LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 2 July 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A farm near ilawera was sold last week lor HM an acre.

Several wood pigeons have been observed in the borough during the past week. The birds are evidently hardpushed for food and are feeding'on hoilev and other berries. As the bush pigeon i, becoming very „ ( .,,ce jt is to he h-ipcil that the visitors will not be lllll|."..lc,l.

Hie well-known Taylor-Carringt.n H'c 'bill, in-,1. Through of tie- uianagciii.m. a grand heii.-!ii perlormaiico j, t„ | )t . „;,,„ ;„ . r<ll ,„, 'ln- liocr.-aliou Spoils (.'rounds anil ! lie Wei-icri, Park. The piece ciios:-,, |y '!"• cm.,.;,!,!- ,■,„• t!•*- occa i,,:i is an ;il i'"iie lavoriie, "Kip \'an Winkle," (ie 'In net,T of Old Uij. !„.;,,„ one of Mr tharlie Taylor's in-Aterpieccs.

-'..'i inlliietitial Maori chief died a( Lie W"riwcri pall, Ha-oings road, Okaiana, on Sunday, in the p i,ou of Xgatai. who in his earlier days wis one „f the'leiding mcii of the great lighling chid Tiiokowarn. Ngaiai, who is r-porLi-,1 lo 11-l-e been over 'JO ycirs of 10,-e. was vi

■ i"- I e-iigiiiii-o-te-maiiu ciigngeineiii, jn which Major von Teinpskv' and his eo.nputriois were kiUed. Xgatai hail • ■.,„■ •111 ruble niiiiiii Mill, the Soiita Taiiiniii.i naiiv.s. iin,i a si-u e is being held.

Miij-sr-Ci-iicral llenrv llonald Don-las U.i.-hoi. soldier of fornme. ulio foi'i-'it illi-hr oi;-iiieoii lla-.s. lias ,|i,.,l 1,,.,-e from l"'.ul llolllile ill III,; i,M O ,„• siNlv-livr -I•:!.- H„. ,\,h Yolk Herald. Th,'. 0.0,0 eriil -i'lmil ii- mi ensign i„ jn,ij ;1 ;,, ,| lt , s "];': Mutiny, as a lit-iitt-iijiiil in lliily mi.ler l)-.n Carlos, as ii ui;i |„i- in the (\,„. lo.leuto iii'iiiy mi il„. stair of Cencial Stun, .vnll .laekson ami ,[. r.. li. Stnaii:. 111. iii Hi,' r'ninco-l'nissiim Wi ir. us an iii-poeloi- in' i-iivaliy i',,l- ll„. Khedive „f Kif.vpi. and n~ innj,,r-yi.|iHa| ii,„|,,,. Krnjr Milan ,if Noma. Ho served in the 1™ years' war in Cnlia. in lirazil. in Ar«oiiliim. in CM,., in iovoee. and in fh,-'tv,o Cuvlist i-.-volull.ms-. ii, ,Xp ;l i„.

W'liil,. nn.l Sons l,av>. just opened n lin,. of lian-l-onic irimine.] felt lials-no iw,i alike-al 1,-s limn half usual ,„■!,.,<. Tlio sl,„|„.s a,,, in (|„. 1,.-i„i,t. uf fashion, iioliiinv; lak'i- Ix-iiifi olilainalile ill flic nuii.-cl. 'l'd.. |„-i.,.s aiv from ;i.s U ( | to Kis i,M eacli.-Adu.

\Vi.rl;iii" men. .lon't allow vonr—lv.-s I" I"' si.l.-iraeko.l l.y speeious ji.lv.tl 1-4-in-. 11.-nieniliei- tlio llelhounie is l!„. lirs! |ilm-,. (o liny vom- shoo 10.-itlier or i'|||i.'nvl. I'ri.vs 1011. Head 11,,-..,.-Ileavv lilui-h-vs .Is 11.1. kip i-linnlovx Ts (1,1. 'e.tilior slippers :is ii,i. heavy piw denims

:is 11,1. hoavy coloni.il -ail.ll •' lionws Ss :j,l. Soo onr mil side show.-Ailvt. 'l'lic propvieliir of reaiity-Tilii" wishes '■' ••]i"i-inl|y known dial lie lias n- ,o- ii

i )v time sent out sample. This floor polish Ss getli.'i:.' into piildir favor mo,-., every rl.iv. h«v,use it is easy. (p,i,.| ; . heniiiifu), Instiiift and elieap. f, ..- a (,i-i. All stoics and iroDmonjjCH pell i* Myi,

Captain Edwin wired ;it 1.12 run. yesterday:— Moderate to strung southerly [winds; glass rise slowly; tides goud; sea considerable.

A public meeting to form committees, etc., to carry out arrangements for the 11)08 Hand Contest iu I\e\v Plymouth. \» to he held in the Town Hall on Wednesday at 8 o'clock.

In the half-year ended June 30 there were 171 births, 57 marriages, and H deaths registered at the Mew Plymouth registry oilier. Compared with the same period in I'lOli there were increases of I hi marriages and 20 deaths, and a decrease of two births.

Taluraiinaka school firewood is not the only attraction tor sneak thieves. Mr Kli Jicniicll, foreman under th" Tu rami ki County Council, reported yesterday lhut "anno one kid been kind enough to lift a pick and silimit 121b Of wire' from (he fiir end of his length of road, near Taratit. Apparently some settler Jias '.iikrn his share of tile public property.

Mr llice, (eachcr ai licit Block, tc.lcjri'siphs thai his application for (he head teachcrship at Lcppcrlnu seliool was withdrawn before ihe list was published of the names to be submitted to the committee, lie says that the withdrawn! Wiis not as ii protest against the placing of lower-grade teachers before his name in the recommended applicants, but was made on other grounds.

line argument for the construction of ii deep sea harbor ill Moturoa was contained iii the comity engineer's report, yesterday. In regard to the ironwork for the Manganui Bridge, he wrote: "J am informcd'by Messrs Okcy and llolls, the subcontractors for the ironwork, that the freight charges on iron beams 'lice ~ * I Jvll oi tiiose ijuaameiUluJis ' kept in view, and as aeon: I slopping rrom huropo io tlic lnfrbor at Moturoa.''

fn. regard to the little "110 man's land" left over from the old Jlenui road district in the formation of the Fitzroy Town District, the Taranaki County Council lias decided lo take no steps, ft was pointed out at yesterday's meeting that the lirst motion, in the'shape of a petition, must come from the ratepayers interested. The Council did not know whether the ratepayers wanted to merge into the county or Jnto one of the adjoining road districts. soon as the court officials and the public "got well into a laugh the court orderly bawls "Silence!" Hven when his Honor the Judge makes a joke the hilarity is subject to the same limit. Last night a female witness in the box told tli» court that she used to take a bunch of keys from the pocket of the licensee of the hotel. "Not when he ':,ul them onV" asked his Honor. A gradually expanding ripple of laughter, and "Silence!" again. -Mr. Sandford, instructor in woodwork classes at the Technical School, has cast an cm ions eye on the line puriri limber I'loin the old Waiwakailio Bridge. The county council's committee, in charge proposes to make a present of some of the timber to the school, and this the council has'approved. Mr Sandtord has promised to make two models of the old bridge, one for the Council and one for (he school. As the bridge was quite an historic structure, a link with the almost forgo;ten past, the model should be very valuable.

At the Police Court yesterday morning a young man, of about IS years of age. wan charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Devon street on Saturday night. The evidence showed that the accused was "looking for trouble,"'and as usual a croud gathered. Detective ISoddam said he believed the young fellow was a respectable youth when sober, and the accused himself stated that he had never been drunk before. Mr Berry, the presiding justice, taking this into consideration, imposed a light tine of as.

The cunning of tile Maori has become almost proverbial in the colony, but his pakcha-like "greed for gold" sometimes overcomes Wis 'cuteness. . For instance, (he AI '.oris in this county have ste idfast iy declined to take delivery of milliards posted to them. When one of these demands arrived there was never a man known by the name of the addressee, and the rate-cards never reached their destination. But an envelope, with a big blue cross, denoting registration, is always eagerly looked for, and seized with the greatest avidity. The other day a batch of these landed at a post ollice down the coast, and there was no diilicult.v in disposing of them. When opened they were found to contain demands for payment of rates! Mr Ellis, the county clerk, had scored.

I he street lighting of Vogeltown met an unexpected check at the Tarakani County Council meeting yesterday. The Hoad Hoard had sent in an application tor the Council lo arrange for the lighting as promised. The chairman said he ih.u] heard unollieially of a petition li'oni the "upper end" settlers protesting against the Council's subsidy to the Hoard being used for lighting, on the ground that it would not benefit the whoa' district. Cr. Hopsou said the "top end men ought to remember that the mver road settlers were rated on verv high valuations. He suggested that alter paying for the lighting the balance ol the subsidy should lie allocated to the top end of the road. Cr. Adlnm moved to defer consideration for a month for the purpose of gaining information, and this course was adopted in order to obviate any trouble in the tuturc.

As to the anomalies of the kauri limber trade which I referred to on a previous visit to Christehurch," Mr Millar said to a Truth reporter on Saturday, 'J am receiving communications Iron, different part of the colony conveying a considerable amount of information. The latest price list sent me trom the Kauri Timber Company and the Auckland wholesale iirnis who control kauri forests is 17s (id per 100 ft. Hie same class of limber is sold iij Melbourne at 22s and in Christehurch at 2<s. i( seems strange tliat the timber ea be sold in Melbourne for 22s per KWIt after paying 2 3 export duty and freight. The freight being the same to the Ninth island of this colony, it really means that if there were no export duty this kauri could be sold at 20s per lutlft in .Melbourne as against 27s in Christclnireh. The statement that only lirstelass limber is being sold here has been [disproved. There is more lirst-class timber expinled to Melbourne than is kept in New Zealand. The sumo thing applies lo oilier local limbers—rimii, etc.— owing lo a ring of sawiuillers raising I lie prico far beyond (la, hounds of legf Innate prolit. r intend to make lull empiirjes into the whole question and to submit (he result of those Investigations to my colleagues, as it serins unreasonable to allow any set of men to undulv exploit the public."

Tin- critics in (he Omnia riding of tin; country have been very lmsv lalelv with H"- Tnjmae iiiKl Oakum Hills road rnn-"■•i'-i.s. There is a slight "kink"—in lin-i. there arc two little bends in tlie >";i'l in the Tapuao filling, and tlie Oakum hill road deviation is of (he corkscrew variety. Tlie county engineer mentioned nl tin. Council yesterday that llic si-hem,, provided for th» erading of seven hills between Okato ■. -.<: Mew Vlyiiiotilh. His inslriii-tions I; :n the late chairman were'to do a s mii.r, work as lie I'oiild with as-iittie nioner ay possible Hut in Ihe liiilit of eriUeism u f comi«il-loi-sand others it seemed to him tint ii would i. ( . i„.i(ei- f or I,lm („ spend as '"""'" money as possible (.1 make Ihe wok Miit Hi,, whims of thn people u.,iii" I'ieyeles and tl„. like. The Oakum lliil 'Ould ho improved of course, l, y s(rai"li'eimer. lint (hat would cost money, and Ii" cn-Morcd an easy grade (lie prinei-P-il Hung. The slight bends in the !: M"iae lining had saved (he Council the ! expense of moving some Kl.non vnr.li of ''irlli. Councillors agreed wilh Iho course »d..pte,l by (l„, engineer. Cr. Adlain iiu.u' that he had noticed the pcnnninisiii" Istelics. and approved of (hem. Tor Tlroiiehia! Coughs, t„| c( , Woods' Cleat Peppermint One. Is 8d and 2s fid. Your child's cough is 710 better: He. r-.cuiiier neglected eolda end in consumo<;.on. Lit tie children like gYKfiS'js Cl'lfA OOIMSE' because it in p'ea'a it to fake. Sold everywhere. 1/0 and 2,'< S.

I liese cold winds we are getting are very penetrating, and-folks not supplied with good warm clothing run very grave risk, ot pneumonia. Nowiiday's' it's so (•heap in get good warm clothing, tint us scarcely worth the risk of being wilhout. «|.'(ir instance, at. "The Kn-!i"j H'"'V"V" a 1 warm so\- at Is, good allviol Manners at 2s -Id. good warm ovr-i-'iiii for men at 2os. good niaekinloslies for men at 27s fid, good warm all-win] -nils al litis, (.'foil warm overcoats '"or hoys at fis (id, very heavy floslyn under, p-mls 5s (Id. very heavy Tioslyn singlets .at :1s fid, very heavy-ribbed sox at Is lU. 'The Knsh" is in Devon sire-it, New -Tlyiuoutli.—M?i. ', ' " •*:*« * 4