LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Northern Advocate, 3 May 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Laurence, yesterday, David Taylor and George Donaldson were each fined £10 for deer poaching.

An Order-in-Council will be published this week protecting Pelorus Jack for a further term of three years. A penalty of not less than £5 or more than £100 has been fixed for any infringement of the order.

Last night's heavy downpour caused a considerable fresh in the Waiarohia and afforded further proof of the wisdom of the warnings which were given to provide a good long span for the new bridge in Walton Street.

Already a large number of inquiries have been made as to the purchase of Lux incandescent kerosene gas lamps, and it is probable that before the winter sets in most of the business places ii» the town will be lighted by Lux lamps.

From 24 hours ended 8 am. to-day the rainfall, was 4.27 inches. This is the heaviest rainfall for Whangarei for that period since Bth May, IJIO, when 8.6 inches was registered.

Owing the the exceptionally high tide and heavy rainfall last night, the Whangarei river was greatly swollen ai.d flooded Messrs McKinstry and Wilkinson's timber mill, necessitating the temporary cessation of work. The men resumed their work at noon today.

Mr Edward John Riddiford, one of the wealthiest settlers in the Dominion, died at Longburn yesterday, aged GS. He was the first child baptised in New Zealand by Bishou Selwyn. The deceased is reputed to have been the biggest graduated land-tax contributor in the Dominion. He leaves three sons and three daughters. One other son died a month ago.

General and Mrs Godley, with attending" officers, arrived at the Springs Hotel, Kamo, from Tangiteroria at about 8 o'clock last night. The party left this morning by special train for Kawakawa, and will return to Whangarei this afternoon. At 5 p.m. the General will meet the leading citizens in the Drill Hall, and the performance of "The Geisha" will be witnessed to-night.

Mr R. Mair supplies the following meteorological report for last month: The weather for April was characterised by frequent rains with the exception of the period from 4th to 15th, when scarcely any rain fell. From the loth till the end of the month there were two days only on which no rain fell. The total rainfall for the month of April was 7.47 inches., For April, 1910, the corresponding total was 3.82 inches. Rain was recorded on 20 days. The heaviest fall, 2.31 inches, occurred on the 19th. The temperature varied between 51 degrees on 25th and 74deg. on the sth, the mean temperature at 8 a.m. for the month being 62.83, as compared with 62.56 for April 1910 (taken at 9 a.m.).

This morning a slip in a cutting between Maromaku and Towai caused the 10.10 a.m. train from the former station to be delayed for fifteen minutes.

The stench coming out from Knight's butcher shop in Cameron street at midday to-day was, to use a common expression, enough to knock it man down. Whatever the smell came from, it was frequently apparent, was most objectionable and the meat for sale was openly exposed absorbing all that filled the atmosphere For the public good the Borough Inspector should investigate the sme-1. which is not only unpleasant, but might be the cause of an epidemic of sickness.