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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 322, 22 January 1908, Page 2

There is a mild wilier famine «l ! Patca. J The Taranaki County Council has iv- \ ceived CHID, the second instalment of j { tli.. Covcrnmcnt grant of CiW), for the ; Manganui bridge en the Tariki road. The Sunday School picnic ill conncc- ' tion with \\ liitelev .Memorial Church on , Thursday next in Mr Avann's paddock, promises to be a great success. The teachers met and made final arraiigci incuts last night. The New Plymouth Swimming Club is holding a sweepstake race lor members at the saltwater baths on Thursday evening. The committee is making preliinmiry arrangements for an afternoon aquatic carnival. The silver-plati'd cornet don .led by Messrs Hawkes and Son, through their New Zealand agents, the Dresden Piano Co to the Hand Contest committee, has beeii allotted to the second band in "A." made. The two medals donated by lie same linn have been allotted to the ]•; flat and II flat cornet solos. At the Taranaki Rilles' second monthly social .uthering on Thursday evening ■i' lecture"on "The Battle of Balaclava" will be delivered by Adjutant-CapUm We-loii The members will lie invited to -lisciHs the subject, and then songs ' and other items, including supper, will be negotiated. \ meeting of tljie suppliers X the Tiko,.„„„i Dnirv factory was held on Friday evening, about twenty-live being pre- ' senl, and Mr. .1. \V. Foreman presiding. ' It was decided to recommend the dirocl' tor> to proceed with the arrangement-, ' for building a new 'factory, cither in < wood or brick. \* 'is estimated the out- >' lav will be close on CUKIU, hut a good l " up-to-date, place will be put up. suitable 0 for the needs of the district for many l ' years.- Mail.

A member of tin' Education Ijoard lusl night doubted the wisdom of allowing painting contracts to proceed without fairly trequent supervision. 'Urn architect'said that the Board Has very fortunate in tlic class of men who had secured their (tainting work, and lie would vouch for lamest and faithiul work. One of the member- thought ; the architect was taking a. big responsibility, the speaker reckoning that evcvv'iuan was honest only until he was fonnil out. Jlr Sanderson mildly reminded the mi'inher that they were all human, and if thoy suspected other people of dishonesty there was perhaps al'.i inference against the suspecting. Mr .1. Sanderson, the architect, report ed to the Education Board last niflttlthat he expected that the March mcte|tin<r of the Board would he held in the new offices in St. Michael's Square. Intimation lias been received that at; the Board of Education South Kcnsnigj ton examinations conducted at New Plymouth in .lime last, Miss Lillian B.ss was awarded a first-class pass m freehand drawing, and Mr Leslie Brown a first-class pass in building construction. Thee results are very gratifying to the promoters ami managers of the technical school at New Plymouth, of which hoth were pupils. The instructor of the classes was Mr 0. Deacon. in the S.M. Court yesterday the ease New I'lvmoiith Sash and Door Company I Messrs' Govclt and QiiiUiam) v. Thomas liorthwick and Sons, Ltd. (Messrs AVestonand Weston) was heard. Defendant had a building erected for then, at »r..u i„. Messrs l'kett. and Wilkte, goods snilpVcTKtlTe raiding contractors. There lieing other claims aguust Messrs Horthtviek and Sons, the sum of .Cilft 14s 3d hail' heen paid into court.) The plaintiffs proved their claim and admitted that the amount (laid into court hv the defendant company all that' the.v could he called upon *'» pav. Plaintiffs asked that a day should be'appoined to settle the claims of all persons entitled to participate in the monev paid into court, and Mr H. S. Fitzhcrbcrt, S.M.. fixed February 4th for the purpose, the solicitors for the Pasli and Door Company undertaking to let all parties interested have notice.