LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 237, 12 November 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'Hie sanitary urriiiigc-iiicnW tit the Theatre ISnyiil on Tuesday nighl enme in for a good ileal of adverse eonnuent. The Chief Postmaster informs us that I'roni Sunday, 14th inst., the charges for . xprcss delivery service and special mes sciiger service on Sunday will be double ihe ordinary charges'. One of the officers in the attacking partv of the military forces at Inglewood on Tuesday took things a oil c,lolly, lie was crossing u creel; o.i boulder-stepping stones, when he slipped and fell nearly full lenglli into the water. Through Ihe courtesy of ilr. Chancy, chief postmaster, an electric telegraph apparatus will be installed in the Central scl I in coniiei'tion with the (vie. liesides providing » certain amount of amusement, an idea of the working of the system will be obtained.

The Wellington Dominion states that complaints of a serious character have been lodged by one or more responsible ollicers in the Land and Income Tax Department, and that an inquiry has been demanded. The matter has 'been before Cabinet and an inquiry is deemed necessary in which two judges of the Supreme Court will assist. The election of members of the Taranaki Hospital «ind Charitable Aid Board will be held on Wednesday, 24th inst. If thu new Hospital Hill becomes law before that date there will in all probability be no nceil to proceed with the ekctions, the existing 'boards continuing to hold office until the iirst of April next, when the new 'boards under tho

Biii will take office. -Motorists are not enamored of the lloiough Council's proposed speed regulations, particularly with the proposal to limit tho speed to three miles an hour at street comers. The ordinary business' man making for the warehouse or the bank, they point out, goes faster than that. They also complain that the proposed speed limit is lower than that of the ordinary horse and gig, perhaps less than that of the tradesman's turnout. In such circumstances', why buy a car? The Southland County Council is petitioning the Minister for Public Works I to have the Public Works Act amended so as to give county councils a discretion as to requiring owners of land subdividing same for the purpose of sale to gravel or lnctal the roads or streets. Up till a few years ago it was provided that the Councils could require suck roads to be gravelled or metalled if within three miles of a borough. The support of county councils throughout the Dominion is being sought. While the mid-day FiUroy Tuts was proceeding from town to Fitzroy yesterday, one of the two horses—a young animal—collided with a motor car. Almost immediately both horses dashed across the road', dragging the 'mis against a telegraph post. The latter was knocked out of position, the pole of the 'bus smashed and the front portion of the top of the vehicle smashed to pieces. The driver had a narrow os«i]x\ his side of the 'bus having been thrown against, the pole. Two or three passengers also had narrow escapes, but nobody was injured.

As a result of Tuesday's rose snow there will be comiderahN additions to the ranks of local rose-growers in the coming season. Present fanciers are increasing their stocks with a view of making better displays next year at the show. It lias also been borne iu upon many folk that it is not so difficult after all to produce blooms fit to compete in open cinpnuy, and several visitors lo the show were surprised to find that their blooms compared favourably with those entered for competition. This being so. the Society s'hould have great-

er success iu its next rose exhibition. "The contract's are bigger and the bni'dings are of a more permanent character iu Sydney than here," said Mr. W. 11. Bennett, chairman of the executive of (he New Zealand Master Builders' Federation, who best week returned from attending a conference of the Alls tra'.iau Builders' Federation. "Work is plentiful-New South Wales and Quocm.'jiid are booming, and the good tinus arc reflected in the building that is going on everywhere, particularly in Sydney' The Sydney Corporation is resuming'a lot of property for street-widening purnotes, and the rebuilding on the new frontages is running into nearly a quarter oT a million sterling."

Yesterday morning Inspector Tippins proceeded against several residents for breaches of the borough bylaws. E. Avery was charged with cycling on the footpaths iu Eliot-street. ' lie pleaded guilty, but explained that the path was an unfrequented one, and that he had ii't'U on it only a couple of minutes. 1 ined 2s lid and 7s cost*. Similar penalties were inflicted on Clara Crawford Edna Kiindlc, Mrs. Marion Turner, ami Ihe Rcv.'John Wilkinson, the last-named (■.ending that as. a new arrival iu (ho Dominion he was not aware of the rcgu-

liftions. Charles Cutler, a sewimr ilia tl'ino representative, was fined Jim me eo-t s for IPiivinjr hi, vehicle unulteiule m Fiilford-sTrect. .Mr. 11. S. Kily.ehrbeH S.U, was on the bencli. It looks as if summer were alrenl m-on us wife,, welimla fully illustrale •ir '<-le in Hi,, current "Xe\v lilea" n ••Stt-inmiiii-, ~s a 5,,,, v t f,„- Women." wii ; [m.. instruelionsluuvtoheeomeinolieien 'i ,! : *'"";!■ , S """' nf '""' Ro »tl'": >i-lers may fun] it t„o early vet for til »"i-i'iiir dip. but if k „f' ,;„„.„,,, w ,, If; l-e prepare,! l„.forehaiul. The writ" ;- '"*•! '\peil ,uimmer a,,:! .liver of he ■"« m the w.m-1.1. II sonn.ls easy ,„ ~",1 '"',"„ r!; '". >n " M] <' r »""<- "n.l. ";... '-"' will, l |. '. "'.J'"''! 1 "rtwi.tH»», M ;;:;,, lll ; i'r:: 1 ™ 11^"^1 '''!"!"!!^''^.

«, ugo, ,| ,„,. y„von,bor issllo - ■ P; < -"1 Mich ,i «-...-iM7I of Mori,.. Mi,,/. , u7 !:" , i , 1". ,, '" ,1, " ,!l moots. ~„"';; f: "-'"°". ""'i <'u.t,„i, ~,,„, for women ■ ."'! f™'»i«lf 11... Taranaki (till.. \sso- j t"; .'"•"?'•'>"".»«• on Wednesday »g.l. Major S.mdl'or.l advocated a HI,. ■nil increase of prizes f or tvr o s. ~ , v| . I l>tm» a po,vo„ who |, n .never „,,„ , v ,l "'"•'«• nniomiling to C 1 or 11|uvai .,, fi ~, .' .issncintion mooting prior 1 0 date "l^'nirv. nn.l who iiomiiiiiloil himself as ■ ■■■ Mr. 5|,«.,.U. ~f Stvalfor.l. al.jootod !'<•■ •''" *ii«»..<lo.| prize-|is| , v .is 'cater j '"■; '"' M "'™"v for tho lyros, ~iid he .' ' ''" n "' pi-o|ini-lioti nf Ivro pn. • _„,. nearly „, lar „,, nl T| ; '' Hater Snn.lfnrd nhicctc.l warmly '"' lrt '""'. : ""- -\l Hi" T:.H.-i- ..lectin,, !»<• i-<nii|ii-til,ir, entered f,. r a sweep ;! !lkl '- nl " 1 •»" 'i-wn.nent siihsidkcl »'"• »»'"<>>■ tn make „,, |l,o ~r!/0,. At the local meeting 11.0 „,o„o,' was subscribed by Mm lnc-nl people for Iho purpose of i'llooiiraj;iii s „,„■ n , VM , M< ~,„, ''i'.',; , "" hj, ! lv . Ul - V"'">* -'■" l- Taplain f' 1 ; ""' '" » '■l''""? plea for HI oral fonln.OMt for |l,o Ivros. Private Ki„ ff , '■" d Messrs Willis and Spook considered '

'Nio hoio tin (on nianv prizes, anil thought Hint- the tvro prizes should ho on a sliding scale, so that tlioro would •i" 1 ho the anomalv of hvelvo Ivrns -.;-nnli.i-r for Iti-.-It-.. nrizos. T.iont. r.ilnnol Okov 5,,0k0 vorv deoidodlv „ f , 'l'" imiiit. "Thore's to,, no.o', s„nontoediiig of Hie voiin- shots." ho declared " , " 1 »'l'h"l. ''Who,, I slarlod sli„„|i„„ | '■-■\ 1,. shoni a-b,sl 11,0 hos| m e n "i„ Now Zealand. Tlioro was none of (ho 'v>-n business t|,e„ : U was „ ]llror ()o . velopmonl. There was a tondonov tn Iroat. lh«so Ivros as hahios. Tho vein" follows soon, to h-ivo l„st llio .-rif that 'ho old follows 1,.„1 ~,,,1 i„. ii, is ~„„„„. r '" l,: '"-'' "" •'"•" "<»"'')■ Voh'Mllrr „f IllClU wlnl ..ril thovhave.- Mr. s„,„.i. nointed -"I U.it Hie l-ros w,.,,. „li, r ihb. f Ol . ~„v >"•''«• in Iho list. \ h-ro mwhl win Hie King's prize. Afaior Shindford: Show ,„e I lie man who his done it. and l'i| -dint 111). Kvolllnallv. upon Ihe 0a51!,,., vol-

of Colonel 0!.-ov. it wns decided thai the tvro nrizos ho based to somo extent upon the entry,