LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 185, 27 July 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

IVndarves and Liardet streets arc hreaking-up badly as the result of the cartage of road metal for the Victoria road.

At the Police Court un Salui'dav morning a juvenile olVemler with false pretences was remanded till this morning.

'I livrc's likely to lie some fun at tlie 'laranaki County Council meeting next .Monday if the; deputations for and against the new riding proposals are allowed their freedom of speech.

A loading farmer in Jlanawattl slates thai 1 iic. CDiuin;< spring will nut sec a repetition of tin' wholesale eaif slau;jht:i' of bed year. Tlu> tanners have pained a K'hhl lesson by experience of the ]jau, ami a substanlial rise is anticipated ji dairy cows early in th<; spring. The! Jiorou;;h Council lias to deal tonight with tlie stalling problem. Willi a view of rediiein<j the expenses of street maintenance the borough engineer was asked to submit a report, and tliis will be presented to-night. It is understood ti'at lie will recommend Unit, one of the permanent streets stall' should be transferred to the waterworks at Mangor* i, and that the Works Committee favors tliis course. A visitor from Australia was ill the llccrcalioii Grounds 011 Saturday afternoon, and when ho came to the new sports ground he expressed imlionnded admiration, He staled that he had travelled a good ileal in England, 011 the Oonliuenl. ami through Australia, aad he had never in his life seen such a natural amphitheatre as (his. "ft ought Id be a good tiling for New Plymouth.'' he added, mercenary spirit for'tlie time yetting the better of his appreciation. A Wellington lirm of warehousemen whoso name throughout (he Dominion isynonymous with"' high-grade clothing and mercerv, becoming overstocked, has sold to the Melbourne Clothing Company their siirplu- slocks nt a big discount for cash. Tlie punhase ainounls to several hundred pounds. "The Melbourne'' are now holding a bargain earnivd "f tlu"r special purchase, particulars of which are adverli-ed elsewhere,- Advt. THE ONLY SEPAK A'J'Oii JN THE WOIUJ). The "Melottc" is the only aepar;!,. made with cmsmilled bow! casing aou milk !.nd cream outlets. Of www, th.'beautiful hard glnwd finish on tbe parts that eome in contact v.iih th? milk must give the "M<u\it.e" mi immcn'O advantage over other -'oarators in !!>e matter of (few-line* 1 . i.iie difference. SeUvec# the enamelled bowi of a "MeHte" end a china tea-cup aurl a tin panmJ.in. We also Rlaim that the "Melotte' is the etsicst separator to turn. That's beft'.use it is made on ar. entirely differenf principle. Wc eoald , this to you * C A. Nolan and Co ;kw Wilson Milan). agents. Ne < PlTnnutX *

Messrs. PoppeviU and Jillott, of Uveluu, discovered a seal oil the beach near the mouth oi' the Onaero river Thursday aiternoou. it was about seven feet huiij, aud by its tracks had evidently been in the locality some little time. It bore evidence oi' slmrj) encounters with an enemy, its skin being pierced several uii'hos in two or three jdaces. Towards dusk it took to the "water. These visitors are rare to this coast.—Waitara Mail.

Evidence about the influence of sheep upon the labor market was given, dentally, by Mr. 11. fteiiuchamp, Chairman oi Directors of thu Dank of i\ew Zealand, to a Post representative. A Wairarapa settler mentioned, lie sa.d, that he had been employing a large number of men Kernb-cuttinjr at Is au hour. When the lirst big drop in wool came some months ago the employer had to reduce the w;'ges to lfld an hour; when a iurther decline was announced he broke . the news to the toilers thai lie won'id

have to reduce their wages by a further penny per hour. They packed their swags and- went off to' complicate the labor market elsewhere.

The Wanganui District Lodge of Oddfellows met at Wanganui on Friday. Delegates attended front all parts of the district. - Provincial Grand Master 1 lodges occupied the chair. The secretary's report showed that there were thirteen lodges in the. district, with a membership of 1002. The total fund was £23,721, «. gain oE £!)74 for the year. Resolutions were passed deciding (a) to adopt the table of the New Zealand rules for proving sick benefit; (b) that 111 future the levy to the district funeral fund be on a percentage basis, in place of equal levies, prevailing in t.'ie past. Pro, Shaman (PalmerstoiV) was nominated as the next Provincial Grand

Master. It was decided to hold the next annual district meeting at Taihapc '.a January next. The delegates were entertained by the Wanganui Lodge at a social which was held in commemoration of the iodge's jubilee.