LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 January 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In reply to a question at last night's meeting of the New Plymouth Borough Council' the electric tramways manager stated that the electric bus would in all probability be ready for commission in a fe.v week's. The body was expected to be completed in about ten days

At kst night's meeting of the Borough Council reference was made to the clearing up of Marsland Hill by the local gaol authorities, iind it was decided to forward a. letter of thunks to the department for the satisfactory manner in which the work was carried out. A Maori (George Kairimu) who was arrested in Devon Street 011 Saturday afternoon while in an intoxicated condition, was brought before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., yesterday morning, and wis convicted and discharged. A statutory first eilVi'.der was similarly dealt with on Saturday morning. A Biverlea resident informs the Eltlmm Argus that influenza is now ravaging the Riverlea district, whole families being down with it. He thinks the majority of cases are not severe, nevertheless the doctor from kaponga is being kept very busy visiting lliverlea

Sir Robert Stout, who had been invited to give an address at the prim-giving ceremony in connection with the Girls' High School, will not be in New Plymouth on the date in question, February 7. Jt was resolved last evening to invite the judge who will be presiding at the Supreme Court sessions here at that time.

The Minister of Education has notified the New Plymouth High Schools Boaru that, should his duties permit, he will be pleased iaccept the Board's invitation to attend the official opening of the new boys' school, which will take place in March. The school will, it is expected, be available for occupation by the boys at t!ie commencement of the new term.

At the quarterly meeting of officials of the Now Plymouth Methodist Circuit, hehl last night, reference was made to the 50th anniversary of the date of the massacre of the llcv John Whiteley, which falls on February 13. It .was decided to hold suitable recognition services.

The Taranaki Chamber of Commerce has written to the Parliamentary industries Committee, in reply to a communication from that body, inviting them to come to New Plymouth, and stating that if they did, evidence would probably be given in relation to the oil boring, iron-* sand smelting, and dairying industries, and also on the matter of hydro-electri-cal power development i The suitability of pinus insignia for butter boxes is being tested by experiments carried out by Mr H. 0. Kingsland, of Nelson. He has forwarded to the Agricultural Department three boxes of butter, which have been stored at the framing works, Stoke. The butter will be kept for three months, and the condition then reported on by the Dairy Division

In our report oi the discussion on the annual report of the chairman of the New Plymouth Harbor Board, at last Friday's meeting, it was made to appear that the reclamation work at the breakwater will be contingent upon the carrying of the loan for the proposed harbor extensions. There is an inadvertent omission,from the report, as it is the intention of the Board tc at once commence the work of reclamation Application for sites for buildings have already been received by the Board. Ratepayers in tt„j Moa Road District are notified that Mr. R. 0. Ellis will attend at the Moa Road Board oflice on Wednesday next, the 22nd inst., for the purpose of receiving rates. This will be the last visit before the ten per cent, penalty is added. "NAZQL" for Influanm-aad-Cfttarth. -

The sale advertised by the Farmers' Co-operative Organisation Society of N.Z., Ltd., on account of the executors of the late Frank Drosdenski's estate, to have been held at tlie Inglewood j avds to-morrow (Wednesday) lias besn jjt-at-poned indefinitely. ] The Melbourne, Ltd., offer two stunning lines of Panama hats for the hot weather, namely; One a particularly line: neat shaped hat for men,at 19/0 and a line for boys and youths at 8/0. These two lines are quite the best value on the market to-day. When the question of the dog tax was before the Borough Council lust night, Cr. Hayden suggested that the fee should be made double the usual amount as there were uumberless dogs about the town which were a post, and if people would not keep them under proper control they should be made to pay. He said there were half a dozen dog-lights in Devon Street every few minutes. It was pointed out that the Council had power to deal with stray dogs which did not bear registration marks, and to have them destroyed. It was decided to call the attention of the inspector to the matter.

The question of tarring the Carrington jßoad was mentioned by Cr. Browne at last night's meeting of the Council, who asked if the road was going to be tarred up to the end of the new work recently completed. At present the tarring stopped at the Vivian Street bridge. The engineer stated that he had some work to do on the road and that the tarring referred to would cost about £SO. Cr. Short said lie understood the whole of the new formation would be tarred. It -was decided to do tho work subject to the approval of the chairman of the Finance Committee.

In response to a circular from the Repatriation Board, the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce has nominated three members, from whom the Board will) select one to aet as the Chamber's representative- on the local Repatriation Committee which it is intended to set up. Th* 1 Chamber's nominees are Messrs T. FuiU-ii:,', jnr., R. W. D. Robertson, and ]£. Whittle. It is intended that each local committee shall have an executive committee of five members, on which shall !>a representatives of tii« Returned Soldiers' Employers' and Employees' Associations. The mauibei'3 of the executive will be paid one guinea pel day for each meeting attended, and ivct.ual travelling expenses incurred. The matter of making New Plymouth a direct port of call in ve-,.wls from overseas has been receiving further attention at the hands of the local Chamber of Commerce recently. The secretary has communicated with ail the local agents for the overseas shipping companies, asking if any, and what, guarantees would be required in order to secure that vessels would come direct to New Plymouth with imports for local merchants. If the shipping companies' replies are favorable it is expected steps will be taken which will induce something in the nature of a direct service to the local port at fairly rerular intervals.

Speaking at the meeting of tho High Schools' Hoard iast. night iu regard to the contract for .-,upp! ! es at the boarding establishment, Mr. J ;S. Fox, a member of the committee, stated that they had agreed that the present grocery contract should continue for six months. Prices, he said, were wonderfully cheap, and he thought the board had saved hundreds of pounds in tho past- There was ft probability that prices might go down shortly, so fresh tenders would .be called H six months. The price of bread, however, Had gone up considerably, for. whereas last year tiiey obtained their bread at Sd for the 'llb loaf, the tender this year wp* TO-J. This would initio a difference of £IOO on the nine months' supplv of bread, and the price was subject to a further rise if ilour increased in price.

The .Education Department has issued a circular giving instructions, prepared with the assistance of the Department of Public Health, for school-cleaning and disinfection. The opening paragraph states that the recent- epidemic has drawn pointed attentiofi to the insanitary state of many houses and other dwellings, and has emphasised the necessity of improving the existing conditions. The time is, therefore, opportune for securing the adoption of more effective methods of cleansing school premises. A sura had been provided to supplement the ordinary school committee allowances, in order to provide, inter alia, for the thorough cleansing and disinfection of schools before re-opening. Widespread satisfaction will be experienced that the efforts of the .taranaki Education Board and educationists in Stratford for -the erection of a high school for Stratford promise to bear fruit in the near future (says the Post), In pursuance, of the subject, Mr. It. Masters, chairman .of the Education Board, waited on the Minister of Education (Hon. Mr. llanan) at Wellington last week, and in the course of a lengthy interview placed before the Department the claims of the district for the erection of the school. The Minister decided to have plans prepared and submitted, to which he promised favorable consideration, and if approved cabinet would mako a grant towards the building. The Minister was entirely sympathetic, as may be gathered from his enthusiastic support of all matters pertaining to educational progress in the Dominion, and Mr. Masters anticipates that outside of the technicalities to be arranged in connection with the building, the district should shortly be in possession of a thoroughly up-to-date institution as desired. Facilities will be provided for education in fli subjects up to the University, and technical work adapted to the requirements of Taranaki, including an agricultural course, will be available for pupils; in fact, all branches of technical instruction for which students come forward will be provided. The value of such opportunity for the youth of the future cannot be .denied, and it is most pleasing to note that there is now this additional guaran- \ tea that the high standard of education associated with the Stratford School in the past can be continued lmdc-r improved conditions of site and stall.

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