The Daily News SATURDAY, JULY 4.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 166, 4 July 1908, Page 2

The Daily News SATURDAY, JULY 4.

ON aw FOURTH PAGE. > .C. Commercial. Rifle Shouting. Church Services. The Wink's Mails. Clifton County Council. New Plymouth Roadstead. New Plyiiiouth Harbor Board.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

» Good progress is being made with the extension of the railway goods-shed. One ot the road foremen in the Clifton County reported to the Council yesterday that he had ''destroyed" a' beast that had been dead fur three weeks! A .Mauri named liepi fell over an embankment near Rose's store at Urenni tin Thursday night and broke his leg. Jiis bottle of beer was more fortunateit remained unbroken. .Members of local bodies ask astounding questions at times; Yesterday nfteinoun, at Waitara, a county councillor of some years' experience asked, "When does the Council's linancial year end?'' The 31st of -March evidently has no terror for him.

Two young men, one an expert lioilcvniaker and the other a bookkeeper, recent arrivals in Auckland from the Tnited States, advertise for work in the Auckland Herald. One part of their advertisement runs as follows: "We have been induced, through deliberate seemingly authoritative misrepresentations, to spend our last penny to come to this Paradise of the .South Seas from the United States. Xow we are stranded and want work, not charity."

It happened at a railway town not far from New Plymouth. A gentleman and his bride arrived at the railway station by an evening train. A bustling individual, none other than the proprietor of one of the local hotels, offered to assist in carrying the luggage, and would take no refusal. The trio went down the street until they arrived opposite a hotel—not the one of which the actingporter was the' proprietor. "Take them in here." said the traveller, as though to a servant. The little man looked aghast, and proceeded alone to his own hotel, meditating profoundly. The Egniont Licensing Committee mnt vesterdav to consider the question Of the Bridge Hotel at Waitara, Mr. 11. S. I'Mtzhcrbert. S.M., presided. The other members present were .Messrs. G. H. Slubbs, D. If. -McDonald, R. Pigott, and Thompson. The application of William Hicks (temporary transferee) for the transfer of "the license was drawn, upon the application of Mr. Wilkes. Mr. Towuscnd then made application for the transfer to be granted to Albert Thomas Lake, who also applied „for a publicans license. The certificate! of character being satisfactory, the transfer was approved.

A meeting of the Horticultural Society was held on Thursday evening. It, was decided to hold the annual show in tile Theatre Koyal on December 17t'h, the theatre having been already booked for December 10th. ft was decided that children's exhibits in the floral, classes should be staged on the evening before the show. Kule 13 of the Society's regulations, debarring professional gardeners from exhibiting, was deleted from the rules. A class for nurserymen was added to flic schedule. A slib'-com-iniltoe of seven members was set up to make arVangemeuts in connection with the schedule for the show.

The Whifelcv Hand of Hope last, night was presided over by Mr. C. K. Bellringer. The lirst item was a readliiigbv .Mr. Johnson and was well received.Miss Roberts sang -the Mowers ol Youth," alter which Mr. Christopher recited "How the parson saved the match." Miss Brookes played a pianoforte solo very nicely, Mr. Belh-iuger talked about the war with alcohol all over the civilised world, giving instances from dill'erent parts of the world, also bow in the past alcohol was necessary, lo help men to do their work. Miss Howling played a violin solo, "The Last Rose of Summer." Mr. Reggal recited "The Northern Cobbler." Mr. Roberts closed the programme with a whistle solo.

About twelve months ago Mr. Thos. Smellie, of Egmont road, had the misfortune to have a valuable draught mare staked in the fleshy part of one of the hind legs. in,, stake broke' oil' in the wound, leaving a portion of the wood ,'n the flesh. An attempt was made to extract the splinter, but the veterinary surgeons were afraid to opcrate, owing to the. proximity of the main artery. The wound'partially healed, leaving, however, a Small hole, which has. until recently, drained the sore place, iesterday tiie animal was closely inspected and revealed a hard substance close io the affected part. Mr hmellie got assistance and operated, with the result, that a piece of wool! live inches long and two inches wide at the thickest end, was cut out. Trie beast appeared to be greatly relieved after the operation, and it is expected a eomplete recover? will be effected

Iho ingenuity and audacity o£ the tans i:ough-t'or the "Apache" still Jiaunts the pavements in spite of all efforts on the part of the police-have never been more strikingly exemplified than in one of their exploits on the night oi 10th Hay, when they held up a iramear in-the best Western American fashion. It was just before midnight on the St. Augustin-l'orte de Yincennos "lie in the Hue Lafavelto. The driver saw lying across the track an individual who appeared to be drunk, and stopped the car. 'Jlie conductor got down and was immediately surrounded liv sour.' twelve or fifteen hooligans, \ylio beat him and stole his inonev-bag. They then entered the car and assaulted the'sinde passenger, who tried to resist. Tliey rilled his pockets, stripped him, and half stilled him under the cushions of the seals. Meanwhile the driver had-been 'able to summon the police, but not before the gang had accomplished their work. The accomplice who had pretended to be drunk was the only one of thcin whom the police succeeded in arresting. The master of the steamer Manukau, which went aground near the mouth of the Waitara river on Wednesday morning, explained to a Xews reporter yesterday that the grounding was not due, as stated by our informant, to the .Wanukau having attempted to work the bar too early on the tide. There was ample water in the channel, bill the cliann'tl had shifted and no one had known of it till the Manukau found the bottom where a couple of days previously there had been the waterway for steamer Ira Hie. The steamer was soon limited nil', but the barge drifted ashore, the anchors not being used at the time! She was mil brought oil' the beach until Thursday evening. Tlie loading of the Wakanui received another check o>i Wednesday evening. The wind increased after a barge had been laid alongside the liner, and a lumpy sea banged her against the steamer's' side. Working was rendered dillieull, and it became qnile impossible when the men started irtfio the casks of pelts, etc., which formed the foundation of that particular load. The casks u cic soon rolling about dangerously. The hands battened down the. hatches, and lay there waiting for LJ'-j tender. The building started some of the planks, and the barge commenced to leak so much that she, was not lit for cargo yesterday. A couple of casks of pelts were broken open.

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