LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The Premier (Sir Joseph Ward) Will probably address a meeting' in New Plymouth on Oth November, that 'being the only day, it -is understood, that the Premier lias available. As the animal Fire Brigade ball is set down wr .tint nighl, there will probably In; a slight clashing of interests. It is not likely, however, that the promoters of the ball will have its success marred by the counter-attraction, which will probably be arranged to start earlier than usual and finish in time to permit people to attend the ball about 1U o'clock, when the ball proper commences. The Premier will, it is presumed, be invited to extend his patronage to the ball, anil, being a dancing man, there is no doubt he will accept. It will, of course; depend on the arrangements with the Ball Committee, whether the Premier's address will be given in the Theatre or the Drill Hall, but most probably it will be in the latter building, which lias a very large seating capacity. This being th" first occasion on which Sir Joseph will address a public meeting in New Plymouth since he assumed the management of the Dominion's affairs, he is certain to be greeted with an ovoiilowing house.
A. Wellington wire slates that 178 estates of defeased poisons were coriified for stamp ilutv last month. The largest was that of the late Mr. L. !X Nathan, Auckland, £23.-), OH. The widow of the late Ensign Edward .MeKenna. V.C.. has been granted by Cabinet n compassionate allowance of tCiIX). Ensign McKcnna won tlie Victoria Cross for bravery during the Maori war.—Press wire.
A Wellington telegram says that .1 No-License meeting held at i'etone, ~<. which Mr. T. Townsend. Secretary of the No-License League, replied to Mr. Fitzgerald, was a regular pandemonium. There was hardly silence for thirty consecutive seconds throughout the whole meeting.' A motion was carried affirming the desirability of No-License. The County Council has withdrawn its opposition to the request of Mr. X. M. Avery to acquit'e the closed portion of the 'old Holdsworthy road, at . the Hcnui river end. The chairman reported to yesterday's meeting that he had, in conjunction with Foremen Holmes and Walker, inspected the quarry at the end of the. road", and found it. not only useless but almost inaccessible. The butler to the millionaire occupant of a New poll villa has just sued one of his employer's guests to recover £IOO money loaned—another token of the comparative poverty of the newly rich. Recently, a Fifth Avenue waiter bought £12,000 worth of real estai'n out of his tips. Not one in a hundred of the men whom he served could lujl his hands on so much rendv cas-. to day. —"World, 1 ' New York.
"Decoy ducks" are well enough known amongst sportsmen -who go out "pot, pot, potting" at the ducks. But a decoy dog, the latest in the decoy system, i-. the of the dog-tax collector. On his rounds he usually takes with him a dog, and as he ■ approaches the farmhouse every ktiri about- the place comes running out to meet the stranger. Th-.'ii ilie collector counts heads. Of course, 'i' Ihe dogs are securely anchored to a i:,g in a gully at the back of the farm he ruse doesn't act.
A serious accident happened on Saturday to a in;ui named Donald McDonald. (■ni].l<.y.Hl by Mes,rs.(!ill Bros., of Okalo. McDonald, ill company with one of iiis employers, was backing oil' n tree 10 start a drive. In lulling tile tree failed to do what was intended. .Iml fell from the stump on (o a sapling, which struck .McDonald a .-evere Wow on tin- head. He, was brought into the hospital on Saturday evening, when' an operation was performed, which disclosed a very had fracture of the skull. The collection of tin- dog-lax in the Taranaki County has not hcen as satisfactory as in recent years. The figures of the present year are as follow, the 1!)07 figures being shown in parentheses: Mon riding, £B7 IDs (.£ll4 !ls Oil); Waitara riding, £42 Is (£72); Oinata riding, CUO lis (,£BS ss). In 11)07, and in previous years, there was a collector for each riding, hut last year the collection was let to one man, lly a resolution of the Council the attention of the ranger is to lie drawn lo (hose figures.
The Hope .if Kaiimiit Juvenile Temple, X.i. i>. 1.11.1;.'!'.. hold it- usual weekly meeting in St. .Man's Hal! hist nighi. Acting-Chief Tcnijilsir Bro. ('. (ilees.vn presided. The fnlloiviiiL' officers wen elected and installed 'lor the next (|Uiiili'r: Chief Templar, lire. Oils llandlev; A'ice Templar. Sis. \. Connett; Past Chief Templar. Bro. C. Glecsni; Secrotarv. Bro. .'I. Rncli; Financial Sivretarv. Pro. W. Mitchell: Treasurer. Bra. F. R. lVj)i«-n>lI: Clinplain, Sis. I. Russell; Marshal, liro. .1. Aldrige; Dim. Marshal, Sis. X. Tiekuer; Assistant. Seevotary. Sis. 1). Eva: fiuard, Bro: X. White; 'Sentinel. Bro. W. Grupoi'.: Pianist. Pro. L. liullot. The officers' reports on the work were considered.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 266, 3 November 1908, Page 2
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