LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 215, 30 January 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There was for this time of the year a heavy fall of snow on the Mountain yesterday morning. Mr. Newton King has been enrolled on Jthe list of the Fellows of the Royal Colonial Institute. The Agricultural Society has decided to hold a smoke concert on the first night of the Autumn Show. Several hundred excursionists picnicked at the, East End Bathing Reserve yesterday on the occasion of the annual meeting of the Tlawern and Presbyterian Sunday Schools. It will interest beekeepers to know that Messrs. AY. Rowe and Co. are offering prizes for comb and chunk honey at the forthcoming Winter Show of the Taranaki Agricultural Society, on the same conditions as last year.' When the pupils of the Central and Courtenay street schools return to their studies after their vacation they will find a welcome improvement in the shape of newly-asphalted plav grounds. The work is at present in hand, and should mean dozens less colds next winter.

Yesterday morning Mr. Climie. consulting engineer to the Tiorough Council, made an inspection of the electric light generating works, with-a view to enquiring into the recent temporary shortage of water. Mr. Climie will not submit his report to the Council until he has inspected the tunnel. He will make the inspection at the end of the week. All those intending to assist in tho working bee at Paritutu to-day are requested to be on the ground by two o'clock or as soon afterwards as possible. Some tools will be provided by the committee, but those who can find it convenient to do so are requested to bring a spade or shovel or a pick axe or a fork. Afternoon tea will be provided.

A pleasant outing will he afforded those who patronise St. Mary's Sunday School picnic, which will he held to-day at Mr. ,T. H. Freethy's beautiful grounds. Frankleigii Park. The cool shade and delightful hush, with the charming garden walks and wealth of bloom should prove xcry attractive to all lovers of flowers and bpsh scenery. Scholars and teachers will assemble at the vhqolroom at 10.30 a.m. 'Buses for visitors will leave K-gp'onl street Corner at 2.30 and 3.30 during the afternoon.

At a meeting of the committes of the Agricultural Society tins week, members discussed the question of getting exhibits from outside country districts to the show. Mention was made of the fact that there were manv farmers who had perhaps two or three =how cattle on their farms hut they could not spare the necessary time to' drive them to and from the show, otherwise they would exhibit them. The meeting instructed, the secretary to confer with all probable country exhibitors with a view to engaging drovers to bring in the stock from the different districts.

The following occurs in the annual report of the Polynesian Society:-—"Our library qontinues' to increase, "so much so that measures will shortly have to be taken to provide further accommodation. To this the council has given its attention with a view to endeavourinj to procure a site and the means of erecting thereon a suitable building. But un to this date the negotiations are not sufficiently advanced to make any definite statement. It is somewhat disappointing that members do not make a greater use of the librarv. notwithstanding that Mr. W. W. Smith is in attendance one evening in each week to issue books."