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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. A. D. (Jray's line residential property of 4'/ 2 acres on the Frankley road lias ln'eit disposed of to Mrs. Fairhal!, late of Hrightwater. Nelson. Taranaki dairy factories are storing the bulk of their output, presumably for loeal consumption. Over a thousand boxes have i>een placed in cool store at the Moturoa works during the pastweek or so. J'he Minister Education has informed the -erretai'v of the Kducation Board that he will visit New Plymouth during May, and will be prepared to receive a deputation in connection willi the Tonga porutu school dispute. Waitui parent* are complaining at the lengthy holiday that tin* school-children are having jus<. now. The annual examination is drawing nigh. and the sehoid is without a teacher. The lud.i; appointed by the Education Hoard to the m-liool declined to take up the duties, and >inee tlien nearly every relieving or temporary teachi'r on Hie Hoard's li-t ha- been tried, without success.

I "'I Tliur-iliiv evening Hi' l Kev. Mr. I ;iilljiis-rd a crowded itii-flhijj in tin 1 f'ari-h Hall, liiglewood, many ln obtain admission. At 1 '••'iiH'-t nf ,i.mi' New Plymouth '■IIPWII-. I lII' i;,.v. M,-. FhiniijMii lias pro-im-i'il I.) rail tin- iuiutlier evening I'lyuicutli. (ill 271b May be will give an illustrated lecture ou "SuapfdioU iu Ijouduu -Slums." The Theatre Kttyul [,a3 In/en already engaged. Ak'strs. \\\ Syuies, M.l'.. and S. Ward, as delegates from the Stratford Horticultural ,Society, \ isited tlii' Norfolk Koad School un 1 hursd.iy and presented [ the scholars wilh tin- liamier and medal won at the m cnt (Stratford show. Tliev ueie met at the station by (he <hairniau and mcnilicrs u£ tl„. 'school committee, and on entering the school W( , rc greeted by tin- children and their parents, win, had assembled for Hie oeeasiou.

Church ;i|| the way fruiii Kii-laud If you want to take liim I ]o\\ n, Call on liim for land ami houses, 1 localise lie has the lies] j n (own. —Church, Estate Agent. X™ I'l vmoiith. 11. Callaghan, Manager.--Advt. THE 15 iEAKS' TEST. Fifteen yours is a long tost. Do you know of say other drench that has been toted for fifteen years? Do you know tl-at after fifteen years of testing Sykes'g Drench is used by over 00 p;r cent, of the dairy farmers oi New Zealand? When you buy Sykcs's Drench you buy the drench that has been tested for over fifteen years and is used ly all progressive dairy farmers. Ten't it hotter fn buy the nest? I'oniombor that when you buy Syke's Drench you 'oiy the best.

| Yesterday morning Mr. D. Ilookor was I driving in an express in Dovon Street, towing another express behind Him. The pole of the latter slipped out, and the vehicle slewed across the road and smashed into Messrs, Sole Bros.' verandah, knocking a post right across the I footpath. No other damage was done.

taking the taxable wealth of the British Isles at only .CIS,000,000,0(10. if the Government required as much as C 150.000,000 in taxation for the year a rate of 1 per cent, would give the desired amount; and that rale could be increased in the event of war without harassing the people or wasting the I time of Parliament over a variety of I partial class taxes.—'" Westminster lieview."

Recently the secretary to tho .School Commissioners circularised several lessees of education reserves informing them oi tho date of expiry of their leases, and that, prior to renewal it would be necessary to have an arbitration to iix tin; amount of rent to be dialled for the new term. Manv o! them replied that they were not'pre jmred to submit to an arbitration until they knew the amount of rent to I" charged in future! Aii amazing scene occurred during the hearing in of the application inr the sanction of a \vorkm«* 'agreement between the tirent Northern and (<reat (outrul Railway Companies. An altercation between Air, Edmund Ycssey Knox, K.C., and Mr. Roskill, K.c'., ended m Mr. Roskill striking blows at his "learned friend" and an exchange of epithets between them, The scene was brought to a close by the intervention of the Sulieitor-Ueiieral (Sir S. Evans) Sir R. ]], Finley, who protested against such unseemly behavior. The fearlessness and foolhardiness of the cyclist are proverbial. Tho other day a young man was scorching along a narrow road, and eudeavoring to pass between a timbcr-iwaggon and* a gig. Something went wrong, and he went over, falling under the gig. His bike was a picture. Only a day or two ago a lady was driving slowly around a street corner, when a cyclist came bump into the horse and flattened himself out on the road, it was lucky for him that the animal was walking, and also that he struck the horse instead of the vehicle. It can be easily imagined that tin cash traders will have lirsl call over the money in circulation, and t hat consequently longer credits will have to be given by the credit business men. Our correspondent suggests, then, that the alternatives before the commercial community are either a complete rejection of the credit system or a break-down of the cash system. The prospect of one or other of these events coming to pass are certainly worth considering. There will be varying opinions about the practicability of carrying on tli*> commercial operations of the town oil a ca>h basis, and H is so diflicult to foresee the outcom i; of the movement that future developments will be awaited with interest.—Manawatn Daily Times. J/adies are. generally reckoned to know something about cakes and the weight | ol them. They carefully scan the block and guess the weight fairly correctly, There are exceptions to every rule, aliu the exception to this one was fouiia at the lMtzroy Kirc lirigade bazaar. A cake was placed on view, and for the small sum of sixpence anyone was welcome to hazard a guess as to its weight and to have the weight recorded. Most ot the guesses hovered in the neighbor' hood of twelve pounds, but its actual weight whs seventeen pounds. A hole had been scooped out and a great lump ot metal embedded there. And now the lady guessers declare that the cakeguessing was a swindle. A mere man, with the usual ignorance of what tho cake should turn the scale at, won the prize.

At a meeting of the municipal electric light committee on Thursday the, draft agreement for the purchase of additional ground at the abattoir site from -Mr. U. King was approved, it was decided to recommend to the Council that a street light be erected in Devonstreet West, as requested by Mr. X. T. .Maunder; that .Messrs. Turnbull and <)ones be informed that as the present governor on Ihe new turbine is not carrying out its purpose, the Council is procuring a Woodward governor and deducting its cost from the balance duo to tin 1 linn on the contract, returning the unsatisfactory governor, which is not now and never has been in use; that the committee be granted permis-

"ion to el a transformer chamber at Hie rear of the Town Hall, and a pieee of bind lift x lilt be set part for the purpose; that the lineman (A. .Milne) be placed 011 the permanent stall' at t.'i a week; that the electrical engineer's salary he increased to C 250 a year. The Fitzroy Fire Brigade's bazaar 011 Thursday evening was thronged with people, and the resultant business was so good that the "target" aimed at was probably passed. The Taranaki Garrison Hand headed a torchlight procession of the brigade from Cambridge House, and the unusual scene took Fitzroy out of itself. The brigade is especially grateful to the Imnil for their gratuitous help in the procession and by playing some capital .selections outside the hall. Several of the stalls were cleared early in the evening, and the hot-pie supper tables were cleared again and again. Another popular feature was the shooting gallery, where scores waited their turn. Several competitions were held, among me winners being the following;— Cake-guessing, .Mr, P. Eva; hat-trimming, Mr. W. liva; nail-driving, Miss Baker; name of doll, Miss Corrie. The Fitzroy school-children, under the direction of Miss Hagenson, gave a couple of pretty little songs, and several ladies contributed pianoforte solos. The l'etone ltorough Council some years ago made arrangements with the Wellington Gas Company for tile purchase of thirty acres at l'etone, portion ol which fias been used as a recreation ground. The agreement provided for the purchase of [lie iand in ten years' time for cur,on, the Council started

gasworks on its own account, the company, which held tin' lit nil for tliis piirpiw, relinquished its rights. Part ol tin' land was secured for use as a gasworks sill*. Tho sum ol' £3OOO, the bulanci! of tho purchase-money, lias now lii'i'ii handed over to the company just

before the expiration of the option. The I'etoue Council thus owns the freehold of land tile value of which at the present time is estimated at ,C:10,(KI0. It, may Ik* added that the then Mayor of I'etone (Mr. R. (\ Kivk), who was responsible for securing to the town what has proved such a bargain, experienced great dillicultv at the time iiteobtaining the sanction of the councillorsTwho were

ol' opinion that the land was "ti)o dear" at the price asked. The instance serves to show what a far-seeing intellect may do for a town.

The Impounding Act provides very fully for the steps to lie taken by the owner of land upon which there are eattle trespassing. He can impound them, and recover from the owner of the cattle the amount of damage caused by the trespass, lie may also (but this is not provided for in the enactment) use stronjj language upon discovery of tile wanderers, and may upon the tiist opp<u t iniily remonstrate witn the owner without cost, providing (lie nature of the, remonstrance, does not bring I lie parties within the scope of the Police Offences Act. In many cases, the owner of the cattle being a <|uantity uuknown to the landowner affected, and the pound some distance from his property, and his energy or spite being unequal tu the task of driving the | stock to the pound, a very cumnion 'iplactiee is to "take it out of the cattle " and drive them on to tile road, lhis latter course ivas evidently, adopted on Ilmrsday in one of the suburbs, and yesterday morning the straying bovine was parially crippled as the result ot a 'blow from an unnecessarily heavy weapon. It was hard luck for the iw, but her owner wasn't handv to intercept the blow.

V oods' Great Peppermint Cure for I™° , and ™ ldß never fails, la 6d and lid to 4s lid.—Advt. Every man in want oi clothes naturally turns to "The Kasii," for they offer exceptional opportunities to keen buyers. More especially is this tie ease Just now when their great annual sale is on. 1 hey re making alterations ia their shop to cope with their rapidlvincreasmg tra de, ana naturally they want to clear out as much stock as they possiuly can. That tney arc going the right way about it, you can judge br the pnees they are offering their goods at. J. lie quality fa, as usual, very good, fhey ve a splendid at of mea's mackintoshes of blue Melton with long capes, and with sleeves just the tiling for country wear, and at the price, 17s M, th?v ire just about three times as cheap n« in oilskin, because there's about five times the wear in the mackintosh. Then they ve a lot of trousers with the linings slightly damaged by water; they have heavy serges at 3s Gd, heavV tweeds at 4s Gd, and so on. All their mens. Sluts they are reducing; one splendid line of all-wool tweeds, mosllv sample suits, they are clearing out it 21s; then there's a line at 30s, reduced from 42s fid; and then the famous "Prosr-woU' suits, nsiwllv 40s fid nml . r )ijs—these are aow selling at 30s «d. Tvery one knows the ahop' is in Devonstreet, just below Nolan's auction mart,

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 96, 11 April 1908, Page 2

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 96, 11 April 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 96, 11 April 1908, Page 2

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