The Daily News WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. ON THE FOURTH PAGE. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 231, 23 September 1908, Page 2

The Daily News WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. ON THE FOURTH PAGE.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Cricket. Amusements. Farm and Dairy. Suicide by Hanging. A Troublesome Trousseau. Dairy Companies meetings. Smart Captures by n iretectlve

•The mails for the United Kingdom and Europe, despatched from Wellingtoil on August l-Hli, arrived in London on the ltlth inst. We are informed thai the priee to be received by tlie Tariki Dairy Company for its cheese is over Oil per JO, and tlie largest reported this season. . We are informed that matters at the Bird school, -iii-ixr Stratford, have been "only middling" of late, and now the' teacher has cleared out, bay and bag-' gage The recent Hospital Hoard nvtted a prolit of £32. lis, which, with the Government subsidy of 24s in the £, will mean a welcome addition to the Hospital funds of £7O. On aocount of the space devoted to' the Public Works Statement "we an.' 'compelled to hold over our report of the cantata, "Cloud and Sunshine," hold' last night in the Primitive Methodist' Church. Efforts arc being made by the WosJ k-yan Methodist denomination to raise funds for-the building of a parsonage at Eltham. The church has been established there onlv a very few yca.-s. but is making great-.progress. At the S.Jf. Court yesterday, before Mr. il. S. Fitzherbeil, judgment was given by default in two cases:—llonnoi and Chirk v. Hugh Wilson, claim :€!! 5s (id, and costs £1 Us Od; C. and h Billing v. Thos. Judge, claim £i, am costs 10s.

There is great dissatisfaction expressed in the suburbs concerning the decision of the Borough Council to raise the water rates, and several people threaten to cut oil' the supply and return to the tank system. Unfortunately for tli.il, the supply of water from the heavens is not as regular as, though probably more palatable than, that reticulated ly the municipality, and the certainty of .1 bath daily through the summer months is worth paying ior. The Borough Council certainly holds the trump card. A deputation waited on the llaweva County Council on .Saturday to urge that n new poll on the ilawera-Kaupo-konui tramway scheme should be taken. The deputation consisted of representatives from the lianaia Town Board, Wainiate Bead Board, Ila.wera Chamber of Commerce, and the .Mayor. After tiie deputation had retired,'the following motion was carried: —"That it is the feeling of'this county that the tramway scheme be referred back to a meeting of delegate,, to be held as early as possible, ill order that it may be put on a better 'business looting.''

Mr. 11. Lu.xton, contractor, fornurly' ul Ell-ham and Waitara. met with a nasty accident on Friday on the Main huii'.h road, south o£ Ilawora. . Mr. Lux lon was ut Douglas' pit, where the metal for tiie South road contract is being prjcured, and was standing close to the face of the cliff when suddenly a section i.i the material broKc away and came down upon his back. A dray fortunately broke the force of the mass, and but

for this- it was thought the accident would have proved i.iuil. The njured man was removed to the hospital, and it was ascertained that he had some ribs broken and had also sustained internal injuries, the extent of which wis unknown. -Star.

Liglewood's building for the huusing of Us technical classes seems almost as

fill- oil' as cvjr, for tin- simple reason Ilia i the site has not yet been secured. In iiiid been proposed that the section reserved to tin 1 people ui Jnglcwood as a site for a library a"d mechanics' institute should lie' transferred to the Board, but the Boards legal lumbers were of opinion that this transfer could not be ell'eetcd. .Mr. Okey, i1.1'., was appealed to, aud he ascertained from the. Minister that the application of tiiu lnglcwood Borough Council was necessary. The Council soon got to work, and was informed that any up- 1 plication mi)oii educational matters must fOiue through the Board. So the Board last night decided to forward the formal application, and to endeavor to iMlist tliu sympathies of the lions. 0.Samuel and T. Kellv, Jl.'sL.C. am! 1 -Messrs. 11. Okey, W."'!'. Jennings, and' W. Svmes, M.'sP.

At the Supreme Court at Palmcrslim North on Friday, Mr. Junes, solicitor for the llawera Hospital Board, asked leave to have the appeal case, Pnliner-

stun Hospital Board v. llawera Board,

heard before the Court of Appeal. Mr Ijongliiian, for the appellant, had con

seated to (he alleialion. The case wis of considerable importance, said Sir.

limes, and as there was only one ruling by .Mr Justice Williams (he parties were anxious to have a tiual ruling on the matter. The alteration was agreed to. It will be remembered that the case arose out of relief rendered to a fain'dv called Merry. They formerly lived a'i Eltliimi (llawera Board's district) mid then moved to l'Vildiug, and soon aftei their arrival obtained both indoor and outdoor reli»f from the Palmorston Board. By a curious ruling, only outdoor relief could be claimed from til", district iroin which the dependent family came, and Mr. A. 1). Thomson, S.M., had no option but (<> give judgment for the defendant llawera Board, intimating at the same time that the Palmerslon j Board should appeal in order to get a new decision on the matter.