LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 22 October 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A goods train failed to negotiate the incline out of New Plymouth yesterday afternoon until a second engine eime to its assistance. The Minister of Lands has written that enquiries will be made into the Taranaki County Council's (wmpla.nt concerning the loss of rates from the Spotswood Crown Settlement. Mr Okey, M.H.K., intends to force the mutter upon the Minister's notice.

The Health Department Will hold an examination in practical and theoretical plumbing ou loth and ltith Novemnor at .Stratford. Cnnd.drtcs will be present from Mew Plymouth, Stratford, Llthain, and llawera, The Education Board is making the arrangements.

! I'pou the .suggestion of the Chief Inspector, the Lducatiou Department has decided to hold a handwork examination at Stratford in the latter part of .November. Applications .-houkt reach the Department nui later tnan ilfh November. No entrance fee is required of pupil teachers, bill other candidates wiU pay. , t Wi , _^^^Aa.

At the Hospital Board latch' a letter Has received ll'Jiu a young lady, ai) ex-patient, forwarding her warmest gratitude but no cash lor treatment in the hospital. As the young lady had received .CluO odd from a benefit concert in Wellington, the Board thought that tho payment of her medical ices should have been the first call upon that money. The Board will make a (strenuous attempt to collect the money,

ine Minister ior Native Annua reccuu,\ proimv.il uric ne nould .l-,isl tilt 'Parana ki County Council in tile collection of rales from native landowners. Kc.ciiliy judgment was obtained agauisi. some Maoris, but the Council was unable to enforce judgment without permission from the Native MinUler As soon as the required lime had elapsed lie w.is approacned. There was no "ta:noa" policy about this. The aulh.urily came back uhiio.it by lctuiu post. In tlie me.uifime, however, the rates Had been paid by the Lurupeau occupier of We laud. . ,

Xliu unprecedented rise ill tliu pike of flour pressed hard on tile baker who contracted ill butter days to supply bicad at a Used rate the year through. An instance of this came before tlio H'j.-iutal Hoard yesterday, when jMr V. 10. Jeffries, contractor for bread supplies at the four-pound loaf, wrote that he was losing niuncy ou tire contract, owing to the continued rise iu the price of Hour, and he asked that the price be increased to li'/ 2 d per loaf, lie offered to reduce the price again When normal conditions prevailed. The liourd, however, saw no reason to vary the contract.

Xlic Under-Secretary for Public "Works has written in answer to tin. l Uurougli Council's letter Hint tliu Government usually unites it n practice to observe tlie luc.il by-laws relating to building work* :is far as is reasonably practicable, but as the additions to tbe Public Trust Ollicu are merely the erection of a wooden lean-to upon n main building of wood, the Minister consider* it would lie absurd to build Ihis small addition in brick. As the (iovermncnt Imildiies occupy a complete block, there is little danger of tires from adjoining blocks reaching' them, or vice versa, and the lire risk camiof be increased in any way in conseoiicnce of' J-lie projiose,-] addition. ''Tile Minister,'' lie say'. s > "disclaims any desire to over-ride 'tho borough bylaws, but, under all the circm.,'"' lllloo3 ' he cannot see his wav to vary 'the ',r<l- - decision to construct this small' addition of wood." I

It's astonishing how quickly yn ,i mn save money if you go the Vnjlit way about it. Sixpence here, a" shilling there, and licliin- you hum where you arc there's a pound saved. About 'the best Jiliico we know of for savin;; money out ot your ehdhine: bill is that weljMiown store -'The Kash." just below Milsnn and Nolan's auction mart, in New IMyimiulh. Thcv'vo dmm-arcos it is lid, men's full-sivp.) [inniHs from ?s :iil. men's braces from !),]. hoys' sfnekiu:.'s from Is, men's ~,,„ I'rom'ls. men's tennis whirls from ->s lid. men's na-and-rille worlciii"; shiris from 2s lid'hoys' •'Conway" suits from lis (id, hoys' tunic suits from lid; and they've a Kplendiil line of mackintoshes from 17s fid. willi »oo<l lone; capes. I'nkinjr them all round, they're hard to beat for honest, , dcpcnJaUa yalac,—Advt, . . a .• J

The Education Board meets this ingSevern! now street lamps on the Vogeltown extension were lighted for the lirst lime last night. Victoria road is now lighted as I'm- as the Mill road corner.

The last meeting (if tlie season ill connection with the fitzruy .Hand of J lone was held last night. 'There was a large attendance, and a good programme was submitted. The liev. A. Armstrong presided, and cards ol' membership wore delivered to the members.

The second term of the technical ] school classes will conclude in the week ending November 2nd. No day classes will be held on 2SU>, 2!i.!i »» a m \ in,t as the building will be n quired for other purposes, but the evening' classes will be held as usual. Unite recently an inmate of a local 1 institution reported the loss of a pound note and that he suspected Uiet-. - search was made and the lost money was found where lie had placed it, m In ■ vest pocket, between the bolster and mattress of his bed.

Ui eccentric old g-tilU-mau named John .Milne was sent to gaol yesterday on a cliargu of being an idle and disorderly person, without visible means ol support. The delinquent rambled a lot in his talk, and complained of a restlessness and fear of the past. J•* I .Magistrate thought his condition waiI ranted medical examination. That unionism is entering almost every branch of industry throughout Die Dominion is becoming more forcibly nn-mvs-cd on our minds every day, andtuc latest aspirants to unite themse yes in « a body for the protection ol thei - frests are the earners otl al.4a -NorOi, who already have undol a proposal to ra,se then tariff- ~ Whilst Mr 11. Okey was addiM the U«w on the L,nd Amend i, K ,,t Bill, Air Kit raised a porn ot o der, and wished to know i the hono •lb e "onUeiuaii were allowed to read nis Lpcecn. To tills ilr Oltey replied:- ■ V,r, 1 am not reading my -speech. 1 have copious notes, and wish to follow them, ido not wish to get away Iroin ihe main question and talk in Hie way ; the honorable member for Clmstchurch 1 j JuUS).'*

li is doubtful whether tlio Austrian Emperor will live tu enjoy the return tbul is being made to Uim by the he\y Zealand lioverumcnt for his gilt of chamois and other animals. The birds for r'raucis Josef, including paradise ducks, pukekos, and other fowl indigenous to New Zealand, were on the Tuvakina, which returned to Wellington on lire. The paradise ducks looked somewhat "peaky/' but the more robust spcciinents of bird life are well and strong. The collection is now outward bound per Corinthic. The balance sheet of the Tarauaki Hospital and UuariUblc Aid Board has been received from the government Audit Department. 'i'here is a credit halance ot £1)38. In moving its adoption yesterday, Mr ¥. Jiellnnger congratulated the secretary, Mr Deppcr, upon his zeal in collecting maintenance fees. Mainly to this, he »aid, was due the very satisfactory stale of the finances. He remarked that as far hb. he could see everything had been thoroughly done, and nothing had been skimped or neglected in order to conserve the revenue,

A development uf exceptional interest has ocurred at a rich-leader in Ao. 7 tc\cl of the .New Alpine mine at Dyell. lu following tiie leader above the level the stone pinched out, and gold began lo occur in a slaty formation on the line of the reel. This became richer as work proceeded imlil it now shows in the face of the drive as a thin seam of solid gold in a pure staie no quartz being associated with it. This is believed to be uniuue in the history o£ mining in the Dominion. Nothing like it has been known before in this field. Apparently the held is likely to prove ol great value, as the line of gold, if extensive, should strike Irishman's Creek at a spot whore many large slaty nuggets were found in the early days. The discovery is creating excitement locally, and further developments are awaited with keen interest.

At a church gathering at Westport UuU.lyv. A. jM. ilugby l'ratt made lluinscrutable conundrum how :i" parson manages to kill time. He had been in jW'estport for three years and five mouths, and his daily record book contained, among otliers, the following entries:—Sunday sermons preached, 322; mid-week sermons preached, 131); prayer' meetings conducted, 108; sacramaents and ordinances, 11)9; (Sunday school sessions attended, ](il; junior class and brigade meetings, 124; choral practices attended, LIS; official meetings presided over, 33; socials and sundry meetings, 47; interviews and consultations in the [study, 028; calls on church matters, 1022; pastoral visits paid, 2551; meel'ings attended outside church work proper, 137. Mr Partt added that his visits were never of the "tea and twaddle'' variety, and that a minister's principal work could not be tabulated.