LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 85, 6 May 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'the Mayor is keeping "steadily in view" the question of a municipal electric train service for Xew Plymouth. A rarity in the form of a pure while pheasant was recently shot bv Mr. Thomas Gardner, of Tariki Bond.—Post. At the Police Court yesterday, Bohcrt Lord, who did not appear, was charged with having on December 21st behaved in an oMVnsivc maimer, in a railway carriage on the :j;M p.m. train between Fitzroy and .New Plymouth, lie was lined 4Us with costs ISs.ia default 7 davs imprisonment.

The inaugural meeting of the Llorough Council yesterday gave one the impression thai the municipal team is going to prove a difficult one to handle this year, and the Mayor will have to keep a'firm hand on the ribbons to prevent one or two of the leaders getting out of hand. "Too talkative by half" is the verdict just now.

The election for a member for Ihe Pn.i'iluika Hoad Board took place at Hahotu on Tuesday, .Messrs P. Willcox and A. E. Phillips" contested the seat, and the result was: A. E. Phillips 57, I>'. Willcox 28. Mr. Phillips is a new member of the Bond Board, but was recently elected to the Kgniont County Council. Mr. P. Willcox was a former member of the Board.— Own correspondent. The footpath in front of the Theatre Royal entrance in Devon street was screened oil' last night for the purposes ol the .Masonic gathering. Sometimes there was nothing to indicate where access to the building could lie obtained, iiie members: dodged to and fro. and eventually loiind the opening. Fven his Excellency the Governor had lo go through this performance.

Prior to the late Mel. 11. Spurr touring Australasia be appeared for a number of years with Ma.kclvno and Cooke at the Egyptian Hall. London. Since bis death the position has been filled by Mr. Ilnrelay Gammon, who is now appearing for the first time in the Dominion with the same firm. On the eve of leaving bomlou he filled no fewer than six engagements'at six did'erenf theatres in one night, concluding Die evening at a farewell dinner at the Savage Club, given in his honor, and presided over by Lord Avcburv.

"Bed-tape," said the man in the street. "The Usual lack of initiative ill the public service," replied hi s companion. They were discussing the refusal nl the Chief Postmaster to hoist the llagon the flagstaff at the Government Buildings yesterday in honor of the visit of his Excellency the Governor Although Lord Plmiket was aboard the lutanekaiiiiporlon Tuesday afternoon and arrived in town yesterday umrniii" and although his hotel opposite was ablaze with bunting and many places „f business similarly honored 'the VictItcgal representative, the post office tower was not graced with a Iki" until specific instruction, were obtained from the Premier.

At the conclusion of (he Mayoral installation ceremony yesterday morniii" I the councillor*, the stair, and reporters fathered in the Mayor's' room at his invitation, and sampled "gold top" and other tops in toasting his Worship, the Council, and the .stair. In proposing the latter toast. Mr. F. K.Wilson remarked that (be stall'did all the work, and the councillors took "all (ho glory." V lot of the glory is of ihc negative order ami judging by (ho muttering i;, some quarters there's going to be a lot of that kind of "glory"'from some of Ihe oonncilbVs in the coming VPar to rM in Hie fairly large quantity at present being lavished on a seel ion or Ihe staff by the "man in the street." Mr. Gilbert m replying lo the toast of lie.. 'Council' and referring lo the expressed wish of the Mavor that the Council would be a happy family, said he didn't think (his would be (he case, and he didn't want i to be, either, for if all thought alike there was too much Vunptntion towards stagnation in municipal life. For Chronic Chest Complaints. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is Od and 2s Od.

A representative gathering of Oiuowia settlers and residents took place on Saturday last, the occasion being the opening of a fine new suspension bridge over the Whemnikura river at the end of the Patiipureiiiu road. The structure, designed l>v the Roads Department and superintended by Jlr. Toswill, has been erected by Mr." Knudford, contraetor, and is an undoubted credit to it's'authors. The span ifi 220 ft and the height above j the water 100 ft. There are in all iß',<. tons of suspended material in it, and the carrying capacity is easily 30 tons, I or a clos'e procession of To good bullocks. —Argus.

"You have heard something about t!ie L tightness of money in this part of the , world," remarked the Prime Minister c at Taicri. "I was curious enough, upon ( arriving here, lo find out what you were | doing in the mutter of money, and I j find that you are putting away money . hand over list. (Laughter.) ' 1 found ■ that your savings bank deposiis had in- . creased 33!) per cent, in a period of ten ', veal's 1 , and you have it yet. For while last year you had tl-LOOO in Mosgicl, . there \ras only ,l!HI0() expended. Someone was putting away a cool ,£SOOO. (Laughter and applause.) And I found that in post and telegraph business yon have been stretching out in a marvellous way. You have gone up 238 per cent, in the despatch of letters, anil 230 per Cent, in the number received, while in the receipt of articles other than letters von have gone up bv 208 per cent. The postal revenue ban increased by 81 per cent., money orders issued by' 120 per cent., money orders' paid bv 103 per cent., sent by 338 per cent., and telegrams received by 208 percent."