LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 158, 25 June 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

1 lie Carnegie Miliary opening ceremony will take place oil Wednesday next.

At yesterday's meeting u f the Harrett Koail Huanl tlie chairman gave notice to miive ne\f month tliat a rate of livceighths ot a penny in the .t; on the capital vnl ii" he levied for the ensiling year.

Owing to the rough weather the l!ot 0 - Hi dill not leave Oneliunga last night. 1,1 Ulll *"! about ll.lill o'clock this morning, and is expected at the breakwater ahout this evening, proceeding to Wellington shortlv after that linn. 1 .

The Woodville Examiner would not In ■>iu |»ji<e<[ at Palmerstoii * Ihfj railway workshops, tin- scat of thr ])ulninioii (lovcriimenl. and (lie corona (ion <il the next sovereign. In fact, if erst oil does not ask to lie. made the terminal port of the ocean-going mail steamers jt will be surprised at its own moderation.

"1 believe,said .Mr. Thuiuas Jhtckci;<je, M.t'., at (hvaka. "that it was 1" 1 ' "y 111 l.'amlong.i I'm- a lady and gentleman :;,.in.'; out at night to each ''• m 'y a lurch in their righ! hands, the i"■ ii.i11\ tor a breach ul this law heiii" MX m 0.,! lis- work on the mails, ami/ added lh" sji.-ak.'i', "I 1,-iv.- n.-ver be.-n "" '"'H.-r mads in my life than those of i\;i '

Nine year., ago .Me„r., n|„. v (!( , n „ '"•" e a ea-l-iroii cylinder lor the drcil"c at Ihe harbor. The casling is now back a I the '""iiilrv, u here a replica in bra,, is li.'ing turned out. The cast-iron, owin - lo the peculiar properties of tlie salt water with which it has come in conaet, can now be easily ,-,il will an ordinary pocket-knife. and has an similar to blacklead or gra.iihitc. due (■. galvanic a'-tiun.

At. a meeting ~1 tlic |> u |,]i,. Libran- (. inniint tec on Tuc-S.la it was <I.-oiik-"l lint ill,, sul.st-iijitions should bo reduced to tlic following:— For borrowing 0 ,„. book at ii tunc, 7s (id for twelve month; fin- mx months, ,-iml is (id for three months: and for each additional hook borrowed half of the above fees. It is understood that the new scale will come """ "I'l'iation on December :11st next, anil the reduced tariff js to be tried as a means oi increasing the nuniber of subscriber-. For a town of New n.moulli'size [|,e library i, wreli-l.cdlv supported. Hi''ill!li well IJi<" of l-'ic,. j v not unlikely to have a marked elVeet on 1 in-iiranee premium. in (lie near tiitnre- tl.al i-. if i]„■ experience ot oilier lioard, i, . iiujl.ii" io ihal of the Laurence Hoard, u lie !, met „„ Tuesday a I teruonu. After inlo tilt! """'""t "f levy payable 'bv each in.iir. ance company d..in- biisiiic-s (n Lawlence. ii was lonnd lint I lie proportion expl'ii-e. payable ItV eaell compaiiv worked ■,111 ai . |j|.,. ,' r cent, oi I lie premiums received. In Duiiediu (the Tiiapeka Time, was told) tlic proportion worked at about ti per ce»t. '

WHY rs SAXDIiIi & SONS' niTAJAPTI EXTKACT superior In anv other Euca--1.V71111S nio.liict i Keeaiise il js (ho reMill of full experience ami of a special and cai-ofnl maim, faclnre. |( js always sale. reliable, ami effective. ami 11,0 .lait'i'iv nllc.'idiii" Ihe use of tin' irn>sp..ii-iMo pronaiations which are now palmed oil' as "Extracts" are avoided. A death was recent]'.' rr>poried from the external use of one of these concoctions, and In nn action at law a s.yorn suffered Hi., mosf ernel irritation from | the a]iplieatioi] to an hV : of a. product which was s,d,l as '-jnM », mod as SAN'- [ DKH'S Ki V.AIATTI EX TKArT.'' Therej for,. lieu-are of such deception. Ins!,it npoi>. the preparation which was proved hy e\perls at the Supreme Court of \Moria. any liy liiimer'ins authorities (ill rule Ihe past 35 years, to lie a preparation of eeiniine merit, viz.. THE CKXUIXE SANDER AND SONS' PFRv VOI AT (LB EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.Advt. -•=

Two thousand four hundred tins oi Uriti.-di Columbian salmon were condemned liy the Health Department at. IJiiiicdiii Inst week and destroyed within a fe\y hours uf seizure. The liulk of the consignment was blown.

The Invereai'gill sly-yru^ r shop mentioned in the telegraphic news a couple of days ;i;;o handled, aa'i>rding to the police evidence, 320 eases of whisky in two mouths, or inui'e. than the whole of the. Kew I'lymouth hotels call sell in three mouth* and a half.

A Masterlonian who has just bcon over tile .Main Trunk line states tJiat the eo-opi'rativo lahourers arc abandoning their work, as they lind tiluit thty cannot earn more 'than about 5s Od pel' day. Over forty co-operative workers left ou Jlonday week, and lie Said it looks as though the Government will have to substitute the system oi day labour.

.Mr. K. Whittle, "mine host" of the Red House Hotel, and one of New Plymouth's most ardent sportsmen, has just returned from a ten days' visit to the King Country, away beyond Awakino. lie found pigeons plentiful, but pheasants' were scarce, except in places almost inaccessible to the townsman. (Jood weather was experienced all the time, but the frosts were much more severe than ho was used lo ill New I'lvmontli.