PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 18 November 1907, Page 3

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

JIIDffIRST. (From Our Own Correspondent.) On Thursday night the Bank of New Zealand was broken into, and the extent of the losses and damage was not known until Mr Crawshaw arrived on Friday afternoon. He found the lock had been burst off, a few gallons of ink drunk, and a pile of blotting paper chewed up by one of a local resident's thorough- 1 bred calves that had been placed there or had wandered in on its own account. I While out fishing the other day, two I youths from Midhirst "struck oil," at least so they fondly believed. On arriving at a pond, they found it simply teeming with speckled beauties. In'went the lines, and out came lish after fish, but they soon dearly paid for them. They heard an astonished voice in the distance, and on looking down stream, saw .1 tall figure with a double-barrelled gun in his hand. The boys made olf, and one. stooping to get 'through tjio wire fence, heard a report of the gun and immediately experienced a stinging sensation in the part of Us body that still remained to get through the' fence. Another report followed, a few shot entering the other Imy's hand. The lads had entered one of the hatcheries near Stratford! Nine pellets have since been extracted from the damaged portion of the first lad!!

An old resident, Mrs Ncilson. mother •>f Mr C. Neilson, butcher, died »n \ Thursday. KORU. ) (From Oiir Own Correspondent). , llie school examination took place last week, and only one failure was r e. ported, inis reflects great credit on tlie schoolmistress, Miss lie-id, who tils worked hard during the year. On Friday night a farewell social and dance wiws given to .Mr and -Mrs Sweeting, who have sold their farm and are leaving the district. Mr Kaill spoke in I glowing terms of Mr and Mrs Sweeting's popularity, and the loss whTcli the district would sustain through their departure, Mr Sweeting, in reply, said that he was very sorry to leave Koru, but having sold his farm at a. satisfactory figure, he intended having a complete rest before settling down again. Five waggons are engaged daily in carting timber on the Koru road. A solitary stone is now visible every ten chains or so!

The milk supply at the creamery this year is doable the quantity received during the corresponding period last vear. and the suppliers are well satisfied " i(h their new manager, Hr McGregor.