The Daily News. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1900, LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 20, 13 October 1900, Page 2

The Daily News. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1900, LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wellington City Council has decided to borrow £60,000 to pat the streets in complete order. "A day will come," says Mr. Symes. "when the people will have the fteehold in spite of everyone." The People's Day at the Napier Agricultural Show was completely spoiled by the weather on iriday, and, although crowds came from the country districts, the Committee deemed it advisable to postpone till Monday. In the Electoral Reform Bill now before Parliament canvassing is declared a corrupt; act. This will prove a great relief both to candidates and electors. Au elderly woman named Mrs. Hawkins was charged at the Palmerston North Police Court on Friday with setting fire to her premises in Palmerston last month. The case is still proceeding. The Town Clerk desires to acknowledge the receipt of £2 8s from the Town Clerk, Opunake, for the Indian Famine Fund; also £ll3s 6d collected by Mr. AUweod, Harford Road. This fund, the Town Clerk informs us, is now closed, the total sum received being £221 3s. The barque Hippalos sailed on Friday from Westport for the Caroline Islands with a cargo of coal consigned to the German Company. The vessel has been delayed a fortnight pending a search for two deserting foreign sailors, who had not complied with the provisions of the Immigration Kestriction Act. The captain deposited £2OO with the Customs, the amount of the penalty, before leaving. The total proceeds of the late cantata " David," the Town Clerk informs us, were £lolos 3d, of this £6 (is was swallowed up in expenses, leaving a net balance of £5 Is for the Iroopers' Memorial Fund, It is understood that the Wellingtoa City Council has completed arrangements for the purchase of the Miramar estate, subject to the consent of the rat.ip3.yers, A similar proposal was made some years ago, during Air. Hell's mayoralty, but was rejected by the ratepayers. Tiro estate comprises the peninsula on which tbe forts arc situated, near ! the Heads, aw! in separated from Wellington Iby avails' Hay. It is proposed to cut the I greater portion of the estate into building ■ allotmenis, and eventually te extend the electric tram service to the locality. At the Police Court on Friday the follow-1 ing charges' for breaches of the Borough I by-law wore heard:—Frederick B. lioulton, driving round a corner at other than walking pace, lined Is without costs , Gustavo iioiu, furious driving, fined Is and costs 7s; Jirnesl tiarvey, riding a horse on the footpath in Pendaives-sireet, lined 2s 6d and 7s costs ; Walter Whitaker, the same in Elliot-street, tined 2s 6d and lis costs. Thos. Kdward Larking was brought up from Warea on a charge of lunacy and remanded for medical examination till the 15th.

The Field says that harvesting operations began in the south of Ireland as early as early as July 20tb, imported New Zealand oats being the first of the cereals fit for cutting, even those fields seeded from the produce of last season's importation being as a rule considefably in advance of the buls of these seeded in spring with ordinary homegrown grain. One of the returned troopers from South Africa says Canterbury is a perfect garden of Eden, and anyono who thinks otherwise should go to Africa for a few months. Further asked what he had missed most in South Africa, the man promptly replied, " Prime Canterbury."— Truth. At tiro annual meeting of the Victorian Dairymen's Association, the chairman, Mr. it. Wriglrtman, mentioned that the estimated production of butter for the coming year was 40,000 tons. Mr. Waller Ecwley, Sharebrolcer, Pevonilieet, t*'ew i'. : )inoiita pnys special attention to Otago and "West Coast dredging stocks, and, having reliable corresporiSents in both Idealities, is in a position to advise clients, investors can obtain all information in connection with dredging, and inspect, at lria office, the latest quotations, prospectuses oi most companies floated, and maps of all dtgdgiDj; elaiws, iuvitei—Advt,

The N orthera S.S. Company's new steamer, the Ngapuhi, arrived at Auckland at 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, all well. I On Wednesday, Mr. Newton Eing will hold a clearing sale of daily cattle on the Frankley Road, on account of Mr. T. Dobbin, who is giving up dairying. The cows ate a real good lot, and can be thoroughly recommended to anyone in want of first-olass milkers. Mr, Dobbin obtained the highest test for butter-fat at the Frankley Koad Factory last season.

The s.s. Kanieri will leave Waitara for Eawhia on Tuesday, 23rd inst., as advertised. The Registrar of the Supreme Court, on Thursday, on the application of Mr, Hughes, granted letters of administration of the estate of the late W. E. Valentine Meredith to his father, Mr. K. C. Meredith, of Eoru. The late W. E. Valentine Meredith died at Ladysmith on the 10th of August, and at his death was employed as a guard on the Natal railways, One of the trustees in the estate which is the subject of litigation in the Supreme Court in Brown v. Brown, giving evidence yesterday morning, said, referring to one of the beneficiaries under the will; "He used to want to see the will about every nine months—or whenever the spirit moved him." Christolivrch Press, The Auckland Diocesan Synod unanimously carried the following resolution:— That this Synod cordially supports the proposal to establish, in the diocese of Auckland, a school for Maori girls, and earnestly asks all interested in the well-being of the Maori people, whether European or Maori, to assist in the founding and supporting of such an institution." A resolution was also adopted, "That as sufficient funds are not forthcoming for church and charitable purposes, the Synod requests the Primate and clergy to urge the members of the church to adept the ancient law of giving one-tenth of all they receive te the above objects." Mr. Arnold Forster, M.P., has gone to South Africa to study, on the spot, the question of getting British soldiers to settle there. He would soon get them to settle if he could get British girls to settle with them as wives. In nine cases out of ten, declares the Eastern Province fferald, the British settler in South Africa who marries a Boer woman becomes the ancestor of a generation of Boers. The British woman is neceeiary to the ultimate conquest and consolidation of South Africa. *

According to an agricultural corespondent of the Manchester Guardian, it must be some time since laborers could command such prices as are being paid in Lancashire this season. Sixpence an hour, besides a beer allowance, is quite a common wage. Maconochie Bros. (London) have long been noted for their specialities, and their goods, owing to quality, hare been in increasing demand nntil, to-day, they are shipping large consignments of their preparations to all parts of the globe. Their representative informs us that they have been executing very large sales of their patent rations to the troops in South Africa; in fact, they have already supplied 3,000,000 cases This item of itself, our readers may fudge, would tax the resources of a large staff of hands, as well as plant and machinery which would need to be available for the purpose. One of their New Zealand representatives ia now in England, and accompanied one of the Maconochie Brothers to the War Office, where, as a side line, they took an order for £20,000 worth of bacon, jam, etc., for " Tommy Atkins." This had to be supplied within a given time, and this enterprising | linn were equal to the occasion and so secured the order. While being keen business men and developing their business to i its present magnitude, their action in giving a large amount to provide a sanatorium at Lowestoft, as chronicled a few days ago, for factory girls, comes with added interest, seeing that they are such' large employers of labour, and are seeking to brighten the life of those whose lot it is to work in the factory week in and week out. They are bringing upon themselves the thanks of all who are interested in bettering the eondition of the masses. While the foregoing points to the magnitude of Maconochie Bros.' business, and their ability to oope with any orders, and that they have the confidence even of the War could they but drop down in New Plymouth and see that special inducement is offered to the pablic to take their essences (vide advertisement) at 3d in the Is reduction they would suroly be happy ever afterwards, No less than four steamers were at the breakwater wharf yesterday, viz., Takapuua, Kotoiti, Kini, and Oreti, having an aggregate tonnage of nearly 4000 tons. Mr. and Mrs. Bamuel returned home from their trip to the Islands, via Auckland, by the Xakapuna yesterday {Friday). Mr. Samuel looks all the bstter for the rest and change. Mr. 1\ P. Oorkill, who has been attending the Anglican Syuod at Auckland, returned by the Takapuna yesterday (Friday) morning. The popularity of the local volunteers was very evident by the crowd which assembled to welcome them home from Inglewood on Thursday evening, mothers, sisters, sweethearts, and wives were there in great numbers, and a good spiinkling of the sterner sex also. The men certainly looked very! workmanlike as they swung along to the inspiriting music of ths City Band. Before handing the companies over to their retpective commanders, Oaptain Qkey expressed his pleasure at the way the batallion had behaved, and called for three cheers for the Band, which were very heartily given. Before dismissing his company, at the request of Oaptain Taunton, the Guards stave three rousing cheers for the officers and men of the Kifles, a compliment which was heartily reciprocated. Captain Taunton then expressed his pleasure at the way the Guards had conducted themselves, and dismissed them.

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