LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 26 October 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Onions liave fallen into line with Hour and grain. A rise of £3 or £4 a ton is reported. Potatoes are getting scarcer and more costly. It is reported that Mr A. M. Williams has disposed of his New Plymouth dental business to Mr.Chaney, son of the local chief postmaster. Measles arc spreading rapidly. The West Lud schuol attendance is still largely aliectcd, and at the Central school multitudes are succuui'bing to the attack. A Westport exchange says the little steamer Moa, lying alongside the brc.ikwater on Saturday, reminded one that a few years ago this 120-ton craft was the "fancy" boat running into Westport, where vessels of 40U0 ions are now accommodated. Mr Okiy, i1.11.1t., telegraphed yesterday to ilr Carter, chairman of the Carrngton Koad Hoard, that the validating order in connection with the Board's £2700 loan has been gazetted. The Board has had a lot of red-tape to negotiate, but the maze has now been successfully threaded. They who go down to the sea in ships may not notice the change But they ihat go down to the town in vehicles or on bicycles from the Carrington road Will greatly appreciate the abolition of the "dip" at the Mill road crossing. A big pipe culvert and a level road replace tfie old sunken cobble-stone water-table that crossed the road.

A start lias been made with the formation of tlie now lake in the KecrcaUon Grounds. The large lake, is to be lowered by about eighteen inches in order to dram the swamp before the work of excavation can be commenced The board has roched through Jlr'liovett a , bequest „f ..Uuo from the estate of the ate Ah* Uroham to be applied towards Die cost of making the new lake. tC V ni\ IU ,' a "T at "' '•■""'"•■'••tiou with the \ hi elcy Aicmorial Sunday School w.is held on fhursdav. A eood pro gramme wa, rendered*l.y Alices iLna i-i cty marching SOU g and other items. Ihe hev. 1. u. lirooke, who presided, in <"» aweul for the .sympathy and co operation of parent," L (he woil anient the chHdrcn, referred to the excel cm work accomplished by Ah: Roughs and Aliss Sadler, assisted by -Mis. Uouglas and .Mr. farter also spoke Oimatic varieties were in evidence yesicioay. \ e liad warm sunshine and powers, cold wind, cloudy sides, and iioavy rain; then a little dust-storm ■then tae ruin Parted again, of course A Strallord resident was before the Lourt yesterday charged with cruelty to a horse by leaving him tied up uud without tood for six hours. The Inspector under the Society for the Pre yeutiou of Cruelty to Animals withdrew the charge, having by the summons given publicity to the intentions of the society.

A Maori recently landed a fair haul of whitebait at tlie mouth of the Wai"aka.hu and left his catch on the riverbank whilst he went to "kai." Whilst he was away the whitebait left, too iiie then was traced to a lad named Cos nook, and ne was ycterday charged with tin; olleiicc. As he was a lirstoirnidcr Ihu .\lagi.,lr;,..e let him off without Hue and ordered the boys fatlnr to pay the expenses of the prosecution. Ihe -Maori mourns the loss of his whitebait and the time spent in proving the ,V ~H ,;. !' a " be > fended upon to natch his iish m future. -Ln.lc diieK.u Ciarivc, son of Mr una Jir» Out,. L.ai'KO, met uuii a paimul .i«-iu.-ia in tue Lonvviii. sciioolgroiLiius Jeoieruay. ftoniu woi-kuiuh liau oeui lolling uc, a m ti,e Cjmciii, g.umd,, and tell an axe lying Lkcre. A„J picked it up-us boys usually do-ami commenced hacking with it, Master Uaike standing c;oce by. U„ dl . ojL , jL , a ihe other lad had lite axe in a down ward stroke at the ttme, and it LTo U hi, ompamons right band, severing thumb and making an uclv ~„f „„f the bone., of the Infnd. % \Z u =uUerer wa, attended by Df vvtlkef '° deration, and the beneiit of many a t "'guim.nt. j lul ljlllo wrk > * J even where iutrieacies of the C ie concerned, and now by an a dt ule ead.ng of the Acts which gorern lo c ,l' M.es, and with the assistance of th " kl , ""wily Council, the Can-iw-«l ystom, and an annual „ , about £4O a year i, umd e. Mrl $ lights shifted about" in the d'tad?e»r the Victoria road-Ca"rinX, "' junction, and the resulta,v vtv% ?- factory. ' ° al,, >- r'ln,'!',''., ) m ' i "' s : ' A " n,it " l, ' v - Ar ™»''"i (lunch to-morrow will be cnmliiH,.,] { Air pT'J' t \* ?ronkft - T » the morning -Mi. Jiinoke will cnnliimo bis addict,. "ii the Ton Commandments, calling -pi'finl attention to the sivf I,—-Tlinn -halt do_„ f , murder." The subject for (ho evcnmtr scmee will be. 'The Gospel « W riinst: ITatl. it „nv delation to ho 5,, p1 , : , n0 Court?—.\ Reply to Pro- ' loss. S|, n ail(1 viMtol . 3 cor ,] iill]v welcomed.—Advt.

A TENANT DTSWSSTISSED A tenant which is quickly dispossessed by Dr. Sheldon's Now Discovery is a Hough or Cold. Cures when all else fails. Price Is fld and 3s. Obtainable everywhere,

Tuiliape is advancing. There is a possibility of a cab arriving tUcre. A local paper expresses the firm conviction jtlmt "once the roads are got in thorlough oraer, calbs will gradually come inI to "fashion, greatly to the enhancement of the town, be it said." I

A Wairon (Auckland) paper learns ithat an English syndicate has been formed to test the possibilities of extracting oil from the earth of the swamps whence kauri gum is dug. Two years ago an experiment was made of heating the earth in a large closed vessel—an old boiler—and a good percentage of thick oil was obtained, and also an illuminating gas. A disgraceful scene was witnessed in the yard adjoining the butcher's shop at, Taylovville on Wednesday evening, when a father and his two strapping sons had a determined sct-t"o\ The old man was

unable to withstand the onslaught of the sons, and was consequently considerably knocked about. The fight was witnessed by a large number of spectators.—Wangiumi Chronicle. Dr. Mason, Chief Health Officer, who returned to Wellington on Wednesday evening from a visit to the North, investigated, with Dr. Purdy, Health Officer at Auckland, the circumstances concerning the outbreak of typhoid at Hamilton. Dr. Mason informed a "Dominion" representative that the cause of the epidemic, which has now diminished,

was definitely traced to impure milk supplied by a single dairyman. The two health officers met the local authorities and conferred with them on the question of preparing by-laws in connection with the milk-supply. The international postage stamp, which was adopted at the Home Postal Congress last year, on the suggestion of Air Henuiker Heaton, M.P., came into use on October 10. It is an artistic picture of a goddess, with a background of olive branches, was 'designed by Grassett, and has been printed at Kinsiedeln, in Switzerland. Its value is 2>/ 2 d, and it will be sold in every country in the Postal Union, so that a correspondent may prepay a reply from any of these countries.