DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 49, 23 March 1909, Page 4

DISTRICT NEWS.

KTRATFOISI). (Frnm Our Own Correspondent.) The Whangamomona precedence ghost still stalks throughout the land. There is some talk ol' having the sitting member disipiiililied for kicking np a dust, but the Xalional Ass Reformers say it it nothing to the ilnxt tlmt will fly iffilira Parliament moots. ■ Xominations will .shortly be called for tho. Mayoral Stakes of' MO per annual. There is only one candidate at ipri'sent in training, and. as lie is in good fettle, the stake money might tempt otlien;, but time will It'll. The addition to the water mains are nearlv completed 'tor this year, lint a good'deal of monvv will need to be spent on the head-works. The Forest, lieseive Hoard met berlast week ami an, endeavor will he made to (jet the Tourist Department to take over Mount 1 Kgniont conditionally on their erecting an up-to-date tourist house and that the rights of the people are conserved.

There is quite n number id' people en. quiring who the bloated capitalist is that, wants gru*. sown at lis a day. A shilling wanted in. your columns would settle the matter for him.

The SI raker waggon recently lioujjlit 'by tin- Counlv Council is a useful machine, and will do good work when it is understood. It does not pan out enough bultcr-fal to please some of the councillors at present. The dairy factories paid out on Salurdav, and nionev was plentiful i'l Stratford for one day at least. Our town its now looked on as the place to do businV" -live .banks and three auctioncert.. urn forgetling it is Ihe ccnUa for Taruiiiiki fur'entile, sheep and hoi-sn fairs,

Mr. Newton King's establishment here is one of the largest iu (he Dominion. One liuvcr informed vours that Mr. King holds ihe largest hide, skin and tallow sales in New Zealand. The railwav to Auckland is going ahead. The lining of the tunnel will tnkc*soiiic lime, but bv Chriislmas «<• will be able lo go by rail to lluiakaiu.i, and perhaps to I'ohokuin. WAKKA. A mcetbi.- of the Warca branch of Hie y.Z.I-'.y. was held ill the library

building on Monday night. Mr. J. Bui{fifes was in the chair. The following two remits me to lie forwarded to the conference tu hi' held nl St in I ford in Mnvi-Tliut .this branch of tin- N./.F.I'. considers it is urjfciillv nccessiiiv Unit tlic Noxious Weeds AH should lie litlrii'il out mom ell'cclivcly. n< blackbcr . lies and ragwort in particular aic ■spreading nl mi nliuining iiiti- mill In(.'(lining ii menace to tin- prorperily nl th.' district; UiU lii-iiii<-li again ui'k<thal tin' prisent niclliod of working railways nt ii loss is ;i grcal iti.jii-1 iiito those districts having lo [my nuns for that iiur|iosi' lint which receive no benefit from tin- winking of llifin. A inecling of lln- Library ( oinniiluwill he held next Saluiduv evening, and ij' all the. subscription* arc paid In llml dati', there, will he til to -tii-H.I in buying new Imoks. Tin' Cui'i'i'iiiiii'iil subsidy this year anioniils to CI Ills 6d. The (iovenin I has had a gang of liii'ii on for some time rutting liifjwtnl on tin' Xewell road, ami the work i> now completed. Tin' agents of the l.awrence-Kcnncdy-(iillies milking machine (iMcsi's ,1. 11. MacKwan and Co.) eavc an exhibition of dillics' new patent leal cup* at 'Mr. Ilevell's shed Isir-t. Week. The cup-, which are much smaller than the old ones, mill the ease- are of >olid aluminium. Tic nidation.., are lt great deal ts'inullcr in sine as well us in cost, and are a great improvement on the old inllatioas. Tlieise teal cups will milk cows ipiite dry, mi that there is really no need for stripping afterwards. They wer:' tried on some cows that the old cups would not milk and they iniUced them ipiite dry. Aft a- a trial of two milking- with',the new cups Mr. llevell was satisfied that they were better than the old on v. and placed aa order nil- a set of them. The weather lias Ven rather on the wet nide during the last week, but it lias made no difference to the milk isii/|vp]y, us it is decreasing nearly every day.