LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 18 July 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I IJoring rights for oil have been secured over twenty thousand acres in various parts uf Ashburton County by a syndicate. | Capt. Edwin wired at 12.18 yesterday:—Westerly, expect gale after ill hour*; glass fall soon; tides high; sea heivy; indications for rain. The text of Iff Collins' utterances last nitrht was ' the right of the workers to sell their labor in 1 hc> dearest market, and under the best conditions." The police arc assisting in the enforcement of the biivough by-laws. Cyclists who scorch on footpaths or slip along at night without lights, beware!

Prol.iil.lv tlio largest sum paid in Now Zealand for duty on cucoa nnd chocolate fi.r mm' h 11i;11noilt was Hint made 1..V Messrs CiHllmry liros. on Tuesday at Wellington, aniouutinj; to .CI 1)07 His Bd. "Kesiilenl," writes with regard to liis eoin|iliiint of yesterday that the llobsouCnurteiiay street light was burning brilliantly on Wednesday night after its holiday.

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I'lii' SliMll'ii-rililc friends wove convulsed with Iniijv'.iti'i-, as they explained tliat I lie "masts" were tin' dead trees standing in the paddocks. Xlii.' chestnut horse that liiib become ijuili' familiar, puLing in the shafts of Dr. McUelaiiu s gig, was Unveiling U)> the incline lie.ioiiu [he ileiuii bridge on tiie J)a\on road yesterday when he lugged, staggered, una droned "dead. The doetor and the gvoont escaped injury,

Labor organisation in Xew Plymouth proceeds up;iu\ i.ast night Mv Coilius, organiser, met a very large number oJ. workers, and it was decided to form a

.\avvies' Oneral l aborers Union and a Drivers' Liuuii. Air Collins' remarks ran into a fairly long speech ou thu ncccssity for oigauisation and the work ui the labor luiiims throughout the colony. '1 he oinput of the fcltluuu dairy factory for tiie past season (the . ports) constituted a record in lory. Altogether SOT '/a tons of butter were nmuulactured and £07,01!) paid out to .suppliers. The year's working leaves ted, and this will bring the amount paid per lb for butter fat up to lO'/jd per lb, as against IO.iJJd last year. The busiest month was December, when Mi'/a tons of butter was manufactured and £IO,O-1-1 paid out.

(Scene: A sccond-c] railway between lla 1 mouth. Time: Al'tenloon. l'ourmen playing euchre, the second game. Enter elderly Maori woman, smoking a silvermounted briar. The game ended. The dealer, distributing the cards for the last game, said, 'Tlere's for who kisses Folly!" 'fhe wahine misunderstnml il«> a'ilusion to Polly, and became hid Before she had been pacified getie explanations had to be i she wont ou smoking. l'nt.'a headed the list of ports of the colony for export of cheese during .1 une"shipping fi322cwt valued at £17,732. Wellington with 4578cwt valued at 113,014 comes next, then follow New Plymouth with 13G8c\vt valued at CM!:), and Bluff 1281ewt valued at C 3932.'. Auckland comes first for quantity of butter, 73S4cwi 8li!) being exported. Then follow Wellington with 3""' " ...<-. —/.»»- New Plymouth 3758cwt valued at £lB,Tfl'i, Patea 12B0et valued at £6272. Messrs Ogle, Jenkins, and Buchanan (town clerk), representing the Waitara Council, conferred yesterday with Messrs .1. Brown, J. E. Hill, and M. llopson, representing the Tarauaki County Council, with a view to arriving at an adjustment of the public debt in order that the borough may be relieved of the li•ibilily to the county bridge rate. Messrs <!. V. Tnte, a member of both bodies, and Mr K, Ellis, county clerk, were also 'present. After so which the Waitara the opinion that, though legally they were not liable for the rate, the two parties were found to be in direct opposition, and the matter was referred to

Tlii' l'itzrciy To',vu Board metonilonday evening. A deputation consisting of the Chairman and Messrs Steele and Kamson was appointed to wait oil Mr I'ikctt re tiic formation of footpath in .Darnell street, The Board passed a resolution to strike rates on the capital v:lue of all rateable property in the district, and Die chairman gave notice of motion for next meeting that' a rate of 1 i/jd in the £ be struck, equal to the rate of last year, when the county Kite and the Road Board rate were %d each. A lamp is to lie procured from the Borough Council and erected at Divieß corner. .Accounts amounting to £9 2s Od were passed for payment.

Messi-n .1. K. 'Wilson (chairn , ... Dm-ki'ill, and S. Percy-Smith were present, mid apologies were received from Messrs McDiarmid and Berry. The chairman reported that the school prizes had iiecn ordered by the last outgoing mail. A satisfactory report froi mnccruing the Ihuiaiii resei ~„ ,„,„ 1t ,„,, ind (lie Hoard discussed the matter of a transfer of sec, (13 and part of 21, Mann i;i. eventually referring the matter to the i-hainiian. Mr Wilson was author, ised to make arrangements wflh Miss I'liddes ns a drawing teacher. The secretary will write to the Education Department, following up the Board's application for a grnnl in connection with the erection of the new buildings. Accounts amounting to £143 6s were pass-

Subscriptions ure coming in well towards tin* eoH of erecting on Marsden Hill a monument to those who fell in tliy Maori wars. The amount colleciod now approaches 1E250. Those who have promised contributions arc asked ]>:y in to thi' *ecretnry or one of the committee at t!i"ir earliest convenience.

The Maori* suod by the Xnramild Comity Council fur recovery of rates confessed judgment. 'Die Council Is determined to push the matter to finality. and to the promise made l»v the ifmi. ISTmistor For "Native Affairs recently to the effect that lie would assist In enforcing the payment. Aeeonliiiglv, if the judgment is not satisfied at tin! end of a month from date, the Minuter will 1 1P communicated with, iind liis permission asked to take further sf»ps against the Maori defendants.

Clerk of tlm Court shows that out of (SB silting, 0 f ji lt . M„ R j s tratc"s Court at Xew Plymouth ilurin? the p-ist quarter 58 were presirio,] over by the S.M. and the reniainiii-t seven liy '.lnstil were 21!) plaint* an<l 14 distn rants jssueil. Tim niiiomit sued for was £1(177 lis id, nn( j r )je amrrogato Bum recovered CTSO3 14s 1! ' (lie fees amounting to CM Ss. (if eriuiin.il business, there were 1(14 males and eijjht females taken into custody, summoned or apprehended. Df tin two females were convicted &..,„„„„,.,. l:i males and five females otherwise

dealt with, ] | lna ] c3 discharged for want »f jivoscciiiinn or 0 f evidence, 12 "ijilcs iiiw] one fpnwle dismissed. Tliere I «eie mi eommitfols for trill, but two nm'e* wore sent up for sentence. Fines inlliet'.'d totalled .Cfl'6 10s, and tlic fees aiiiiMiiitedl to £l4 is. Twenty-seven old re««i»ns werri veneweil. and two new rlrums were received j

;Mifl >is were hronpTit forward frointlifl i]iiiir(pr. Thorp wre six (jpikl- I ' n *: ~ 'l p r,l| l °T flip. Qinvfpr, IU1( ] F -j x np\\- olniins? wore in the tlnve months.

In flio maldim; of anv article there. ""si lie a priHi.„| ~,a n, ' „„,] ns far n3 i'' actual making is concerned tlio prac- ■>'■■■<] man i;,,oivs nun,, about it than a ran who merely knows how to soli that "■' ■■>}■■ _At the l, ar .] c „r "Tlir- PruslM'll' suits ami overcoats there's a prao-i'-iil man. who < lnfmK tint; lie knows novo about men's ami V.ys' cothiut; liau any ..llicv mrm i u Tnaiiilci. No miller liow L rnn,l tl». olhcr man is. 1,0 mi j pnsi-ililv know ovrn a lentil part of ••liat a pmclioal man knows about cloflii!!. Tint's why "The Pi-slwoll" suits nil overcoats arc fo much superior to nv other make. Thov are cut lo well i-ipil patterns, and each rranncnt is oxmmort by a practical man Worn beinn'l;en inlo stoolc. Suits from 40a flrt • Wis (!,!. overcoats from 35s to 45s locked only b^Tl, o Rash," Now Ply-

The Opimakc Harbor Bill, providing that no rata shall bo levied ill respect of any future loan raised by the New Plymouth Harbor Hoard, is to be introduced into Parliament again this session. I I "You'll not find a manufacturer in nii jKngland who's a freetrader," remarked sm English visitor to New Plymouth the oilier day. "I believe in sullicient duty to protect local industries, but no move." The secretary of the Taranaki Acclimatisation Society, ilr Duncan JlcAllinn, on Tuesday liberated 12i>0 rain-' bow and brown he.:' in the Waiwakailio river and Irioutaries. Some of the fish were also liberated in the Inglewood district.