ho renumbered that all his audience would ' be hit crested in dairy matters, and that to many of them, perhaps, the only ,a>portuuity of meeting the Minister in charge was when the storm and turmoil of party strife were raging in their chvi orates—a condition of affairs tinworst possible for getting the Sort of information they wanted. He had found in dealing with many of the farmers that often a man was interested in a particular subject but was opposed to the .Minister politically, and got an idea into bis head that it was no use going to see the Minister; soke stood oil, and very often formed an erroneous impression, and left his wauls unknown to iiie department lie wished them till 10 understand that there was no political side in the gathering that day. (Hear, hear.) They were all of one party—they were all interested ill the dairy industry. He was also going to depart from the custom of Ministers, ami to invito questions after he had-explained, as fully as he could as a layman, flte lines of policy tile department was following, and intended to follow in "u----lure. Again, at the conclusion of his address, he said he wished it to le known that no correspondence addressed to himself or his officers was ever allowed to remain unanswered, so farmers need never be frightened In write lor any information they might desire. The department oxi-ied to give that information ami rior-vc any misunderstanding, and it '. ; always ready to perform that dut.■ He would t.o further, and say that a man wis not treating the department fairly if he ;1lowed anv misunderstanding or want ~r information to remain in his mind a single moment longer than wasnecessarv for writing to and receiving a reply from the department. (Applan-e)