LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 53, 21 February 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Aut-kland jiud J aninalii tennis ri'pi.nit't't at Auckland to-morrow 'J'lie lotnl team went north by iln liaiavvii Ja>!t uiglit.

In llie loi'ul in ,v<Mt'i'tlay' B is-sue lvlt'rrijig to the ]j<ulraits on virtw in sttruund and 'lnnbvid^t window, the name of thu artist should have ri'ad •.Mr. Arthur fSnuut/' not Nwan.

Olio of Iho ohle*l Mfhool tcachi'i s in the l'd~n duo toa|>|H'ar in the lot-al Magistrate's Cou/t next week to answer a eliarge of assault, the alleged consistinjf of the chiistisoinenl tif oiu- of hi* jmpils.

Since (lie inirodu.'iion of tho Duiiedin cleetric tramway lo the suburbs, llie valiu' of property in tlie t-ontre »»i Diinedin lias increasfd 25 per cent., while within tin- penny section areas the worth of has improved 20 per coni. The denuui't for houses in ilio icnti'e of the eity exceeds the supply. A man named Kortlu with having obtained money by false pretences at St rat ford in. October last. wa> bron»bl before llie Stipendiaiy Maiiiiitrato at New Plymouth yesterday and remanded till Thurnday at New Plymonth. llie place of hearing being lived mi his own application. llol>ert Sinythe. chinked with forgory at Mokau, was remanded till

The Oarrist)!! Band received a welcome surprise on Wednesday evening at the conclusion of its fourth municipil Convert on the section adjoining Mr. Fred JieMringer's residenee in Devon street. Tbe )>andsjiion were entertained at supper, a much appreciated attention, ;U the hand* of Mrs. ltellriiiger. At the harbour yesterday Messrs. A. I'arris and .1. Kronglfs centre-board boats Ko*e ami Himu v sailed off the tie in the Consolation Uacc decided a week before. There was a breeze which «ave a straight run More the wind to the buoy. The boats moved smartly, with spinnakers set, and the Rose drew away a good deal before about. On the windward work the lead was increased, and the liose won by nbmit three minutes.

At the second meeting of the creditors of the Wellington Service Stores Co-opev-alive Association a legal opinion whs forthcoming that the profitable butter contract held l>y the Association negotiable as ail asset. I lie meeting decided to take steps to plaee the Association in liquidation us soon as possible. Those creditors who have obtained judgment agreed not to take action unless there should he delay in I liquidating'.

.Some of the Now Plymouth hairdressers, with a line seme of humor, are talking *of emulating .Masterton by charging a "shilling for hair-cutting. Hilt there's no need to get one s "hair oil end.'' for there is not likely to he unanimity on tile point, and the new tariff is not likely to come into force unless every barber agrees to rob the public of th r extra .sixpence. There is lit) talk of raising the shaving Uu'ilf but then a fellow e.in't cut his own hair.

'l'atea wib easily iii -l for the quantity of chee.-e exported during: January. I!l.li:a-\vt. valued at C"i4.i>7U. being exported. Willi caiue next with Solocwt, valued at .C24.-I-2H. Wellington being third with 7-V2Bcwt. viihieil at C-l.llh. and New Plymouth fourth with (iSOlieu'l. valued at ' CIS.S'.Kt. New .Plymouth shipped the mo-t butter with ll.'&icwl. valued al Llil.WJ. 'lln'ii followed Auckland, ll.n-cwt. valued at C.m.78.">. Wcllinglm. !W:llewf. valued at C47.H1, and I'atea UHi'Wt. valued at

The Premier and parly had an exciting trip by motor (roiii I'otorna to Matamata. In the middle of a bush road behind Maiuaku a large tree which had been burnt, in the biir.li fires lay right across the track. The motor was pulled up within a couple of feel of the obstacle. Later, near Putaruru. the motor, going round a curve, came right upon a blazing mass of scrub. I*lames were sweeping right across the road._ A ha-ty retreat brought the party to a place of safety. The journey was resinned after the Ihimes had burned across the road.

At a meeting of tin- Otago I'aluralio'i Hoard on Wednesday the question of uniform M-hool books was discussed. Ihe inspectors furnished it report opposing union-milv. and the Hoard carried the following resolution:—"l hat the Board -.-.ve-'.-s an earnest and emphatic protect. again-t -ocli a proposal as a uniform set of school books being forced upon the school of the Dominion, as being oppo.-ed to the he-t interests of education and to the freedom of the people. The Board will oiler strenuous opposition to any endeavor to imbue the minds of children with one set of ideas from oil.' end of the Dominion to the other.''

| The following aiv the amounts payable from the ollice of Me-srs I'crcivnl I .;iid*Mc-.eiiger for milk supplied during .hmnary to factories in Hie Inglcwood distriil. the figures in parenthesis being tli" p;\vmenis made tor the same period last jear:- Mo* ,C4«(i is 7d ( «SMS 11.. -ill): Maketinva. Ulol-I '.ls :(d ( t'l22j 18s Hid) —tliis payment is for a ■ live week period, this factory paying out immediately after the first .Monday in the month: Tarata. CV27 lid I O.M .!- 7(1): Waitui, .1:524 14s lid ( tUI7 Us »d) i f/L'pperton, .C7lO Ms id ( CU0(l ;!s 2d); Tariki Cheese factory, Ss 7d. Total, t:ii:ilj 18s 111, as against iSO'JS lis 1.1 paid out in February, 1!K)7. The annual seaside excursion in connection with the I'.ltliam school was held yesterday at the breakwater. About a thousand adults and children were present. Klthaiii being practically deserted. The day was perfect, a light sea breeze blowing during the greater port of the day and keeping hack the smoke from the Inish lives. Immediately upon the arrival of the special train at Ihe harbor, tlie crowds of children made for the water's edge, and the beach was a most interesting sight during the whole afternoon. The Takapnna ran a couple of hours' free excursion for some hundreds of the visitors, and Mr. Xewlon King's oil launch Awakiuo ran short trips during the whole of the afternoon, being closely packed ench time. The Kltliam lirass Band attended the excursion in uniform, and. under the conductoifehip of -Mr. A. Beesley, rendered

J >ome very line music, some of which i-anie as a surprise to those who had not heard tlie band lately. The eommiitcv in eh.trge nf the arraHge.nenlworked well, bill lliey deprived ili::Ir young charge* of tlie luxury of a dip Ihe municipal swimming baths, [hey not having applied for tlie usual privilege of free admission a* in tlie ease* of the oilier schools. The very mention of a iluod is snliiiv'iil to provoke laughter in sueh a h-.i----"Oh as iliis. Inu a llood ha-. nevertheless, oi-eurred. Mr. \\, 11. Hrnonie. of I '■Tli- Hash." is the sullerer. The Hood ! did not arise from any atmospheric- disturbance, hut was merely the result of j Ui<j bursting of a waler-pi]>e in ihe ioil- j ing of his |ireniist>> in Devon si reel yes- j I ml;! v afternoon. Mr. I»roome was j av.ay all the afternoon, and when lie I returned about 7 o'clock in the evening he heard a dvip. drip, in the shop. .Kn- I tering, ho found about half an inch of water on the iloor, and a great quantity of iiis chitliing and mercery soaked and limp. He set to work to overhaul the slock on Ihe east side of 11n* sliop, and found that ihe water had run down the wall and noaketl shelves of ready-made clothing, felt and .straw hats, tlie lattor k> : iig hopelessly misshapen. Collars and eufls hung on the lines along the centre of the simp were soaked. :ind most cf , the lies and other good* displayed on the counter received a slum? of the w«Uer, whieh trickled between the eeiliut* boards in various places. Fortunatefv the expensive Panama hats luid not been loin-bed. nor had the water got amongst t lie shirt*, ties, ami other light and more pen-liable goods on the oilier side of tlie : fhoj.. As might lie expected, the damage doiv in «-uch a closely-stocked shop was ' considerable, and Mr. Hrooi.ie estimates 1 ihai-, even after disposing of the salvage ' stork, lie will be a lo>er by upwards of 1

| A lii , r[(.'ctly- ! , l ili>iii'il tlajj'v farmer is I lie lllillt Willi owns all "Alia - LllVitl" •- eparutor, because lie lias found l>v c\peiican- liijii -Alht - quality means all Unit it it is better ill thi- dairy tlian in tile showroom. and that it is the enduring kind «l .piality that insist, 01 , remembered lon- after the price has t°rf.«.lt,„. ' Alfji-Laval'' .soparatuvs tlic .It-I motion <.f twenty-sewn years leadership. because tlu-v have l«'en limit the l,e,t. aud l.ecinse ei«iit. I liundi'i'd thousand dairvineii all roind j thi' world have found' (hem best ), v I every test. Highest lioniirs at Xew Ze.i- ---| 11111,1 liitcrnali TC.xliil,iti<,u—namclv C'dd medal and special diploma. | scnpt.ve catalogue post f,„. asking. Sole Xi'iv Zealand a"vn'-. ■Ua-on. Stmthers and Ltd..'"Main 'ti'i'Pl. I aimer-toil North. Local .(..ents !■:. CriiliU.s and Co.. New Plymouth? ' . ®'o r<> } v Pl.vmont.lt. Harbor Roaril invites nominations for one niemhor in the place of Mr, Geo. McLean, resigned. Nomination papers w iU i, fi ,. MC ; vp] un ' to 3laroli Otli. • , ,VI