LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 October 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The official inauguration of the New Plymouth harbor extension scheme will take place on Friday afternoon next at I 3 o'clock, when a blast that has been prepared will he electrically fired by the chairman of the Board. In negotiating one of the gangways of the liner Karamea on Sunday afternoon, a youth slipped and fell into the water between the wharf and the vessel. Luekily s he was not injured during the fall. A rope was immediately lowered to him and he was hau l ee t7p on to the wharf little the worse for his 1 unceremonious dip. The provisional directors of the Gisborne hydro-electric scheme have been advised that the Minister of Public Works has consented to issue a license, provided the capital of £70,000 is subscribed within five months. It is anticipated that there will be no difficulty in securing the necessary capital locally- _ The Borough Council last night decided to make another "request" stopping place on the Vogeltown 'bus route at the Corner of Currie Lane. The question of fares for school children over 12 years of age was raised by Cr. Griffiths, but consideration was deferred, pending a comprehensive report on the matter by the electrical engineer and tramways manager. In the Magistrate's Court yesterday, Henry F. Oallaghan was charged with drunkenness, for the third ui»s witnui six months. He asked to be given a chance and said he was willing to have a prohibition order taken out against him. The Magistrate (Mr. T. A. B. Bailey) took into consideration the fact that accused had a wife and family to support, and merely convicted him and ordered Mm to come up for sentence if called upon. The prohibiton order was made A concert in aid of the Plunket Society will be given in the Good Tern, plar Hall on November 20. The proceeds are to swell the takings of the flower stall on Dominion Baby Day. This stall will be under the management of Mesdames Millar and StuartRussell and Miss Wade, with a bevy of young lady helpers. Promises of flowers for this very deserving cause tvill be gladly received. Particulars of the concert will be given later. The Canterbury Petroleum Prospecting Company's well at Chertsey has been drilled to a depth of 2076 ft., and the casing is down 2058 ft. states a southern exchange. The ground traversed for the last sixty feet has been very close clay, varying from yellow to blue. A suppiv of 5-inch casing has been obtained from New Plymouth. Two thousand five hundred feet of .four-inch casing has been ordered from Canada. When the transport Cordoba was a few days out from England a stowaway, aged 12, appeared on deck. It appears that the lad had been living at the village of Bulford, in Wiltshire, just on the outskirts of Sling Camp, where he had acted in various capacities from rouseabout to cook's "oft'-sider-" Not Wishing to be separated from his "di".. ger" pals, he persuaded a soft-hearted cook to stow him away on the troopship. The youngster was given work on the ship as a brass-boy. A few days out from Durban the kindly padre of the troopship and the Y.M.C.A. secretary organised a collection on behalf of the young stowaway, and before arriving at Durban the delighted boy was presented with £24. Prior to reaching "Wellington, a further collection was "made, and a substantial sum banded over to the boy. To complete his cup of happiness a well-known farmer returning to the North Island took charge of him and has guaranteed to look after him, and give him work on his farm. A boy with sufficient grit to embark on a trip of over 13,000 miles, not knowing what awaited him on arrival at his journey's end, should develop into a worthy New Zealander, On Thursday neat, at the Town Hall, Inglewood, a pierrot ball will be held under the auspices of the Inglewood Ladies' Patriotic League; The proceeds are in aid of the Inglewood Soldiers' Club. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Co. Ltd. wish to notify clients that they are holding a horse fair in their Stratford yards on Saturday next, 18th. inst-, at I p.m. Full particulars will be found on page S of this issue. When your little child is hot. restless and feverish, with a fresh cold, don't delay but immediately give NAZOL on sugar and sprinkle freely a handkerchief with NAZOL and pin to the dress so that the child can inhale it constant-