LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Instructions luivc been given for .the of the Government Buildings n New Plymouth. For the 24 hours ending S o'clock o i Friday morning nearly three-ijuartc 1 s jf an inch of rain fell in Hawere. This made, an inch in two days.
The names of Mrs. W. and Mrs. A. Mason were inadvertently omitted from the list of siumes of those >vho comprised tile ladies' committee at the annual social of the Avenue Road Ca:d Club, held at t-'hc Broug'liam Street Hall on Thursday 'evening. Immediately on the issue of the writs for the general election on 17th November no further names can be added to the electoral roll. Therefore, all who are entitled to vote should make a point of seeing that their names are 011 the roll, and if not application should be made at once. Absent voters should .also make early application to tho Registrar of Electors for their permits to vote by post, as they can only in«
granted up to ami including the date of issue of the writes. Says the lhuwva Star: —As the re-1 suit of eating some tinned fruit on Monday, Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Petersen, ol llawcra, have been suH'ering from the effects of some form of poisoning. .Mrs. Petersen, who was very ill. was removed to a private hospital On Friday morning Mrs. Petersen was making favorable progress, and is expected to be wj'll again in the course of a few days. Mr. Petersen j ri now recovering from his illness, but is still weak and unable t-i attend to his work.
The rumors prevailing regarding t)w existence of prolitable diamond Jields in German Soutli-We&t and South-East Africa are about to receive confirmation. The Colonial Secretary, Hen- von Dcrnburg, will, on liis return from Africa, present the Kaiser with a golden casket full of diamonds from the German colonies. The casket, which has been manufactured by a (.'upetown jeweller, is live inches long and two inches wide. The i lid of the box is inset with seven I diauiuml s arranged according to the conI steilation of the Southern Cross.
The l>am| Purchase Hoard has at present a great number of estates—coniiprising about one hundred and titty thousand acres—in various parts of the Dominion under consideration. The whole of tlieni arc practically under negotiation, but uu decisive step has been taken to acijuire or reject thciu. An estate of about two thousand three hundred acres, near llaleomlbe, is at present before lie Government to take what action it thinks desirable. A portion of the Ilnuicepetll estate, near Masterton, has been submitted to the Board. It will be formally valued anil the offer will tlien he considered by the Land Purchase Board.—Times, : A committee meeting of the reccntlyfonned branch of the Society for the Promotion of tile Health of Women and Children was held yesterday afternojn. There was a large attendance. ilis Worship the Mayor prided. Three names were added to the general committee, making a total of 31. M'.'s. Xi 'AYton King was elected president and llrs. 1?. Matthews secretary and treasurer. Executive committee; Mcsdanv.'S G. Tiscli, Doekrill, ]O. >l. Smith, M. Frascr, S. Hooper, H. Okcy, and Miss Grant. The meeting was most 'enthusiastic and much good is looked for as a result of the formation of the New Plymouth branch of the Society. Dr. Truiby King, who arrives from Auckland this morning, will meet the committee in the Town Hall this afternoon at 3.30 ■p.m.
The Public Works stall' in Taraiiaui has its hands pretty full just now. Amongst matters engaging its attention in Sciv Plymouth are the completion of the gaol drainage, the repainting of the Government Buildings, the erection of a new Deeds Office oil the site of Sergeant Haddrell's residence and the removal of the latter building to the adjoining section, the erection of a neiv police station 011 a site in Powderhamstreet opposite the Courthouse, and the enlargement of the Courthouse to provide a Judge's room and more accommodation generally. All of these are urgent works, and we hope there will be 110 undue delay in pushing them 0:1 towards completion. The gaol drainage is being delayed by the non-arrival of some special ironwork from English manufacturers. j Borne large landholder's declare (remarks the VYairarapa Daly Times) that we are "ruining the country" by advocating "closer settlement.'' Others take a broader view, and, looking vo the future, gee that closer settlement ti inevitable, and that it. is in the best interests of New Zealand. We hear that one of the subdivisions of the tlrancepebh estate is now under oiler to the Land for Settlements Department. A movement of this kind must ultimately Jiceome general. As long as the price of wool ranged high, large areas paid: but at the prevailing rates for that staple product, it is obvious that smaller areas in dairy farms will pay belter. All necessary adjustments ol' areas would proceed automatically were it not for a somewhat bitter political element that lias been infused into the question.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 258, 24 October 1908, Page 2
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