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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A gentlemen in holy orders will ligure amongst }lr. Tippins' next list ot loot- , path cyclists. ( The County Council lias authorised [he regraveliing of the Victoria road , footpath at \ ogeltown. I Juvenile sculptors arc at work on the i Waiwakaiho bridge. The lettering on til... niui'lile slab is suffering as a resu.t, II;,. loud filling being carefully picked I out. I There is a great, deal more feed ill • Ttn anil lei limn in the. districts south oi \\ ■iii ,r aii(ii. The growth of graw seems ! ti. lie alimit a month ahead of that of liic southern districts. Palmcwton is agitating for electric iramvays. If Wanyauui can make the trams pay it i* morally certain that a j place like Pnlnicrsioit can. The time is j inj.jilly approaching when New Ti.i.nth should seriously consider the In*(;:llatioti of a similar system. '■Can von tell me what time the next ii'.tin to'"New Plymouth?" asked a * [.i'd<'si riau at Palrnershm pf a Govern- '' ment official. "My r fcll n w," he uv plii-d, "I am a (loveriiment official, and It- such T «?u pivvenled from answering tj'M'slions ur «fivin<r any information to llu;

A fine motor lorry to ihe order ol Mr. Urn buck, (if OUato. arrived in New I'lymouth vesterday, and is expected to be "out for a run*'"' this afternoon. lb 1 waggon is to be used 011 the coast freight service. It is of the same type as those to 1». used by tile motor company w'.iich is shortly to commence operations between New Plymouth and Opunalte. At the Piilmcrsl.oll s ] loyv the Government vets, "passed out" three out of fivt entries in the draught entire class for hereditary unsoundness. There can be little doubt that our stock would be considerably improved if every blool horse was compnlsorilv examined by the Govcruemnt veterinarians and onlv sound animals allowed to stand for stud purposes.

C!uv Vawkes' liay was observed locally. and iliai was'all. The custom of wheeling an etfigy about in a makeshift harrow iloc-oi't jippcal to tlie hoys in Xew I'lvmouth nowadays. At night, the glare of the bonfires devouring the '"ays" could be seen here and there, Utiie accompaniment of the snap of the crackers and the veils of the delighted snmll hoys.

Anion" the exhibits that attracted H"irh attention at the Palinerston slioiv w.is a motor buggy, a recent American invention. The body is practically the ■.nine as the orilinarv i-arriage, only that it is perhaps a little higher. The speed is thirty miles an hour.' and the cost CI 85. There was a good exhibition of orilinarv motor cars, the prices for w&ich appear 'to he gradually approaching a reasonable figure.

The unregistered accountants of New Zealand are forming a new society of (ifc-ount.auls, which will lie known as "Tile New Zealand Corporation of Proussional Accountants and Auditors." Onlv the duly qualified accountant will be admitted "as a member of this new --■ofietv. and the promoters are confident tiicy will not have their ranks stnflVd with oflicc-huys and ledger-keepers, as in the case of the Xew Zealand Society of Accountants.

The Eliot rond loan of £IOOO is still lieing hung up oil account of legal techlrcalities not complied with. Another special order has vet to be made, and the oxponse of this has to be taken out of 1 lie loan. At yesterdays mooting of !!i. County Council, when the matter was under discussion. Councillor Cart'i' vinnrlvt'd, 'it's not unusual for valew:\ors to complain of tho amount of llv.' county clerk's salary, but if our clerk liaii had the conduct of this Imninrss !n>m Ihe lii'L'innini! *« would haw 1m l Hi-- money lorn; a«o."

Last year the ratepayers of Napier authorised a loan nf £135,000 for various municipal improvements. The loan was placed for flotation -with the 3>ai>k of New Zealand, 'ml for various reason* it was not placed on the London marKcr. The P.ank has lately intimated that the will m>w be raised on the London market at, CUT* 10s -with 4'/* per ecu', and per cent, fund. Under Sir Joseph TVnrd'* new cheap money -eheme the borough will be able to bor r:>w the money at 3 ! /j V-> per cent, inking fund, and advantage its naturally • ii V taken nf it.

Some members of the County Council •vpre-scd ili—ati-factimi yesterday wi h

!he result of 'lie experiment of to,:tie- Hreakwnter road with waMe c.'iide petroleum. Councillor Carter. li.'Wever. stated that it was not the oil l l,at was at fault, but that the road ;\vfi* full of holes, instead of being well rounded up. Councillor TTill: Then it dorun't. do to be "holy' 1 ? Councillor Writer: To be "holy'' is a good thing in : »uiivi(!u;iK but not in roads. Councillor

\ii(i''<*ws added hi* view that too much »il liad been nut on. A further trial will be made uti'Ui a piece of well-round ed

The Tarannki County Council is of opinini that ih<* fidelity guarantees issued hv some fidelity guarantee com-

■ aiiies ;ne not worth much more than ihe paper used in engrossing them. Recently they approached the company "covering" the Council, and asked to have the "cover" made in the shape of a specially prepared bond. To this the ajrenfc has replied as follows:—"Will yon please inform the Council that my directors have decided that all fidelity business written 'by the company must bo {o (lie printed conditions of t"he I'omunnv's fidelity L r uarnntee policy, and that we are therefore unable to issue the special form of policy they desire."

The reason given by the Minister for Railways for the discontinuance of tile "!i>iinjr-ear on the mail trains between »\v Plymouth and Wangamii is that there is not sultVieut business, consequent on (he diversion of the passenger iradie. |o warrant, tile cosl of haulage of Ihe extra ear. etc. Whilst, this might be so in the winler months, it. certainlr is not tile ease during (lie summer. The lb'partment miirlif with advantage con-<-idcr the advisability of reinstating til" ear during the summer months, or, if lliis is 100 big a contract, to put on the car at holid.iv limes. During the nre--lit week, for instance, tile traffic, owing to the Palmerstou show, has been considerable, and ipiite sullicient to inslily the running of the refreshment, car. At the Magistrate's Court, Eltham, yesterday, Henry TTake was presented' b) Constable Wade on four charges—disorderly behaviour, using obscene language, being an idle anil disorder!v perI SOU, and resisting the police. Accused n'cjulei! iruilt v to all Ibe charges except that of vagrancy, making » statement on oath llrt he tiinl Jiis wife had hanked C3O in (he Post Oll'ice Savings Ranlc. A siitwenneut -11 ill i(io.l ],v o>n-1 i. l .' Uadc failed lo reveal any trace of th» alleged hank book. and accused was to be brought before the Court nuain in 'lie afternoon to answer (he charge of vagrancy. 0;i the charge of using obscene language lie was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and mi Hie other lie wits convicted and discharg«'il.—Argus. • I

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 233, 6 November 1909, Page 2

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 233, 6 November 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 233, 6 November 1909, Page 2

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