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Taranaki Daily News, 7 February 1922, Page 4

The extension of the electric light mains in the following streets was authorised by the New Plymouth Borough Council last night: South Road, Misaion Hill. £210; Dorset Avenue £57; Ropiha Street £4O. These were adopted as recommendations from the electric light committee, who also advised that other applications for extensions should be deferred. The council is to notify the Astronomical Society that it is unable to extend the electric light to the observatory.

The position in regard to the accommodation of overseas ships at the port of New Plymouth, which had become acute during last week, has now been temporarily relieved. The large number of arrivals from overseas recently made it necessary to anchor several vessels in the stream, in some cases for days, until berths were available. Ihe Waikawa completed discharging her American cargo yesterday and sailed for Adelaide, and the Cape May was berthed to discharge oils and general cargo from America. The next large vessel will be the Oitangata, from Newcastle, via Auckland, which should arrive here on Thursday. Several other oversea ships are due during the month. Concessions to bandsmen travelling by tram to recitals were dealt with by the New Plymouth Borough Council last night. It was decided that the previous resolutions in regard to permitting bandsmen in uniform to travel free on the tramways should be rescinded and the following substituted: “That the electrical engineer be instructed to permit members of the 4th Wellington (Taranaki Rifles) band in uniform to travel free on the tramways to all municipal recitals and to all recitals iriven by the band at the Breakwater; that when recitals (other than munici-* pal recitals) are given elsewhere the band should make special application.

Hats and caps are cheaper at the Melbourne, Ltd. Read these prices: Island hats, fine plait, 1/11; pure fur felt hats, in plain velour, reduced from 3a/- to 19/6• wool felt hats, 9/6; men’s panamas from’ 10/6; boys’ panamas, 8/6; ladies Un trimmed panamas from 8/ll»