The Daily News WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 25 September 1907, Page 2

The Daily News WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25.

London advises (via Eastern) that the delay on outward traffic is due to the bad working of English land lines.

ihe Hawera County is said to possess more dairy cows I han any other county in New Zealand—namely, 43,710. A thirsty calf at Omata drank a gallon ot water in which washing soda had been dissolved. The calf has since been buried dose by.

A Waitara hotelkeepcr will figure in the Magistrate's Court at New Plymouth this afternoon for alleged breaches ot the provisions of the Licensing Act in connection with the sale of liquor to a Maori.

Maori landowners are still being sued by the Turanaki County Council. Yesterday morning judgment was given by default again Kui Hokopa for 4s 2d and 13s costs; Waiaua Eriiini and Pakiherc, £1 15s and 13s costs; Te Hihi o tu Ngawhare Ponuanui, £2 3s and costs.

Mr. Whitcoinbe was last night for some minutes reading notifications from committees that schools had been closed on account of the various epidemics, in the middle of the performance Mr. Monkhouse suggested that to save time the secretary should read the list of schools now remaining open.

A letter to the Education Board stated that the inglewoud Library Committee had agreed to give its building site as a site for the teclmical school. "That statement is absolutely untrue," rapped out Mr. Trimble. 'They propose to steal a piece of laud, but they haven't got it yet." Mr. Morton said that as Mr. Trimble was the chairman of the Library Committee he ought to be an authority on the matter.

The familiar figure of Mere Taluuia will be seen nu more in our streets. The popular old purveyor of ferns and shrubs has passed over to the Great Beyond. She lias been quite an institution here for the past forty years, and was a prominent figure from" the early days of settlement. Mere died at Puketotara on Monday. She had fallen a victim to the prevailing epidemic, probably on account of exposure to the weather recently in attending the too frequent tangis in the district. She was taken to the hospital a couple of weeks ago, but at her. own request she was taken home to die amongst the tribe. She was one of the fast disappearing Maoris of the old school, of theNgathuva tribe, and of high rank amongst her people. Her age was 75 years. In the Magistrate's Court yesterday John and Philip Jacob were prosecuted in respect of cattle trespass in the I'orest Reserve, and were convicted and discharged upon payment of 30s costs, they were also ordered to pay £2 and £3 10s costs in payment of a claim of £ls for damages. Mr. Kerr appeared for the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and stated that the proceedings were brought with a view of checking the destruction of the lescrves of native bush. The defendants had had sixty cattle grazing in the reserve for three weeks, and had even taken a slasher and cut down scrub here and there to allow cattle to get at the grass. So that this was no inadvertent trespass, but a wilful one.

Says the Wellington correspondent of the New Zealand Herald:—A caucus of tile Government party was held yesterday, principally in connection with the behaviour of a certain member of the Government party and various privileges of members with regard to the admission of strangers into the library and lobbies. There was some very strong talk with regard to the mcuibar referred to, and the Premier promised to see what he could do to meet tile wishes of members. During the afternoon prominence was given to this matter by the action of the member for Chrbtehurch North (Mr. Gray), who, armed with a scent-bottle and a spray, at intervals liberally besprinkled the bench on which the member referred to usually sits. It is stated that the Premier took advantage of the caucus to urge upou his party the advisability of working together with a view of putting through important policy measures this session.