LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The name of Mr A; E. Sykes was omitted from the list, of those who attended the meeting of the committee at which proposals were formulated for carrying on the New Plymouth Winter Show. : The Fitzroy Ratepayers' Association decided on Friday evening that a deputation consisting of Messrs E. Griffiths, R. L. Parkin, S. J. Smith, J. Kibby and Kairhall should wait on the railway district traffic manager to request that the mail trains, inward and outward, should stop at Fitzroy station. It was pointed out that such a stop would be a convenience to the residents of Fitzroy and 83 far westward as Hobson Street* The Wellington Returned Soldiers' Association on Friday night passed a strongly-worded resolution protesting against Mr Hornsby's recent criticisms of the conduct of some sections of a deputation that lately waited on the Premier at the House of Parliament. The resolution urged returned soldiers to oppose Mr Hornsby's candidature at next election.—Press Association. A round table conference took place in New Plymouth on Saturday morning between representatives of the Borough of New Plymouth and the County of Taranaki with Mr W. D. Craven, constructional engineer, and representative of the Standard Oil Company of New York on the matter of roading materials, Mr Craven's mission to the Dominion being to prospect the market for the supply of bitumen or oilier such road surfacing materials There was also with Mr Craven, Mr W. F. Cuthbertson, a director of the engineering firm of Chambers and Son. The borough representatives present were the Mayor (Mr C. 11. Burgess). Councillors A. S. Brooker and V. H. S. Griffiths, Messrs F. T. Bellringer (town clerk), W. H. Cook (engineer), and R. H. Hartley (electrical engineer): and Mr J. S. Connett. (chairman) and R, D. Climie (engineer) represented the county. During the course of the discussion Mr Craven said unless the traffic warranted it, county.' districts would not be justified in putting down concrete roads. In America concrete roads were put down 10 feet wide for £ 5000 per mile. He expressed an opinion to the effect that with the amount of roads needed in the Dominion a cheaper method would have to be found for the construction of the foundation, and the cost of maintenance would have to be reduced. Tie submitted samples of the surfacing materials in which his principals were dealing. r Incidentally he stated he was gratified to find the progress made in the Taranaki district in the matter of road-making. It was much ahead of the South Island with which he had been somewhat disappointed. The Saturday half holiday question came up at the meeting of the Eltham J Countr Council on Saturday. Mr W. P. Kirkwootl. honorary secretary to the universal Saturday half holiday conference, wrote forwarding a report of the conference nnrl asking for a donation of ]os towards the expenses. The council was also asked to appoint Saturday, at its meeting in January, the half holiday for the district. The chairman and several councillors said thev were not favorable to the Saturday half holiday and the letter was merely received.

A London cable' says that Sir Thomas •-Mackenzie presented the Mayor of Torquay with a New Zealand flag in appreciation of th<> municipality's hospitality to troops. Torquay was the New Zealand discharge depot in England. The port of New Plymouth appeared unusually busy yesterday. The Home liner Karamea berthed on Saturday, and the small scow Tukua arrived the same evening, while yesterday afternoon three other vessels entered the port—the ICakapo, Karu and Baden Powell, all coming from Wellington. The Royal Albert Medal, which was awarded to the late Arthur H. Ambury for his gallant action in connection with tlip tragedy on Mt. Egmont last year, Will be presented to his next-of-kin by the Governor-General at the ceremony at Theatre on. Wednesday morning. The secretary of the Tikorangi Coop. Dairy Co. -writes:---"In the list of dairy c-ornpanies and their payments for the past season, the Tikorangi Co. is erroneously placed under the heading of cheese factories. The company made butter and casein, and consequently should be placed at the head of the butter companies with a combined payment of 23.25 d. At a meeting of the executive of the New Plymouth branch of the Jersey Cattle Breeders' Association on Saturday, special reference was made to the work of a number of local breeders who had assisted in levelling and improving the judging ring at the Waiwakaiho show grounds. * The committee also decided to vote the sum of £5 to the A. and P. Society towards the cost of erecting a suitable fence around the ring. A New Plymuoth resident states he caught a small swarm of bees in February last, in numbers that Jie could pack up in his hands. With judicious care and attention, ten frames 'have been drawn out and filled so well this early spring with brood- that a swarm was thrown off yesterday. There was a doubt whether such a swarm, a mere handful, put on new sheets of foundation combs so late in the last season, could survive the winter, but the owner is naturally pleased at having so good a swarm early in October. At the meeting of the Eltham County Council on Saturday Cr. McWilliams.expressed annoyance with neighboring counties who failed to make provision for giving certain settlers access to their properties as a result of which Eltham County had sometimes to provide the roads without having the power to collect the rates. The chairman (Cr. C. J. Belcher) sai#' that anyone doing excessive damage to the roads by heavy traflic as instanced by Cr. McWilliams could be called upon by the council to make good the damage. ''Christmas hams will be a rarity and whoever gets one will be a lucky man," remarked Mr A. Morton, chairman of directors of the Inglewood Bacon Co., on Saturday, when referring to the decrease in the production of pigs. In explanation, he said that whereas Inglewood factory usually had 2500 hams accumulated in stock at this time of the year for the Christmas trade, this year they had none. People would have to look elsewhere for their 'Christmas ham, he added, and they were not to be found. The municipal open-air band concert season opened auspiciously yesterday afternoon, when the Citizens' l Band gave a recital at; the breakwater. The weather was all that could be desired, and tile crowd which gathered was considered by many as a record. No doubt the fact that the committee had been successful recently in inducing Mr McLeod to refuse overtures from other towns had something to do with the attendance and was a mark of the public appreciation of Mr McLeod's services to the community as conductor of the band. The programme submitted, was a lengthy ope, though some of the items it had been intended should be played were omitted on account of the number of requests received for particular selections from those present. The recital concluded at' a little after 4.30. The collection which goes to the band funds, amounted to £2G, and constituted a record. The opening of the beautiful grounds of ''Brooklands" and "Maranui," by Messrs- Newton King and T. C. List, yesterday afternoon afforded a large number of residents and visitors a delightful opportunity of seeing what are undoubtedly some of the very finest results in horticulture that could be seen in any part of the Dominion, and expressions of appreciation were heard on every hand both of the beauties of the grounds and the generosity of the ownejs in opening them to the public. MiKing's calceolarias make a remarkably fine display, as did also the beds of gorgeously colored tulips and the flowering shrubs. 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