LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 10 September 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Now Plymouth Borough Council's lin nk overdraft stands this morning at £7333 8s Bd. Receipts in the past month were £lOls 16s, of which £528 2s 4d came from rates and £176 13s ild from (he abattoirs. The Central School re-opened yesterday morning after a week's "influenza" vacation. The holiday did not seem to have greatly improved the health of the children, for there were two hundred absentees. Under these circumstances it was decided to close the school for another week. Three or four years ago Now Plymouth put ii]) brand-new baths, Six months ago. Councillor Rellringer assured his colleagues ' last night, the buildings were rotten. He wanted some radical change, such as shifting the institution' "huhis bolus'' to a more central position. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Great Peppermint Care. Is 6d and 2s Od. AN OPPORTUNE SALE. ', Perhaps at no previous period in the bislory of the boot and shoe trade in '' Taranaki has there come so opportunely ! a genuine sale of footwear such as that ' now being conducted by the Melbourne Clothing Company. The public, quick ' (o realise that the new tariff spells in- ' creased prices, has rallied in crowds to ( take advantage of the savings offered. ( and the firm's staff has been kept ex- . ccejingly busy handling record husi- l lie--. The huge "make-room" sale is. ! now in its second week, and to keep' J interest from (lagging many new and ", startling lines have been brought for- j ward. Sale positively closes Saturday. 21st September.—Advt. i

>■"■■-!.■ ■ • .-, - Captain Edwin wired yesterday.Southerly moderate *to strong winds; glass rise; probably very cold night; tides moderate; sea moderate. The highest price known for ewe hoggets in Sandon district was realised uy Sir S. Hammould, of Mount Stewart, last week, when he sold 180 for £1 Os (Id each to a Wellington buyer—Advocate. Liverpool runs its sterilised milk depots at a loss of about £2OOO per annum. The death-rate among infants has dropped from 191 per 1000 before the scheme was tried to 114 per 1000. The muddy footways at the Devon-Brougham-street crossing, composed of slush and churned asphalt, are to be replaced by Jarrah-bloeked crossings eight feet wide. It h only * matter of time when the whole of the crossings will have to be blocked. The interest paid by' New Zealand on its national debt tots up to about £7OOO a May for evory day in the year, Suniliijys included. In addition to this are all the debts of the local bodies, Harbor Boards, etc., probably mounting up to at least another £IOOO per day for interest alone, .Referring to the bad season in the Waikato, the Hamilton Argus says dairy cows which are now at calving or arc already in felt th e bleak weather very much, and unless well fed and sheltered have lost condition considerably. Young cattle also are none too strong, and need some genial weather with warm sun to get their strength and vitality up. The annual report of the Waitara Co-operative Dairy Company presented at the shareholders' meeting yesterday showed an all-round increase on the figures for the previous year. Milk received increased from 2,925>*191b to 3,500,8001b; butter fat from 118,0381b to 142,4911b; and butter from 129,70711) ■ to 100,2531b. The payment was at the i rate of 10.08 d, as against 9.50 d per pound : in 1900. The total amount advanced ! for milk was £5307 4s, and there is a . surplus of £754 9s for distribution. 1 Butter sales realised £7107 8s 2d.

A bread war is raging at Woodville owing to a new baker commencing business. The latter has published a statement showing that -the cost of manufacturing two tons of flour into 1400 loaves, the flour costing £23 10s, is £34 2s Bd. Selling the bread at Bd, the net profit, he estimates, would be £l2 10s Bd. In the meantime the oldfashioned businesses have made a reduction of 2d on tlie 41b loaf. A' novel method of bringing in amounts due from delinquent credit customers is said to be adopted by a Wairarapa tradesman. He renders accounts correctly for a month or two, and then bills the dilatory customer for a larger amount than is due. Of course the indignant debtor calls in to protest against the unwarranted addition, and that is just what the .shrewd tradesman desires, as it generally results in oral persuasive means accomplishing the desired object.

A Feilding resident was the victim, of fraud last week which cost him £9. He received a cablegram from Sydney, purporting to be signed by his brother, asking him to forward immediately £5 and, further, to arrange his passage back to New Zealand. He promptly cabled the money over, and also paid for the passage as requested. He subsequently found out, greatly to his disgust, that some sharp individual had gained the information from his brother that he had relatives in Feilding, and afterwards cabled the demands.—Star. Last evening the Egniont Lodge of Good Templars held another oF their popular sixpenny concerts in St. Mary's Hall. There was a large and appreciative audience present. The following programme was rendered:—Flute solo° Bro. P. Tunbridge; recitation, Bro. Scott; song, Bro. Harris; recitation, I Bro. Thompson; dialogue by Bros. Clark and Beal and Sis. Beal; song, Miss Loveridge; recitation, Bro. Wylie; recitation, Bro. Hartnell; duet, Miss Loveridge I and Bro. Harris; recitation, Bro. Thompson. Refreshments were handed round, and a pleasant evening was brought to a close with the usual closing ceremony. , The manager of the New Plymouth abattoirs, in his monthly report, states that the total fees collected in August were £lsl 3s 4d; and rents £3 5s Od, an increase of £3O 5s 7d. There were slaughtered for local consumption 171 cows, 27 bullocks, 4 calves, 052 sheep, 17 lambs, 147 pigs, Tripes cleaned were 155, and there were other sundries Compared with August, 1900, there were increases of 25 cattle, 54 sheep, 17 iambs, and 20 pigs; decreases, 5 calves and 3 tripes. There were condemned 5 cattle for tuberculosis, and 4 for advanced pregnancy, and one sheep for septic pleurisy. There were slaughtered for export 103 cows, 2 bullocks, 31 bulls, and one calf, an increase of 77 cattle. Twelve were condemned.