LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The brake which failed on Ine way to Parihaka the other dly did not hail from Mr Jury's stable?, as staled b'y our special at Puiigarehu. On the application 01 Messrs Boy and Wilson, administration of the estate of the lale Air U. \\. Cunningliaui, oi iikorangi, lias been granted uy .injustice Denmston to tne widow.

There were about thirty applicants for the position of Borough inspector opened at the Council meeting last night. A special committee was set up lo go through the list and make a recommendation at the next Council meeting.

On the motion ot Mr C. W. Govcit (Govctt and ijuiUiam), for Mr Caplen, of llawera, probate of the will oi the late Thomas Nicholas has been granted Mrs ltuth Maria Nicholas, tue executrix named in the will.

The Borough Council, with a view of regulating motor traffic and licensing motors, decided to bring into operation in New Plymouth part 2 of the Motor liegulalion Act, I'JOb, on 31st December next. The Act regulates the pace, lighting, and numbering of the vehicles.

Councillor Bellringer "rubbed it in" to the chairman of the Electric Light Committee last night. When the gas failed on Saturday night the director of the borough's electric light btioiness was among the lamenting ones, ami this fact was quoted last night, much to Councillor Browne's discumliturc.

A iiiynterioiis denizen of the deep was caught by a .Moeraki tishcriuan the other day (says the Palmcrston "Tillies"). The lish weighed over 7011., ami was covered with silvery scales. None of the local lishermeu ca'u recognise the species. Tim lish has been forwarded to the curator of the ChristCchiircli .Museum.

Despite tin' improvement recently made, tiie striking uf the town clock i's not yet n a!isl'a.d.,ry. 'l'lu: Jlorough CoUHcil llilri decided to Wl'itu to till! I'ost-master-tieneral drawing attention to the fact lli.it the limliur which curries the bells is so weak that it has already sagged under the weigh). The Mayor and one or two of the councillors lieltl an informal technical discussion upon the host manner of hanging Ihe bells. The usual fortnightly i din.; of the Loyal KgmouL Lodge. 1.0.0. F., M.U.. wa> held last evening, liro. Archie Hooker, X.t;., presiding. There was a fair attendance of members, and a considerable amount uf correspondence was dealt with. The secretary was inslructed to issue a circular with the |ircscnl quarterly statemenl on a mat- j tor of vital interest to the lodge, and a I hope was expressed thai there would be a large attendance of members on I quarter-night to deal with the matter. I A letter of recommendation was granted to a member lo enable him to visit tile | lodges in the district where he is at present residing.

Charlie Wailara. upon whom Te I Whiti's mantle has fallen, inlieriteil a 11 gimil deal of property from near relalions, especially from his stepfather, who acquired considerable land in and around Wellington, and. what is more, had the good sense to retain if. Charlie's wceklv rent roll alone runs into three I'mures. lie has land at the Tnitu and Waiwetu (Unit vallev) and cilv property, lie is a man of liberal views, with just as nood a knowledge of the pakohas and their customs as he has of .the Maoris and their customs, which is saying a g I deal. Wailara had flic advantage of a good grounding in education, and has a natural shrewdness uncommon lo the generality of Maori mankind. Under Iris direction, things at I'arihaka should undergo a. radical change for the better. Over 2000 yards of pretty ilowered muslins have just been purchased by White and Sons at a big discount, and Ihese are being offered at. very lowrates. The prices asked, fid to is per yard, •represent goods worth at least ono-tliird more. No prettier things can bo had for blouses or dresses for the hot, totjrißsatlier,—Mvf, .. ;

The Treasury lias provisionally approved the Tarnnnki County Council's application for a lonn of £ISOO for flic creation of the new bridge over tlic UiMiiii on the Junction road.

A private letter in New Plymouth stales that aNicw Zealand was well represented at the Dublin~Exliibition, the court lieing second only to the magnificent exhibition of the Canadian Government. , , 'i|

Two of the illustrated maps and a few of the books of views which were the mainstay of the Taranaki court at the recent International Exhibition were sold by auction at Mr Newton King's mart on Saturday. On Die motion of Mr ,T. 11. Quilliam (tlovctt and Quilliam), for Mr 11. Caplen, of llawera, letters of administration of the estate of the late Magnus Forbes have been granted by tile Supreme Court to .Mrs Mary Forbes, widow of the deceased, subject to the lodging of the usual bond.

The Egmout Lodge, No. 112, 1.0.0. T., held its usual weekly session in St. .Mary's Hall on Monday evening. liro. t,. Hartnol, C.T., presided over a large attendance of members. Five new members were proposed and two were initiated. The programme for the evening was temperance readings, and a pleasant evening was spent.

The Mount Bryon reserve plantalii

has been injured latterly by stray cattle, despite the fact thai the reserve is fenced securely. It has been ascertained that people have been in the habit of removing the slip-panels and turning in a horse for cheap grazing. A horse has since been "captured," and the owner thereof is to be prosecuted.

A painful accident happened to a ten- I year-old boy, son of Mr. Mail, schoolmaster at Midhirst, yesterday morning, lie was riding a bicycle barefooted, when his foot supped off the pedal and was caught between the chain and the sprocket wheel, the big toe being severed al the first joint. He pluckily secured the severed memlier and was promptly carried home, and later taken to receive medical attention.