WAITARA NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 41, 28 May 1910, Page 5

WAITARA NEWS.

(From (mi Own Correspondent.) The work of laying the reticulation p pes m connection with the water sup"RJ 8 P ro « res ""|« very satisfactorily. larris-street and the West quay to Vtete"' 8 SUe "°"' l )racticaJl /«>mFarmers are still rejoicing at the spell of mild weather. Factory cheques will be again satisfactory for May month, and as feed , s fairly abundant cows should w.nter well. Owing to the continued large output of butter and the lowering of .prices due to competition in We11ing.,,,,, sales are not so readily effected as has been the case in previous years. Director* are not forcing sales ■by their agents, being satisfied to sit tight 'and sell at a remunerative price as opportunity oners.

Licensing day will not be quite such a bus;, one as was the ease last year, wuen numerous applications were received for wholesale licenses up the coast and on the Main Trunk linef The only applicants lor licenses are the bona nde hotelkeepcr*. Mr. Smith, of the local Bank of NewZealand, has been transferred to Paeroa The Vestry of St. John's Church meet next week, when a committee will probably wait on them with a view to suggesting the purchase of the hall, which, if anything comes of the proposal and sufficient finance can he raised, will ibe removed, and an up-to-date stage and other improvements put in, with the object of offering better facilities to travelling shows and also to local thespians. Property-owners on Friday morning received notice of the new valuation of their .borough .properties. A very considerable rise has taken place, more especially in regard to unimproved Values, but this was only to be expected, as it is five years since the last valuation was made, and prices have enhanced considerably since then.

The enthusiasm of the North Taranaki Mounted Rides continues. Good parades are the order of the day, one held on Thursday afternoon being well attended. Cattle are still coming into the freezing works in sufficient numbers to keep all the slaughtermen busy. Already last year's total lias been left behind, and there is still a good portion of the season to come.' Sheep are not quite so plentiful. Further extensions of some of the buildings are again under way. The new building now in course of construction for the Clifton Rowing Club is approaching completion, and should be out of the builders' hands in another fortnight. When finished the public will have the use of a. good hall and rowing men a spacious shed. The building measures some 110 ft' long and 44ft wide over all.

A good deal of money found its way into Waitara by the win of Maharanui in Wangunui on Thursday. The local investments on :both days were pretty considerable, but a number cried enough after his display on Tuesday, and, much to their sorrow, left the big fellow severely alone the second da v. Such is luck!

Travellers by the mail train frequently ask why the connecting train at perton is timed to leave that place six minutes after the departure of the. through train to New Plymouth. The mail train leaves at 7.34 p.m., and tho branch one at 7.40 p.m. It is utterly ridiculous that the two cannot he despatched simultaneously. Speaking of railways, one iilso wonders why better station accommodation is not provided at Waitara. The Borough Council have on many occasions endestvored, through the office's of the member for the district, to have something more in keeping with the importance of the town erected, but the stony heart of the Minister or his advisers as frequently puts oil' the evil day. The wretched shed which houses the engines is another eyesore that should be removed. Its position is a very dangerous one, anil provision should be made on the railway property and not on a public road. The adjourned meeting of the creditors in the estate of Thomas Clare was held at the Courthouse on Friday, there being some fifteen present, Mr. Medlev, Deputy OlJicial Assignee, .presiding. Bankrupt's solicitor was not present. The Deputy Oflicial Assir'iee reported that bankrupt had made a' statement, but creditors would not '.;ain much information from it, as the whole thing simply showed that each year losses had ■been made on cropping operations. Several of the creditors asked questions in reference to some horses, gig, spring trap, piano, and other chnttels, most of which the bankrupt stated were in an unregistered bill of sale and had been seized the day prior to filing, and the balance were'the property of his wife. In reply to a question of how a rent statement submitted had been arrived at, ■bankrupt thought there was an error, but he could not then explain. Creditors did not seem satisfied with the position i or explanation, and it was unanimously resolved that bankrupt be submitted to a public examination.