LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 365, 16 April 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We require copies of the Daily Xews of 16th and 30th November, 1!H)9, and 3rd and 4th December. 1909, and would be obliged if any of our agents or readers having them would please forward to the .publisher. A lightly taden order paper is not conducive to prompt conduct of business at meetings of local governing bodies. Yesterday's meeting of the Harbor Board was a case in point. There was so little to do that the chairman promised to have the business completed before lunch. With plenty of time to spare, there was' time to talk, and there were lengthy and irregular discussions upon even ttie minor items. As a result, the Board members had lunch about half an hour later than usual.

The Bluff correspondent of the Otago Daily Times states that the Kekeno arrived at Halfmoon Bay on Tuesday from Dusky Sound, where she has been engaged standing by the wreck of the Waikare, and when not otherwise en gaged fishing. The salvage party reached the Sound on the Saturday afternoon, and took, up their abode in Lunch. Cove, Anchor Island, within a distance of two miles of the wreck. They had not had time to investigate matters when the Kekeno left on Sunday. The Amokura was in the Sound busily engaged in locating the rock on which the vessel struck. She expects to complete the work in a day or two, after which she will return by way of Foveaux straits and the Bluff. It is understood that the position of the Waikare is unchanged, The Souucl Jwd been visited by. the late b n !sterous. weather, but the wind was for the most part favorable.

ICawau Island, which is one of the best known of the holiday resorts in the vicinity of Auckland, is tP. cWciy cut up by its present owner (Mr. A. J, P. Farmer) for sale. The island, which I was formerly .the home of Sir George Grey, is (says the Ne\v Zealand Herald) a perfect paradise in miniature, abounding in lofty hills, deep bays, splendid beaches, with good fishing and shooting —in fact, everything that the heart could desire. The island embraces about 8000 acres, and the owner's intention is to cut it up into sections from one to 2000 acres, every section having a water frontage. Kawau, since the opening of an accommodation-house, has been year by year increasing in popularity, some of the excursion steamers taking nearlv one thousand people for a day trip. Surveyors are now making the necessary surveys, and in a few weeks the plans will be ready. The first portion of the island to be sold will be about 250 acres embracing what is known as Vivian Bay. Already a settler has purchased five aer"s there, and intends buildina- a, residence forthwith. This harbor is of easy arvoss hv motor launch from • Mansion House Bnv, to which | there is even now a steamer three times a week.

The county rate is usually str here in June or July, and it bei rt'Cik-' ■payable fourteen days later. (V , unpaid six months after that da f > tates a ten per cent, penalty impo a iters. "fetches 'em." The cash ro' - ->ed. That for the few days preeedir ,j4 in, inpidlv, cent, imposition—by th< g tlia ten per people say it's an imr way, a lot of Anyhow, it is a grea imposition. If rates are still t.Vollecting scheme, clerk issues his " r tmpaul, the cotttrty next process i- jTrnl -notices." Aiul the counts in the „ Hie jvhu'in!? of the aocitor for cr" , ftaTitls ol the county soliquents in Section. One of the deliriia demar the TaTa-waki County received day, a- A from the solicitor the other in?' .id "he "hath protested much. Writops u 'h® county clerk, he expresses Hhe t .nitm that it is quite unnecessary to Jkts these steps to procure his rate ] Money, for he always nays on receint t)f the final notice.' TTe naively idd~ fhat if his portion of the countv received a little more consideration _ from the j Council there would be some inducement to pay them earlier. The inevitable,! postscript notifies in plain terms that lie hns no monev to throw awav in pnvin'cr legal forms to write ont dennnd notes." This is but a tvpi«al letter, expressing the writer's intention to "out off his nosf to spite his face.' Keopin™ back the navment of rates forces <V> Countv ComHl to borrow from the bank, for v,-hi4 nccommodatiAii +V OonnoiI—tlm 1 —tlm Council i= merelv tlr> •pnv-out. of the rnten,ivers —)nn«t ir>ov r, eut. On toil of tllft the in'livi'iMl ratenaver nnv« bi= ton per cent, -nn'inltv, ns a s ort of nrotest affainst the state of the roads.

The services in Queen-street Church to-morrow will be conducted by the llev. John Nixon. Morning at 11; subject', "New Mercies." Evening at 7; suliject. "The Militarv Attitude of the Soul."— Advt.

MEN'S TAILOR-MADE SUTTS. A MOST St'PET! R SHOWING AT THE MELROI'RNE. > It is to make claims for suit*. Any suit, ran bp the best suit. made, ami most suit- are—in advertisements. All the ndverti-iiijr in the world won't make a pood -nit. It has to he a <jood suit, if it is I'lind, because of its cut. its materials and construction. AdverfMii" cannot take the place of these thincs. We spend a <rood many hundreds ot nounds a year advertising our suits, hut that is not a reason why von -liotild buy a "Melbourne" suit. The reason lies in the -nit it>elf. Perhans someone oan write i better advertisement than we ean write. Yet we are 'honestly eonvinced that no one ean ofler vou so -''od value in a suit ds we can oiler. Hence if von did not take the suit, rather than the advertisement, into consideration, you would not be treating yourself fairly. Compare the "Melbourne' tailormade suits at Mis fid. 50s lid. and fis« point V>v point with similar-priced suits nn the market, an 1 we have confidence that the "Melbourne" s "'t s conv out even- lime with flywipr eokrs. The finish of "Melbourne" suits is absolutely the best. Tli"''o i= notion? skimpy about _ noihinsr "tinnanny." Every

•■'Melbourne" sn"- has that superior tailor-made, well-sroomcd. enrefnllvfinishe.l nuneavanee tlmt is alwavs a cnurpp rif deli edit and nndc to tho OWUCT*.

There is no necessity for a poll in the election of councillors in the Ornate and Okato ridings of the Taranaki County, The retiring members were the Rev. EAllanson (Omata) and Mr. C. Andrew* (Okato). The Omata representative has been renominated by Messrs. E. R. Bayly and R. C. Clcmow, and Messrs. W. J,. Gray rtnd J. S. Fox have nominated Mr. Andrews. The latter gentleman hid oxpressed :i desire to be relieved of the' office, owing to the distance of his residence from the county office and the consequent inconvenience entailed unoir him in attending Council meetings. Bufc no one else in the riding was anxious tO' change places, and Mr. Andrews is elfccl>ed for a further term. An Invercargill correspondent • ."The extent of the typhdfcl fever outbreak has been causing a little alarm loyally, fourteen cases in Southland having already been reported to the authorities. Two cases have been attributed to th* Kitchener camp at Abbotsford, both b*« ing mounted men, and one (Quartern aster-sergeant Fahey) has already «*•» cumbed. Fahey wa» a member of til First Contingent to South Africa, wh«r« he was wounded. Four cases hav« be«n reported from the Bluff, and three from Winton. Dr. Ogsto.T conferred with th« local health authorities, and the cause of ;the eountry cases is attributed to thfc peculiar weather of the summer. Aftis four months of drought, heavy rain fell, .followed by hot weather, with thft r«Bult that germs arose from the toil vriHt the evaporated moisture. The outhrwlc. .is not expected to extend further.