LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 17 October 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The advent of fine weather yesterday made a marked improvement in tlie tone of retail business in town.

A little hoy, a bicycle, and a well- j known local resident* were seen mixed, up in Ctirrie street yesterday morning', j The boy on the bike was the aggressor j Jlr A. R, Morton, who secured two | appropriations of £l5O each at the jl'iiilding Society meeting last night, has ■ been successful on two previous occasions,

The wet weather and a. surfeit of meetings spoiled tlic meeting at Okato ' called by tlie Inglewood Bacon Company. A meeting is to lie held at Oakura. The thrifty character of young New Plymouth was evidenced last nigiit by the large number of young shareholders present at the annual meeting of tlie Imputable Building Society, Mr Newton King sent several of his well-known Holstcinl ,, rios!aii cattle to the llawke's Bay Agricultural Show, lie received a telegram yesterday that they had secured a championship, three first prizes, and a third. At the Hastings A. and P. Show yesterday, Jlr F. A. Bremer, of "Armadale Stud," Okaiawa, secred lirst and cham'pion awards for his Clydesdale stallion, Lord Erskine, and also the championshij for best horse of cither sex. Should tlie weather prove propitious ; 1 his afternoon, the Netv Plymouth j I Bowling Club will inaugurate tlic new season's play on the local green, which | is, despite tlie recent untoward weather, ill very good condition. A man named A. It. Pcddie met with an accident a,t Oniata oil Monday morning. Whilst working on a house tho scall'olding on which ne was standing collapsed. He was brought into town yesterday as his injuries would not permit o£ his being removed earlier. There were several hours' sunshine yesterday. People could hardly believe their senses when the clouds which about noonday hugged Mount Egmont failed to bring tlieu customary snowi'l's. There's an old saying, though, that enjoins us not to halloo until we are out of the wood.

According to a parliamentary return the total cost 01 the Spotswood Settle(lion, Taranaki, up to March Sits last, was £10,1)05; urea leased, 10; i acres, annual rental payable £lO3, rents and other payments received during the year £2/3; total receipts from inception to March 31st, 1907, .£1145.

Tlie secretary d the Band Contest Committee, Mr J. Clarke, h.ts received a letter I'rom the Dresden Company, oll'ering special prizes to be competed for at the contest in I'ebruary next, and asking tlie committee to " allocate the trophies. These cuusist of a silver-plated li flat cornet (llawke's) and two gold medals. Tlie steamer Ivapiti, which went ashore at l'atea on Suudiy, was still stranded yesterday. The Hawera Star says that as far as can be ascertained no damage has been done to the propeller. In consequence of the rough weather no elfoit could be made to relloat tlie vessel, but work in that direction was expected to be attempted yesterday. 2 Owing to the insullicieut evidence procurable, the Crown Sol.eitor his recommended tile Health Department not to take action in cjimection with the l-eceut sale by auction 01 furniture, etc., which had been used by a victim of an infectious d SL-aSe. proceedings will therefore be stayed. it is impossible to prove that this auctioneer knew the nature of the goods he was oll'ering. The following payments for milk have been, or will un Saturday next, paid out from Messrs l'ereival and Messenger's ollice for the month's milk supply to the various factories domiciled there; —Maketawa, milk £417 14s yd, bonus £OIB 2s 8d (paid on 7th); iUoa farmers' factory and creameries, £1407 13s Od; 'Tariki cheese factory, £347 13s 2d; 'l'arata, £IBO 7s (3d; Waitui, i£loo 7s 4d.—lnglcwood Record, "A Ratepayer" asks us to publish the text of the letter sent to Mr Kendall, borough engineer, bj Me chairman of the Works Committee. The letter was read on Monday night to the Council, and to the best of our recollection divw attention to the i'ress reports concerning breaches of the by-laws and instructing him to be more vigilant. The letter was sent iroin the Town Clerk's ollice at the instance ot Cr, i'red Bellringer,

i'aucy an impassable road, and consequent, increase el rood prices within sond of the I'ost Ollice cluck chitu s, and only a little more than a biscuitthrow Iroin Devon street. >!et these conditions obtain, and from a borougU boundary road comes the wail of the

j bacKblutker. iiadespeople ate seumsly aide to m-yotiato (Jutlieut road at any i point, and it is closed for tiallic over a consideraule portion. On top o£ the inconvenience cathed by the i.ick o£ reading tomes a surcharge of a penny a loat on Ulead, Xnai such a condition of ahairs should uxisi, rijjht 011 tile boruugu i;oundary passes comprehension.

-J.~: * Al inglewuod on Monday even.ng, ;\lr W. A. miiamync, uireetor of tecnu.eal education, niet delegates li'oiu tlie \1 sUlCt school COillJlHlLcCi to discuss tile proposal to erect a building iu which. to Hold manual tecliuical classes. Xhe delegates were very enuiusuiaiie. Jdr liai•ianiyue recommended the lo go on Willi ilxeir good work and rain*: ail tliey could; and then go to ilie Government una say;. ".Wo liave raised »o rnuen toward* a technical school, and we jyanl you to make a gram sullkient lor tiio coat of tho uuiioing. lie eouiiaelied expedition so as to gel the Duiidaig ready lor tne iormaijon oi classes uy tne end or jumuiry next, so as to stun yyuu the lo.i ioi iUu leciuiicai suiuois. Ue considered it wouid be a pay to let it drop now Ihey liad a hundred pounds now, and LUvV ciuci) culild get nioie, and liiai vviin tin; suusiuy nieaui jC«>uo, ana tiut w-fs men- uu.ld.ng. iie ilioiigiit ix tne d.sa'iCi were diVmed Jiuo areas and well cuuvas.-.eil, there wouid t>e lio uiiiictiily at ait in getting atf i Uiey warned. Xhe meeting decided to erect the building. I

The iicw Waiwakaiho bridge at I'itsl'oy is ty be obicnuiy opened this afternoon, .the clnuiinau of the County Council will be the principal speaker, and the ribbon will be cut by ;Urs 11. J. Ukey, in the unavoidable absence of ilr Okev, AI.U.U. iiie members of ttio Taranaki County Council, tho JSiew Plymouth iiorough Council, and other adjacent local bodies are expected to attend the lunction, as well as several of the oldest settlers who remember the river before it was bridged over fifty years ago. Amongst those who will take part in the ceremony will be some of the men who assisted in the erection of the original structure. As showing the advance in the mode of loccnr tlon since the date of the first bridging of the river, the first vehicle to cross tll : s afternoon will be a bullock waggon, whose passengers will be the "old identities," followed liy the more modern motor car. Tlie builders of the original bridgo are to be presented with .walking-sticks made from its timbers. A picnic is to be held in the grounds adjoining the bridge. Very complete arrangements have been made by the chairman of the committee, Mr J. R. llill. v