The Daily News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 18 October 1907, Page 2

The Daily News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18.

The Filzroy Eand anil Comedy Company gave a much appreciated performlance at Omata last night.

Six hundred yards of conercU l and eo lons of steel were used in !he construction of the new Waiwaknilio bridge, opened yesterday.

It is reported tliai a local firm intends opening a clothing factory in Xew L'lymoutli, to employ ahont thirty hands.

The Mayor ami councillors inspected the septie lank yesterday afternoon. It was found to be working excelientJv, with hnt little smell. Simples of the effluent were taken and liottled, (he liquid showing only the least hit milky. Mr F. J'.rown, speaking at tin 1 bridg> opening function yesterday, considered had had a good deal to <io villi the construction of the Waiwakaiho bridge. First, it sent its town clerk, Mr 11. Ellis, to keep the county finances as county clerk; then came Mr Joseph i'.rown from the same district; ''and then," he said, "we sent Mr Spencer to build the bridge for you." lie might lii ve added that Inglewood carried the bridge loan, and then by forming a borough in the nick of time escaped payment of the special rate.

Touching on 1 lie small birds nuisance j and the request from the l;ii':\naki County Council for co-operation in the matter of taking steps to destroy the birds, reference was made by Councillor McCutehan at Hie Stratford County Council mwtiii" (»ay* tlio l'ost) to tlio terrible pests' of caterpillars which troubled the country in the early days before the birds were so numerous, and he gave a number of instances of how crops had been entirely eaten up by tlie crawling pests. Councillor Marchant endorsed tlio remarks of Councillor McCutehan, and said that extraordinary as it may seem, he hud a perfect recollection of a train being absolutely stopped at Waitotara Hill by Uie caterpillars, which in millions had crawHl across the track and made the line so ■rreasy thai the engine could not climb the grade. No doubt if they did not become too numerous the small birds were amongst the tanners' best friends.