LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 301, 16 December 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An Inglewoou linn advertises bread at (id per -lib loaf.

Owing (o the numerous counter-at-tractions his Worship the .Mayor has decided to .postpone the opening of the East End Esplanade until n.l'tcr the holidays. The date will be duly advertised.

•Messrs. Atkins and Bacon, Wellington architects, are the winners of the competition for designs of extensive additions to the Wellington Hospital. -Messrs. Penty and Blake tied for second place. There were twenty competing architects from various parts of the Dominion.

There are some clever fools in New Plymouth, and one was prominently in evidence yesterday afternoon. In.' his immature brain lie conceived the senseless feat of transposing the printed Jesuits of the'sculling, match posted o:i one of the "Daily News" extra hoards, chuckling to himself no doubt at the brilliancy of his exploit. The Taranaki Land Board has decided to ask the Department for authority to incur the expense of a visit by 'die Hoard to the Ohurii district. The idea is to give the selectors there an opportunity of making representations to the Board concerning their holdings, and so on, and also so that the members of the Board may become conversant with the new blocks of laud now .being surveyed preparatory to being oll'ered for' selection. The trip will probably be made during February.

j The monthly meeting of the New Ply- [ mouth Fire Brigade was held last evening, Superintendent Bellringer presiding. -Mr. W. .Morris was elected a member. Fireman 11. Moon was presented with tin' Association's live years' service medal, and Fireman .1. Sims with 11i» Association's bar. marking nine years service. A competition has been arranged, to take puce on .lanunrv 1-lth. ii't- W combe Terrace, for which ih following teams have been drawn, to run in the order named:—Three men event: .1. Way. W. Sadler and .1. Blacked: W. liardwick, W. Wav and W. .Morris; A. Boon, J. Sims ad \V. Rock; •I. Clarke. W. Prior and ,1. Blackett; 11. Ford, A Courtney and T. Clow. Twoineii event: .1. Sims and \V. Rock; ,T, Way and T. Clow; W. liardwick ami J. Blackett; 11. Ford and A. Courtney; A. Boon and W. Morris; W. Sadler and W. Way; .1. Clarke and W. Prior. Novice event for two men: W. Prior and T. Clow; A. Courtney and ,T. Blacked; .1. Sims and W. Morris; W. Wav and W. Rock.

There was a. lack of diunitv about the opening of the Magistrate's Curl yeslerday morning. Fir.st of all the declaration of (he court crier that ''the

Mini's court's now open" had to be a,ljoifrned for half an hour on account .f (lie magistral,' having lo take depositions itf the hospital. There was a full bar pri'so'tl when the magistral,' ascended the beirch, and the lull majesty of the law rose out of respect to the presiding magistrate. Rut lie changed his mini], and beat a ihasly retreat, the legal gentlemen resuming their scats in some little discomfiture. Presently he reappeared, and was again honoured in the stereotyped fashion, hi a few seconds he made a discovery, and ejaculated, "There doe-n'i seem lo be a cuml, official o.u (he premises." One of the legal ■profession ofl'crcd to hunt tliem up, and presently the clerk, bailiff, and sergeant of polcr apocarcd. Then business proceeded in the ordr.iary way. .Tust about twelve o'clock Mr. John TOll's manii'.'iiig elerk for the firm "f \|,....'r. Covet f and OuiMmiu. -t,.| M „.| into the witne.-s-l.ox. and Mr. (~iiilliam rose in his .seal. T-he elerk read over the evidence „f Mr. I'lllis ill a case and ■if its conclusion it was discovered Ilia'. 11,,■> else (o which this evidence perlaill,.,l h'-ad not been called. Xor was there ~„,.„„/ present to call it. ,;,,,,,,,,., aboul lo sow swede crops •I'uld re-i'l ""' l"'-liino"ials coneernim.' s:„lto„'s S-e.ls in Messrs 10. Cvitliths andj Go's replace advertisement on page 1.