LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 46, 19 March 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wednesday, M'ardii 17tic, was the anniversary of the outbreak of the Taraiwki ,Maori war in . 18<i(>. Tlie Veteran*' Association, lias accepted. a* ai body, an invitation from Kev. J\ («. .Kvans ami Licul.-l'olunel jOkey to rii 1 toiul *ili-e semlce at JS't;.; .Mary's Church-on iSuuday week, -when, the tlnree remaining hatchment* Lu Imperial troops will be unveiled. Mr. J. Ooyle, clerk to itlio Polianjiina County •Council (and ,Pohan;riaa is out* I of tin* heaviest rated counties in tlie colony). \va- atble to report on .Saturday iliat all ilie rates ha<l "been collet-led without ri'fii\ij'riL' to law or without any ratepayer liciujr liable to fliay tlie io7i per cent. This is the third year in sm-*r-ssioii lie lias been able lo report a; dean* sheet on -a total collection or £•19,557.

A contemporary says: What is expected to lead to tlie break-up of Hie Sawmillers' Association is the decision l I of Meslsrs Cameron acid Co.. whose ramii ligations extend over the whole of tlio I iCorth Tslaiid. to sever their coniiectiou Nvitli .tilt' Association. 'l'he firm in' ■ J question -lias come to the conclusion' f thiit w -advantage i* to be «>aine<l. ?<> I faT a» it i' concerned, by remaining in j I]ic Aw-oci-aiion. Irmiportant developments in 1 the s:vwiuillin«f industry are ! expected in 'the course of a few week* . as .the ■outcome of the slop taken by jiossvs Cameron ind Co,

Twenty-four Swiss immigrants, mostly farmers, arrived by tin: Mnraina <m Wednesday and will settle in Ticanaki. Englishwomen are, and always have lit'cn, the best housekeepers ill the world. It is well known that American wimH'ii 'will '!iot work, and this accounts for tile fact that English domestic servants are in sueli demand in the States and arc paid such high wages. An .outlnuldiug at the real' of Ulc Uolden Cilrid restaurant, in l)evo:i. street, caught dire 5.110 and (j yesterday evening, but the lire was put out .before any damage war* done. The iire'bells were sounded, mid in a short rfpaco otf 'time, the ilirigadesniKi, with their hose reels, were soon on, the spot, as were hundreds of the public.

Anxious creditors in Wellington are :'Tiquiri-ng as to the 'whereabouts of a> local business iiim, 'who, it is stated, lisappeared suddenly shortly after Christmas (says tins Dominion). It appears that lie used great cure in making lii.s preparations, I'oir he left ostensibly on a Iholiday, appointed a substitute, a.nd a got ,3. start of at least six weeks. The mini was seen at Auckland shortly after his departure, but nothing since then has been heard of him. It is understood that when the creditors come to reckon up, a very large deficiency will lie shown. The polite have the matter ill hand.

The contimied slackness of the build- v iug trade ill Waiiganui is proving a very n serious matter to carpenters and allied \ tradesmen, .painters especially. The | Herald states that some of the local [ IviiniA have discharged practically all. t their hands, including many of the old- | est employees. Several fairly large con- | tracts are expected to be in hand in the near future, wlhieh should relieve tllg ] depression, but it must lie some time before all hands aire again employed. Among the first contracts txpoctcd to lie eooitiiiem-ed is the re-biiihling of the District High School, tenders for which will Ibe invited at thei-end of tile week. Captain HeWriiiger last night presented to 'the veterans at their annual dinner postcards hearing a facsimile ol the colors of the Taranakii ltillefi, ami the inscription: "'Presented on June, 23th, lSlil, liy the ladies of Taranaki, as a token of tlndr grateful and alfecI tr.ul their deep sense lid devotion displayed pecially on the occa.lis of Wairelia (March .M'ahoetalii (Xovctailr. W. T. Gordon o,xmpany that the colors e;i ; presented on June Jay, hut the rain was, (Ire ceremony had to, : a; week. The actual made by Mrs. Wauglii i Waugli), wife of Co).