LOCAL AND GENERAL.
A shock of earthquake was felt in North Taranaki at o.;J0 yesterday morning. M Hospital Saturday and Sunday " this year has been fixed for 20th and 21 siJ in»t. An energetic conuyittee under Mr. I Stokes, us secretary ? is in charge of thw 1 arrangements. A largo shark was *een Mvimiuing' about just outside tile breakers, oil' Uk' gasworks, yesterday. Surf bathers who use this stretch of water for their dijp had better keep a sharp look-out. At a meeting of Otakcho fanners on Tuesday evening, it was decided to appoint a delegate to confer with representatives of Mokoia and other districts. ; atid to favour the erection of a lar»e en-operative factory at Paten or Wanganui.
Straying cattle on the Esplanade at the west cud have recently considerably damaged the new paths along the seashore. I'nder authority conferred by the Harbor Hoard the Seaside Improvement Committee has appointed Mr. V. Loveridge ranger, and animals found. r»n the Esplanade will be promptly impounded.
According to a l'almerston North correspondent, X 43!), the gigantic locomotive which is to haul the Auckland-Wel-lington express over a ninety-mile section of the Main Trunk line, was towed through to Taihapc on Monday, and attracted much attention. At Palmerston station her cab had to be removed to prevent collision with the platform verandahs.
A number of sweet pea enthusiasts met at the Stratford Borough Council Chambers, when it was decided to form a society to be known as the Xew Zealand Sweet Pea Society. The objects of the society are the cultivation of this well-known (lower, and it is intended to hold exhibitions at which the New Zealand championships will be competed for and awarded.
An extraordinary theft took place at a house in Woolston lately. Jt had been unoccupied for some rime. When the owners went to it the other day they were astonished to tind that the boiler and its fittings, bricks, cement and all, had been taken out of the kitchen and removed. The house is au old one, but the thieves must have had a great work in hand wliea they made the theft.
v A WSltlT polo lIKI l('ll between teaillS representing New Plymouth and Stratford is to be played al the unicipnil Swimming Haths this afternoon at '{..'lll. The New Plymouth team will be selected from tho following:—(L Hawkins, 0. Freyburg, I<\ K. Turnbull, K. Pfankuch. A. L. Dixon, C. Brown, W. Whitaker, C. HeabrigM, A. S. Maxwell, A. 11. Uarlc, J. Oibbons, A. Wilson.
Asked by a newspaper representative a few days ago if there had been any diminution of gambling since the Chiming Act came into force, a prominent ollicial, who attends uw majority of the race meetings in Xcw Zealand, and'who is familiar with the inner history, of the sport, said, emphatically: "No, there is three times as much gambling as
there used to be, and it is increasing." In connection with the recent misappropriation of moneys at the Auckland Customhouse, it is stated on authority that during the past 15 years tho Department had collected and handed over a sum of something like t*Jl),Dl)0,0l)0, without a. penny of defalcation on the part of the stall'. The announcement is one which speaks for itself, both for tho honesty of the ollicials engaged, as well as for the administration.
A local which appeared in the News on Monday with reference to a statement made by an "ex-railway works-hops employee to the eli'eet that he had seen cards and two-up played in a North island workshop during working hours, has, we are given to understand, been attributed in some quarters to one or other of the only four local railway men who have graduated from tlu» shops. In fairness we desire to state that our info rnuuit was not one of them. A swarm of bees were the chief actors in a little drama that was played at •Stony (.'reek the other day. W hen the mailman. .Mr. rave, was plating the mail in the Stony (.'reek mail-box he was a little agitated to lind that a swarm o: bees had taken possession of the box. and seemed loath to leave their ■new re.-adenee. With a little 'careful manoeuvring, however, the mail was ,placed in the bo.\. very much to the distrust of the bees, who showed their >trong disapproval by continually darting at the mailman, and he. thinking discretion the better part of valor, hurriedly threw the remainder of the mail into the box and retired. The shepherds had a somewhat exciting experience when they called at the box later on for •the mail, being charged by the infuriated bees. The .shepherds, however, were not •to be denied, and, after the lir-st surprise, they charged their winged enemies, eventually gaining the situation •and carrying oil' part of the mail. The
•remaining portion was secured about an hour after.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 9, 4 February 1909, Page 2
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