NEW PLYMOUTH

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2068, 14 August 1885, Page 2

NEW PLYMOUTH

(Prom Our o\yn Correspondent) At the last meeting of the Harbor Board, the Engineer reported that during the past five weeks, 83 concrete blocks had been made, containing 1076 cubic yards, at (. cost of £llß2 5s 7d. In this work 1030 casks of cement had been used, costing £798 ss, Ho also reported he had surveyed a rock called the " Firling Rock," and put a drive m it, with tlio intention of blasting down a quantity of stone for use during the summer months. The report was considered very satisfactory by the members. During the progressof the meeting, the question of voting a sum of money towards the formation of a new street from the centre of the town to the railway station was brought up, The proposed street will run through the Harbor Reserves, and thus increase their value considerably, After discussion, the Board decided to appoint a committee of three memhers, with power to expend a sum not exceeding £3OO on the work. The several other local bodies of the town will probably also vote a sum of money for this • work, representations having been made to each about the matter,

A cargo of 3,000 casks of commit arrived here last week from London by the ship Soukar. It is expected the tendering of the vessel willbe completed about the beginning of the coming month. Hor destination from here is not certain.

In connection with the proposal to start a Meat Tinning Company in this district, a telegram states that a definite offer of £B,OOO has been received by one of the promoters from Wellington capitalists, which sum they propose to embark in this enterprise. With such encouragement as this from outsiders, the floating of the Company should be assured.' A meeting will be held shortly, at which the reports of thi various working committees appointed in the district ■ will be be produced. _ The native chief Tohu (Te Whiti's lieutenant) has apparently been on the sick list. The A.C. Medical' received a Government telegram the other day, requesting'his attendance upon the chief at rarihaka. Tohu's illness, however, turned out to be nothing very serious,' as the doctor reported only a disordered liver, and want of exercise.

A Parihaka ljiifivo naipd "Hemi Haere has been involving himself pretty deeply here. He was brought'up at the Police Court on Friday last, charged with stealing a watch and chain from Te Whiti, Tun., and. also issuing valueless cheques, Hq meet's wjtl{ n<j sympathy 4 the hands of his qwh people,' it'beitig 'principally through their help that he was arrested. The case was adjourned till next week, to allow the attendance of several witnesses from a distance. His conviction, however, appears almoafc certain, as lie is a noted thief, ami the eyidence is strongly 't yery illiis'mtjoi} of the craftjnesj of'this follow was sflyan upon hia arrest. The police, as is usual in these cases, searched l]im when arrested, bi)t could find no trace of the missing articles. Upon removal to the gaol, he was again searched by the the warders, who, upon stripping him, discovered the watch, oto., hidden under his armpit. Several of our local " sports" indulged in a pigeon-shooting match on Wednesday. Twenty-two birds were used in the match, and of this number only five escaped the keen eyes and murderous volleys of tha sportsmen.

The Mokau Coal Company appears tq be forging ahead slowly but surely, Ify tho report 'fie last meeting, I see that the present weekly output is 50 tons, that two entrances are now being driven, and that this month they will be so advanced under the rook to be compelled to chamber, and by this means will bo enabled to turn out any quantity that may bo required, Tho directors are now fully confident of the ultimate success in the working quarters of the mines. Up to the present no obstruction n.or accident has beon met with in working, and it is saic} t)iat already more has beim accomplished'with a'snifjjl outlay of money " than; has" yet been recorded in the annals of coal mining. The consumption of the local' krticle has and : jbo iis superiority'|>o' the' 'generality pf importations will soon beoom'e more favorably known. ■