LOCAL AND GENERAL.
A man named Donald Macdonald arrested just after midnight for b illegally 011 tile gasworks premises. The gaoler, J[r. T. Coyle, has a 1 gang of prisoners at work just now stripping a new quarry at the baci the gaol, from which to draw sup; of metal. The face is very promi! containing much good stone. Owing to the Borough Council hai decided to include the duties of pou keeper with those of the general inspt or, the County Council's suggestion a ranger fur the borough ami flunvoi riding combined cannot be given elf,
Motorists and cyclists i„ the Cliftl uistnet are having iUI anxious time I It these days. In many place, the roail are fairly bristling; with .large-sizJ lacks ami fearsome nails, and tvre-punJ tures are consequently very riumeroul Hell let loose. ' is the graphic ivnl in which a gentleman returned to ]jil tham from a holiday trip summed uol the conditions existing at the co-opera-tive works on the .Stratfoid-OiH'arne line. Hie rule regarding the lakin.r of unmarried men only lias resulted in the bunging of women on the works, where he conditions are the reverse of cdi13ing.—hltliam Arms. Frequent complaints are bein" made concerning the greasy nature 0° many of the main paths in the Kecreatio'n "rounds. That on the eastern side 01 t/ie big pond, between the bathin«house and tile "poet's bridge," is particularly bad. ft is suggested that tile Board might take part of the Borouga Council's subsidy in screenings or gravel and use it on tile paths. '
..4 .*^ aon \ in town .yesterday exliibitmg a line piece of ambergris picked up on the beach near Cape Jiguiout. ' to) 1 ' •* ""id by experts to be the leal thing, and, as it weighs within an ounce of two pounds, the .Maori may be considered a very fortunate individual mdoi'd. ihe valuable stuff was enveloped in a sheet of newspaper, but needess' to say, was very jealously guarded it* fortunate owner. '
-\'ew Zcalamters will hear with piido of the practical assis/tance they have rendered to the English |>oor during the hist few months (writes a London cori-cspou,tcnt). .Since the Hon. W. IJall-.lones hiis been in Victoria Street «is High Commissioner lie has received no less a sum than .K2300 fro,,, charitable persons in the Dominion towards the bread funds' in London, widen ,|o such excellent work in distributing oil',id to the poor of the oil v. -Mr. W. W. Smith, curator of the Recreation Grounds, is at present occupied With the improvement of the new entrance ill (..'illicit Street. The hank ou ihc upper side of the roadway is being cut -hack to the boundary of .Mr. 1L h.vrc-Kcniiy's property, ami Ihe flat ground thus made will he laid out with llowcring shrubs and so on. Already a good deal of work has been done' at this part of thy grounds, and when the present, scheme has been completed the new entrance .should be verv attractive.
I The Southern farmer is cheerful, and I with good cau--e. The season lias been all exceedingly open one up to date, and what sowing has been extensively carried on. This year, states the Hon. |U Buddo (Minister of Public Health ■liul Internal .iffairs) the acreage put into wheat has very considerably i„cieased. .As for stock, the season has been so mild that the animals look well and prospects for a wool clip are very promising, '•Canterbury farmers liay'e reason to be very hopeful," comments, if* -''mister, who is himself an a,rriculturalist.
A professional resident, of StraUorJ, «liose pn-imses arc situated on lire "Pl'ii- floor of a Broadway liuililhi". on |'"V"r ,0r tllc , "'o ht sli i , ! , «' into" the fc|\t-door establishment for a moment lo turning out the light and r tile door opening 011 to the ■P.f'S. »«<** to his rooms. "rjt»f period, however, a wi th a subscription list had stairs, eoiisequentlv when i Pitched off tiio light door all unknowino-lv j prisoner in t.l-.c a lie that there Licens: e is Tl l ' Tit ap
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 131, 1 July 1909, Page 2
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