LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 December 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At last night's meeting of the New Plymouth Borough Council it was reported that a resolution passed hy the Pukekura Park Board had been received stating the Board welcomed the borough representatives at meetings and wished them to exercise the same voting privileges as other members of the Board.

The New Plymouth Borough Council last night decided that the consulting engineers be asked for an explanation as to the reason for the increase in their estimates for the hydro-electric works. The matter was discussed at the meeting of the Council last Monday, when several members expressed dissatisfaction with the estimates owing to the sroat advance between the original and latest iigurefi.

In conversation with Detective Sergeant Cummings, at Auckland, last week. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle highly complimented him on his work in the arrest of Dennis Gvmn and Samuel John Thorn. Sir Conan had become familiar with the various aspects of the two cases, and in his opinion Detective Cummings deserved the highest praise. Speaking of the police force generally, ho thought the members out here were very efficient; it was, indeed, a surprise to hint to iintl that they had made such great progress. , Sir Hcaton Rhodes informed a reporter that Cabinet had decided that there should be no annual camps this year, and it had further been decided that the full system of Territorial training should not be brought into operation for two years—that was, until 1023. That would enable the country to have the rest that was desired from defence training, so that the full man-power of the country might bo available for industry, and it would also enable the necessary preparations to. be made for the new scheme, so that in 1021) it could be brought into being without any disorganisation. In the meantime the training of officers and n.e.o.'s was proceeding, so that these men would be ready and fully trained to take over the reorganised Territorial units.

'Tim Village Blacksmith" will be one of the principal selections to be submitted at the bandsmen's Christmas benefit recital at Pukekura Park on Thursday night. This number will be presented in a somewhat different form than usual, being so arranged as to :iliow of varied "effects" being introduced, even to an imitation of our town clock chimes played on the splendid new set of tubular bells recently procured, the tone of which is said to be truly wm isrful. The proceeds are for the encouragement of our young local boys who form a large proportion of the baud at present. The "N T .Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.. wish to draw attention to the sale of hair they are holding at their auction rooms, Broadway, Stratford, on Saturday next, 18th December, at 12 noon, Ivy order of the Public Trustee, on account of the Estate of the late T. M. Smith. Full particulars on page 8 of this issue. A good useful Christmas present in the form of dainty high-class shoes, which will give tiie wearer lasting pleasure, can be obtained at Dockrill's Shoe House, Devon Street.

The removal of the headquarters of the Union Shipping Company to Wellington is an interesting event to Wellington. It is said that some 40 families will leave the ''Scottish city" to reside in Wellington, That the present season wall he a good one for- farmers is evidenced by the fact that the supply of the Moa Dairy Company, Ingle wood, greatly exceeds that of last season's. The company will distribute on the 20th of this month the sum of £10,597 0s 2d, exelusive of CRsein payments, aa against f1i442 10s 8d paid out on December 20, 11)10.

Oflieial figures published in the Darwin paper show that the Government ship John Alee carried nine tons of cargo last trip to Daly River. The journey occupied 14 days, and the cost was as follows: Loading over wharf at Darwin, £35; wages of crew of five men, £4! i; petrol fin;],. £(B; food, £2O; total, £lO4. The receipts from freight and four passengers were £24. Loading at Darwin took a whole day, hut the unloading at Daly River, with no wharf, cranes, etc., was done by a few blacks at the cost of half a dozen sticks of tobacco.

To-morrow afternoon, at the Workers' Hall, L. A. Nolan and Co. will conduct the sale of Mr. J. Blair Mason's furniture. The furniture is in splendid order, and includes an upright grand Beekstein piano. Inspection is invited on the morning of the sale.

The attention of home-seekers is directed to a sale by auction on Saturday next at Newton King, Ltd's, sale-roome of a 7-roomcd bouse with quarter-acre section, situated in Gill Street. At the same time will be offered 20 fully paid-up shares in the New Plymouth Sasli and Door Co.