NEW PLYMOUTH.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1869, 19 December 1884, Page 2

NEW PLYMOUTH.

(From.:qiir, own Correspondent.)

" The people pf.&ew, Plymouth have almost entirely-given up the idea pf, haying any sufahYer-: weather, -During the' past •Wfl'B i fe.'df\; t*o,it' has been unusually rough,, accompanied by a very heavy-sea. On Saturday, December 6, .B<?veraJ. of. the. large blooks-of which the breakwater is composed, weighing some twenty or twenty-five tonß, were swept" completely oyer. Thoy were lying loose upon the top at,the time, preparatory to being placed in position. Steps have, however, been taken for their-recovery, as they .prevented steamers from coming alongside. The Spring Show of the Taranaki Horticultural Society was held in the Alexandra Hall, on Tuesday last, and was most successfulin -every respect. The exhibits were numerous, and for quality-could not be surpassed. The display- of flowers was teafly n'ne,-cora-posed as it was .of, many choice and rare 1 varieties/,. Vegetables; too,, were jbove: ,-tbo; some splendid samples of peas, beftrisj-'a'nd' new potatoes being exhibited, In fruit, the exhibits were rather- scarce (owing to the great amount.of wet weather experienced here lately). The show was mostly composed of strawberries, and gooseberries,' but one dish of cherries making their appearance.' The quality however, was remarkably good., One, very noticeable teature of. the Show was a competition' in hand- bouquets by children, and the taste andjkill with which they were arranged Bhewed many of (lie competitors, were quite adeptsjn the art. of flower arranging.. Iti tlieleyening a promenade concert' was. given, when the hall, was filled td' its. utmost limits. A. well-arranged. m the aw;

clienco, arid was thoroughly' appreciated. The Society k to be congratulated upon the merits of its first show, which.i was an unqualified success, So-the extension of the railway 'to Motiiroa is- to be at last ;witrl). s At" a special meeting of the Wo v lip ; '-&ou'ncil last '"week, the foljowipg .telegram (which I clip from the .iNe.vrd.y.^as received from-the Hon. Sir Hiohardsotij' Minister",for Public Works, in answer to oheibrwardejd by<: His .'Worship the; : Mayor upon the subject :-•' Wm. Bayly, Esq.,, Mayor; —Your of .'yesterday's date .received.. Instructions have been .given to prepare contract for extension to the Breakwater, and the work will be put in hand as soon as preliminaries completed. ..This is the only work the Government will have in the neighborhood." T'liis will- be a boon to .the business portion of the : town, as. atpresent tradesmen have to put up with a great deal of inconvenience and excense in getting their goods forwarded, to and from the Breakwater. It 'will also- give work to the unemployed, mauy of whose families have, during -the past month or two; been entirely maintained by the Benevolent So-: ciety.' -.'; (;' : "\

Some people- certainly have comical ideas in thetfay. of.advertising. The WaitaracorrespondeHtof thai"Daily" .■News':States:-"'Th'efol)o'ifiiig amusing notice is- ]tut- iii-tho - .windowofV storflr-not a hundred miles"Frbni: Stratr ford.'—' Lost.—A slur, -branded ■2fi" 'on the milking.aide'",z The follpjyipg, is;',vouched" for..(fchr-oiigh : -ihe:i:.sftme. agency).as giving" an idea of the immense "speed' the 'trains j»o on£"Bnd •what 'the ..'settlers, do.' W increasft'M'. rate 1 of travelling on tlie ; -i'ail war lerW -" An elderly' "woman was ; fieen. frantically waving' Her hand for'lhe )rain to stop: as it neared Maniita'hi'.' Stop it did, in a few seconds, when she coolly, stepped up to the guard and asked him if he could ..change her '&■■ oxb Pousj) note; -The guard':bbKgingly changed it. The. pld -lady %t;it in ber r p6dket ( ' tiirhed around, and said: 'Good' morning; that's all I Wanted—you can go on now.?"" ' -■ On^e' oXTivffinak'i'i ot^3V : bu ild' nga-r the Masonic "Hotel—built some forty years' ago, but whioh has teen untenant ted during the past- two years, is being -demolished. . The. site' -Jim' recently -been.purchased by' '.the Bank.of New Zealand foe £6OOO, and' jt ;U: intended to ; >rtci : new, premises/upon the spot .Shortly. ■ '::,.''■ • '• ."■ •.:'•••> - ,;• -■;