LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The gate receipts at the AucklandSpringboks match were £2lOO, and at the second test match £44oo.—Press Association. “It’s a mud road, with a well-grown gorse hedge down the centre.” said the Mayor (Mr. F. E. Wilson) at last meeting of th£ New Plymouth Borough Council in describing Gladstone Road. The council was discussing the question of widening the road, and eventually decided that no action be taken. At last night's meeting the New Plymouth Borough Council accepted a tender for the re varnishing of the electric ’bus, the estimated time for the carrying out of the work being ten days. Ur. Blackball had moved that no tender be accepted, as he considered the price ( £2O) was “an absolute imposition,” but the motion lapsed for want of a seconder.

According to information obtained by the New Plymouth Borough Council, the cost of an eectric ’bus similar to the oilc at present in commission would be in the vicinity of £3OOO. The information was elicited as the result of inquiries made by a deputation of Westown ratepayers which recently waited on the council to discuss the question of procuring another vehicle. The report of the librarian (Mr. J. H. Beattie) received by the New Plymouth Borough Council per medium of the Carnegie Institute committee states: Since last meeting of the committee 19 new members have joined and 11 subscriptions lapsed, a net increase of 8 sub scribers. During the same period 125 new books were placed on the shelves, and 123 of these came under the heading of fiction. The reading room downstairs and magazine room upstairs have been very well patronised during ticwinter months and public interest continues to be satisfactorily sustained in the activities of both library and miiseum.

In response to an application for permission to establish a stand for the sale of fruit in Brougham Street (near Devon Street) the New Plymouth Borough Council last night decided as follows: “That in future no license or permit be granted under by-laws 1531 or 1533, except in cases where the applicant is acting on behalf of a charitable institution. or of a society or committee formed for the purpose of raising funds for a public or charitable purpose, each of which will be considered by the council on its merits, and decision will be given by resolution.” It was explained that this would not prevent the issue of the ordinary hawker’s license, but was intended to apply to the street corner vendor.

"Ratepayers have a perfect right to express their opinions, but the officers of the council should not be brought into it,” said the Mayor (Mr. F. E. Wilson) at last night’s meeting of the New Plymouth Borough Council. This comment was made when a letter was received' from Mr. C. Carter inviting the Mayor, councillors and officials to attend a ratepayers’ meeting to be held to-night for fne purpose of discussing the hydro-electric scheme, and more particularly matters affecting a survey to ascertain wha/t further water was available. On the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Or. Blackball, it was decided that the officials should not attend in their executive capacity. The seconder remarked that the officers could be present as ratepayers.

The results of the annual Scripture examination held in connection with the Auckland Sunday School Union, in which schools from all parts of the Domimon eat, show that, in comparison with the other competing schools, the scho’ars of the New Plymouth Baptist Schools hove acquitted themselves remarkably well, prizes having been gained by Mr. E. H. Rowntree and Miss Daisy Blackmore, while honors certificates went to Misses Helen Valentine, Ivy Bennett, Winnie James, Cecily Elliot and Doreen Ambury, and first-class certificates to Misses Margaret Hogarth. Dorothy Bennett, Mary Thomas, Phyllis Saunders, Matilda Knofflock; Lizzie Elliot, Nora Ambury, Audrey Hay, Fay Wright, Eric Toiiks. David Elliot and Murray Gaddes. Other awards were: Secondclass certificate, Walter Elliot. Passed, Lewis McCann, Edward Knofflock and Sydney Tonka.

On a'charge of forging and uttering a cheque for £l7 at New Plymouth on Friday a young man, Reginald Woodward, alias “Redge Woods,” was brought before Mr. H. R. Cattley, J.P., in the Now Plymouth Court yesterday. On the application of Detective-Sergeant Cooney a remand was granted until September 12. The accused was arrested at the racecuorso on Saturday by De-tective-Sergeant Cooney as the result of information given by Mr. G. V. Lambert, manager for W. T. Hookham, clothier, New Plymouth, who said that accused qame to the shop on Friday and purchased a hat for £l, tendering a cheque for £l7. which he asked Ixim-bert to cash. Some inquiries were made regarding the cheque and Dambert was assured by accused and a companion who was with him that it was alright, and that Gilmour was a well-known man of Waverley. The cheque was then cashed and when it was taken to the bank the following day Lambert learned there was no branch of the Bank of New Zealand at Waverley. He at once put the matter in the hands of the police, and Woodward was taken into custody in the afternoon. When the remand was granted bail was asked for and was subsequently granted in accused’s o-wn recognisance of £5O, two t sureties of £5O each and one of £lOO.

In this issue are advertised particulars of St. Andrew’s Spring Flower and Bulb Show in the Town Hall, Inglewood. Entries close with the secretary on the 14th instant, and the committee are sparing no pains to make the show a success.

At an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Equitable Building Society, held at the Secretary’s office last evening, two appropriations of £250 were disposed of by tender. Ten tenders were lodged, ranging from £9O to £5O for each appropriation of r £250. Two tenders for £9O were lodged, but as one member required £250 only, it was decided, in accordance with rule, to grant the other m'ember the second appropriation under offer, with the option of taking the next £250 accumulated. In these days of disease and epidemics, sanitary shaving is essential. Business and professional men require to be shaved daily or on alternate days. To the particular man a saloon where every instrument used is sterilised is a boon. Preece's hairdressing saloon is specially fitted up with all sterilising appliances. Five chairs, skilled craftsmen, and no delay, at Preece’s. Devon Sri'ant. Central.'

I A meeting of New Plymouth ratepayers i has been called for to-night by the Ratepayers’ Association to consider the question of taking a survey to definitely ascertain the extent of the power available beyond that provided by the scheme now being carried out.

A meeting of the committee of the combined ratepayers’ associations of East End and Fitzroy was held on Saturday night, when the question of the protection of the pavilion was discussed. It was eventually agreed to ask the Borough Council to erect a permanent sea wall in front of the building, or, failing that, to have the pavilion removed to the freehold portion of the reserve between the railway line and Devon Street.

The first concert of the New Plymouth Girl Peace Scouts was held in St. Mary’s Hall on Saturday evening, and it proved a success in every way. The programme, embracing dancing, drill and singing, was contributed entirely by the girls, and deserved the Appreciation it received at the hands of the audience, which, though youthful, was strong in numbers. The Rev. F. G. Harvie said a few words at the opening. Misses Harding and Berridge, scout-mistresses, worked very hard to make the concert the success it was.

Reporting to yesterday’s meeting of the Taranaki County Council, the chairman (Mr. J. S. Connett) stated that the Auditor-General had notified his intention of re-opening the question of adjustment of accounts between the Inglewood and Taranaki counties. Representatives of both parties had since met in Wellington, and an amicable arrangement was arrived at. The terms would be embodied in the Auditor-General’s report. The Council passed a resolution thanking the delegates, the chairman, Ct*. A. Morton, and the clerk (Mr. R. Ellis).

Lord Northcliffe, speaking of his visit to King George V. Hospital at Rotorua, expressed himself as highly pleased with the institution. He found it so interest, ing that, instead of spending a comparatively few minutes there as intended, he spent about a couple of hours. He was particularly impressed with the vocational training department and that for infantile paralysis patients. He was much struck by the fact that the hospital had its own natural hot baths, and was probably the only hospital in the world'to have them.

At yesterday’s meeting the Taranaki County Council passed a resolution expressing approval of x the Harbor Board’s efforts in endeavoring to carry out the extension works by the best means available. The mover (Cr. Andrews) said this task was the most important one in the whole district. The views were endorsed by Cr. S. Vickers. In seconding the motion he remarked that at a recent meeting, fairly representative of the farmers of the district, speakers had unanimously favored pushing on with the harbor works, and. while they regretted the destruction of Paritutu, the feeling was that the board were quite within their rights, and were also choosing the proper course in the circumstances.

“What is our position in relation to the Health Department?” asked Cr. S. Vickers at the monthly meeting of the Taranaki County Council yesterday. The councillor proceeded to state that certain advice had been sent out by the Health Department in regard to precautions against epidemics. He desired to know if the council had received such a notice, and whether they v/ere also entitled to a copy of the health inspector’s monthly report. The control of such matters had been taken from hospital boards and given to local bodies, but ho did not know how the council stood. The clerk (Mr. R. Ellis) replied that no notice had been received from i the department. In regard to the inspector they did not get his report, although they contributed a quota towards the salary. Cr. Vickers said the position seemed to be that the council had the privilege of contributing to the cost of health inspection, plus their hospital levy, and had no voice afterwards. The council decided that enquiries be made from the department as to the position. Says Saturday’s Wanganui Chronicle: The New Plymouth hydro-electric controversy is interesting in that it deals with a situation such as Wanganui is faced wth. Despite the. recommendations of experts, public opinion, and a substantial number of councillors, the Mayor is stubbornly standing by his own opinion. The position, in a nutshell, is as follows: The Council has been engaged carrying out a scheme which is estimated to give a certain horse-power. A prospective customer is prepared to take 4000 horse-power if the Council can supply it, and also offers to finance the Council. The present scheme, however, will not give sufficient surplus ovfer more local requirements to allow the Council to entertain this large supply. Engineers report that additional water can be brought in to give extra power. A definite survey to ascertain these facts would cost £2OO to £3OO. The revenue from the 4000 h.p. would be anything from £OOOO to £25,000 per annum. The Mayor’s action is as inexplicable as that of some of the Wanganui borough councillors.

Farmers having calfskins for disposal should forward same to L. A.'Nolan and Co. in time for the sale on Tuesday next. The prices at the last sale were up to 1/6 per lb. Newton King, Ltd., are selling a large quantity of timber at Rahotu aaleyards on Thursday morning next. See advt. Flowers and shrubs sometimes grow in most unlikely places, and while a shrub may grow on a church roof, that is not always the moat convenient place for it to be seen. If you attend t'he Whiteley Spring Show on the Bth ,9th and 10th inst., you will find that every attention has been given to' ensure your comfort whilst there.

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