LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 15 October 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■The iiorough Council Will as u huty attend tliu olliciiil opening ol till? \vuiwaikaiho bridge on Thursday, afternoon. Ix-ini-ulUciul infonnati"ii Has rc.ched us that the suiting power of the town clock is to he unproved during the nex. week. __ .. . iU i.u;i.*liiisLaa» The borough's revenue derived I rum electric light and power, exclusive of current absorbed lor slieel lighting, was XIOU Us 2d during September. A petition was before the JJur.iugh Council last uigllt asking for certain - work to be done "during the present dry season." Must have lieen written on Bundtiy. about tile only line day U) the last six weeks, A resident in the Mauawalu Count) is dp lo date (says the d'eilding hilar) lie has enclosed about four acres of the county roads for grazing purposes, am charges the County Council for grazing tin: horse of one of its officials. The Hon. Alinislcr of Labor lifts written to the Jjorotigh Council in connection with its protest against miiuicpal electric light works being brought inula the factories Act. "The representations of the Council,'' he says, "will be carefully considered.' 7 The boron,-. Ii elect tit' light general, on station mid iho distributing Hla I .ion are registered as factories. rrj The refill of ilit young ladies' iiiiiunlaw t examination held .-ume weekam, came to hand je-ier.tay. hollowing are the names of those who secured UiV Inchest murks:- lie.- Core, ;,„,.. Mount mrl lopped tlio list with 'll points. Uks ("Iray was second, and -Mi-s !■;. Slniidkh third, and 51k. Knl.y Carl, and -Miss Olive linker tied I'm- i..un)i |p| ice. }!ks irnuntfiirl k I" l-e congratulated npmi her success in teniae;' the list with !i-2 pniiiKwhi.il is a record for this di-iriel. II should be oienliened (lint. Miss Mount fort was indisposed at the time, which necessitated liov linviii? a private examination. This Lnlv add 'to I lie honors ulreadv I'.t'aiiki, l cn <_ A 1:11' lemfMv ol Indent sices ;eed -dli.eevs :,* a ns'.M.-l ion Of 10 to t'O per ~,,„.-. will lie otl'evd far tho net foil--.,-..,-l> at Diekiill'-i. t:i make room f'V .ld.niiei.ls to arrive. A lar«e assart .-.„-i,t of Indies' eveniier shoes to hind .( low m-ii-e = : also in stock his welt 1-,,,-vn 'brand of ii'.e-i's, vonth's and children's hoots at bedrock prices Advt. (

Among suggested improvements »o In* municipal abattoirs and its Blu '' imudhigs is the plaining "• sllf ' i ' l ' roes in (lit* paddock*. It appears n cry sensible proposal. Hie Arbitral ion C-jurfc i-pens th.s lorniiig, when the c'mpni a. -on C!l * \ iiaou v. WrigiU, will be liwird. mv .'ceil Wright a pp. sir.- for the claimant iml Air A. 11. .loiniston I'or tin? iH. Tiu i ease has arisen out of the alalily s:mie months ago on the (leviaion works, and involves i-.n important I motion 01 11k? liability of sujb-coiiirni-fc »rs. , ; Tin; Education Department has I'orvarded a circular g.ving juitieiilarrf : i •lasses available to school cadet officers vho desire furtuer in litavy instruction, .lasses in Taranaki will k> held at Have ra from 2 ( Jlh Hovea b- r next to I)e----icmber 4th; Stratford. December o;h :o 7 th; -and New Plymouth, December ]tli to 24th. Free railway pusses will je issued to officers who attend classes, In connection with the reported loss ! ol time caused "by the shutting olt 1 of water in the Vogeltown reticulati n, the borough engineer states that he intends to have a new valve placed in the mains between the hospital gate and Mr Baxton's property. The work, how* ever will not be undertaken until toe new levels of the Mill road' are determined. In reference to the recent failure ol the railway officials to set the "git en llag" signal at tlu: Devon street crossing as ihc stfleiiiuon train left towi. lor the south, [lie local stationmaster Mr 0. I'. Day, lias writteu to the JJo rough Council that the incident was due to the failure of a man to carrj out his instructions. His admonition: ot' the offender was likely to prevent f recurrence. \\ ere it uoi. i. >r nnl.tary eta|iiuu' and "lite reguUc.oiis'' suinu "copy could doublles* be obtained hwj the officers wlw recently attended tlr U ellington classes fur militaiy iusuuc Lion, une olUcer, questioned as to wha he nad learned tnere, said he had learn ed how to s'eup upon concrete all' straw. ".Nothing more?" asked til reporter. "WelJ, i can't rcniumbc anything else." , j....-, The Chief Health Officer, wrote undo date October that the attention <- the .Department has been drawn to th Councils report on me condition of hi Stamps and ik'Cds Office at isow iiiuutn.—-\lr II- Okey, Al.il.lu, has wn ten that he vill be pleased to agai bring this matter before the Minister m cliargo of the Department, with a view of having the matter attend d to. —The head office of the {Stamps Department has written tnat the matter I will have early attention. ' iianiLs appear uji uiie iate rolls iu i exist A reLurn made oui uy jir ft. I jacksoii for tin: laranaki Cuimiy Cwiin- ! L'il suows ' deceased' in the column set apart ior the address. That .is only one of the dillicuiues that beset local bodies in collecting rated on Mauri lands. The communal system almost amounts to a curse. .In one section ol 3'6 acres of land there are 43' natives interested, whilst no less than 28 lay claim to another piece four acres in The monthly returns from the tibatLoir manager show that during ijepiemwjr mere were 6fc.igii.cmi ai uiu local abattoirs 108 eow», iii buUuciM, o calvi-g, li-12 sheep, u Jambs, ami 14j pigs; ana Jj4 tripes wen: denied. One c,av liad oceii condemned for tuberculosis. as cuniparcd with last year ttie ngures showed increases of 20 cattle ii calves, 75 sheep and .1- pigs; and decreases ol' l'J lambs ami 7 tripes. There were slaughtered for export 42 cows, a bullock, and i 7 bulls. Of these 5 were condemned for tuberculosis, 4 for advanced pregnancy, and 15 for emaciation. Total fees for the month were £I2G 18s 3d, and rents £3 5s Gd, showing an increase of £25 10s. ifr. Jill is asking the Minister of Lands the following question:—"Whether, in view of the fact that the llawcra Borough Council proved itself si> utterly unworthy of the trust reposed in it as trustee of ihe llotokare Domain as to necessitate the passing of 'The llotokare Domain Act llepcal Act, 1903,' to deprive it in the public interest of tlie control of that reserve, and that the same authority has been guilty of another act of gross neglect of its duty as trustee of the Turutuvu-Mokai Reserve, will the Minister place this historic reserve under the control of a more trustworthy authority, and in fu/ure ret use to entrust the Hiwora Borough Ceun-il witli the control of any more public reserves?" Jn conversation yesterday with a ".News" reporter, ilr (i. W. Browne, chairman ol the borough electric light committee, staled that for the past ballyear the revenue from Ihe electric light department had been £213 2s 3d above the estimated charges for interest and working expenses. The private liehiing and power earnings were. £903 IDs 7d. AddcJ to this was £307 lis »-! ■ for street and public lighting, making a total of £1213 2s 3d. The best < month was July, in which £173 7s 2d was earned, exclusive of the street liahting. Mr Browne expects the next half-year's figures to he equally satisfactory. .jUi.,l ,J; L j.iie cp.aueiiy auditors' i--poru auu iMiaiKo-aueet, Hci'u lead aim .uiopied. .me ljuuge closed at o o ciock, and a numwer ol A»iuy ii'iends aim meinOHS oi the Loyal ii.vcclaiur j and violung urctUi'en atteiiued una spent, a pleasant time unui lo oeiueiv progressive :eiichre, -UisS Tearee being in winning Uie in'ot prize tor ladies and iiro. W. i'. Wallace the pnssc tor gentlemen, ileireslimcnts were then hanJCvl round, and a Uttle dancing was ludulge in. liro. ol tlie Loyal isigaleaps Lodge, and Lro. liaddreii, ol the liaagiora Lotlge, and Jiro. ilcasley, oi tlie iSelson Lodge, were amongst tlie visit-ng orethrcn, . niormng some iocai gciitie.ueiij accoiapaujcd by a "Daily Ac\v, J i'epru.-jeiilaUic, wenl out to l-ioukl.y load Lo J.[i Jciaisous inspect several samples of pj'ileiy, etc., made from liie deposits Of Kaolins in.. cia_v) recently discovered on tlie smart road. i'irst of all, Mr Jcinison, who is an old English potter from the AorLkuniborlaiid lields, showed some miniature rooiiug Hies, lirebriek.-, (daipjts, and ornamenis of various sizes. Several ol these were very finely delineated, the moulds having some very intricate grooves, in most of tiiese, despite the absence of modern appliances, the features have been well preserved, showing the liueness of the material used. Amongst other models are several pl.itpies bearing the features of till! late lliglit Hon it. J. Seddon, P.O. Tile firebricks and tiles, and some of the ornaments, were recently burned in a Wellington kiln, with satisfactory results. It is intended that Mr Jemison shall take half a ton of the clay to : Wellington and Auckland, and there - work it up into pipes, bricks, orna--1 merits, etc., and to hum them under 1 his own supervision. He is immensely pleased with the clay, and expects . well of tlie further and more elaborate experiments. ; The various references oi ;hs paper I concerning cycling on foolp ilhs and , driving vehicles round cornel's at other than a walking pace, were mentioned at last night's meeting o£ the Borough Council. Several Councillors express- , i d tile opinion that, whilst the borough engineer was the only borough oilie al who could lake action, it would not, pay ; lo keep this oilicor at work in watching oU'eniiiny eveiists and similar dm . ! Ir. Belhinger said ho was of opinion [ ilia: the Cumieil should eng.ige all sistaut to do this work, collect licnse ice s, anil so forth lie had brought ■ Ibis matter before tlie notice of lb- " : iH'ineer, hut had hardly been prepared for his burst of energy Jlr Kendall had i.mmiliiM.v sillied'out. and a< a l'.'sult "•Hie 25 or 30 offenders would shortly i.].p;"r before the court. In answer to questions, his Worship said the .police 'l'i ro to assist in the matter as far as ',iv in their power, but they were usually otherwise engaged. They had no time to spare. A Councillor Suggestnl that the police would fmd the time if tliev were give the fines The matter was ventilated a little furlher. and then '1 replied for a time. Cr. Bellringer It vns who at a later stage asked ti.e Cmnu-il not to proceed further in een"""liiin v-Hli Ihe offenders, in driving around corners at too great a pace. •'Phyllis with if," suggested a Couneillor. nn the motion of Councillors f'ollis sin,! l\Tills, the engineer was emtor. with a view of taking action This spuson' Yallieu'eiennes laee is hein" eyfonsively used for the trimming of all 1-inils nf nmslin dresses. "White inid Sons li 'vo a very large stock of all cpialitles,—Advt. T"'

It is stated, on good authority, that :here is a. strong probability of a large i lumber of pasteurising plants being <s[iiblished in connection with tlie butter i factories throughout the Dominion during tlie next season. | inc Patoa I'rc-s lem-rts 111 :1 the authorities at Moniohak'i have ]i-.ul to «e- \ stroy the celebrated While stallion Ban- j ger Signal, lie li-ivinj; sustained some in- | jury to his hips and loins. Danger Sg- I unl. was a present, from Biron Roliisehild to tlie New Zealand Government. The Waivarapa Bacon Company is calling its shareholders together to discuss the advisability of going into liquidation. Tlie slatomont put before them says that there was a loss of some '£2oo last Christmas over the purchase of Forty Mile Bush pork through prices dropping. This could not be made up, and the promised advent of the Christj church Meat Company seems to have jbeen the last straw.