LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 194, 31 August 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On oar fourth page wM be found «n article headed " In the wrong coat." Residents and visitors to New Plj mouth v U be glad to learn that the Town Band will g>e another of their enjoyable sacred concerts m ,the Recreation Grouids on Snnday afternoon. The programme w'U be a carefully selected and populrr one, and will commence, shai p at 2.30 o'clock. The Milestone Dredging Compa ly has decided to go into liquidat on. The Mo* Flat Dredging Co.. faUing to float £2500 of debentures, bs i decided to go into liquidation. The dredge co:;t £!>, C3 n .

The Prdirier was still unable to leave Grc.vmouth yesterday. There was a, roaring fresh in the river, but the Hinemoa was esf'cted to get out at midnight. Mr Seddon wps disposed to cro s by coach to Christ■church, but ascerrainej tint the river was impassable.

The-Sonoma's mails which left Auck'and on 27th July, arrived ia London on the afternoon of 28th ipst., fou ■ days late.

The Works Committee of the Borough Oovmci 1 , with the Borough Surveyor (Mr. T. K. Skinner) jerterda* inspected Henui bridge, in connection with the proposals to htightin and widen the structure. A private messa?e received in Wellington states that heavy floods have occurred in ih<? Peloros Valley. Several bridges on Br iwulee'straml ne were destrojed. Several lr.cal residents pre organising a nigger minstrel troupe, who will shortly appear on the boards in New Plymouth Judging by the up-to-date talent connected with the troupe it should g.ve a most successful show.

The gross takings on Saturday at thefootball match New South Wales v. was £269 Ofthissumthe New Z ahnd Union will get £l6O net. The Eev. F. W. Walker, who is about re-entering on missionary work in New Guinea, is of opinion tnat until the colonies favour the operations of a large company to open up agricultu'al enterpi.sein the island, tae country will never be opened up. The people of New Guinea, he said, awaited with considerable anxiety the decision of the Federal Parliameat with respect to the applications for lani. As showing the demand fr -m outside the distr/ct for land in Poverty Bay, it may be stale], sa-'S the Herald, that of he 21 applicants (or a property in <he Hangaroa Block disposed of by ballot, o»iy three of the applicants belonged to Poverty Bay, the remairder being selectors i'rom other districts.

The rails of the North Isbnd Main Trunk line have now reached Ongaruhe (late Kawakawa ) The first train drawn by two engines gaily decorated for the occasion steamed into the township on -Saturday last, amidst much cheeiirig from several hundred Europeans and natives. Thu3 the promise made by the Minister for Public Works that the rails would be laid to Ongaruhe by September has been fulfilled, tot only up to time, but a little ahead of it. At the Police Court on Friday, before Mr. T. W. Fisher, J.P., James Roach was charged on the information of Hoani Paiariki, of Waitara, with the thnf t of a chestnut mire, valued at £l6, on Kith March, 1901. Accused was remanded till Monday ntxt,

The Saturday-afternoon Football Club fixture fo- to-day is Bank and Government Gentlemen v. commercial toilers and factory hands.

The Otajjo and Southland Gold-mining IndustKal Union of Employees was duly launched yesterday, articles of association and lules being adopted, A new steamer for the White Star Line the Athenio, liunche t from the yards of Messrs Harlaudand Wolff, Belfast, recently, is intended for the New Zealand t-ade.

The Education Department proposes, :'n drawing up ne v) egulations, to provide some degree of secondary education for the pupils of Standard VII iu places that are too small for the establishment of district high schools.

It Urns out (hat the ballet which staitled the Kilbirnie (Wellington) family by smashing a window while they were at tea the other evening was discharged from the catapult of a youth in the neighborhood— not as was at first conjectured from the magazine ride ot some sniping miscreant at a distance. Another instance of the perils that attend the conjunction of the boy and the catapult! No doubt were Dickens still alive He'd yet write many a tale, Though he is dead his works survivs, Their reading ne'er grows stale. So many try to imitate, But they remain obscure, For coughs and colds don't hesitate Tate Woods' Gbjsat YeppbjuhhT Cube Advt. a '

'* ie rece'pts at tbe Waxwor! s Show at St, Ma j's fcchaol oa Wednesday i were £15,10 tl% a. net profit of £l3.

We unint nUon»)ly omitted to mention theOkatochoifps Hung taken part in the choral festival at kt. Mary's. The enthusiasm displ yed oy this choir ii the service was most [.raisewoi l iy.

The Town Band ball bids fair t.i be a tremendous success. The ladirs com nitt e are actively engaged in those numerous details which a e iie'essnrv to ensu-e Sitisfecto;y results. The public shnuld take advautp.je oE this opportunity of giv.ug practical aid to so deserving en ooj ct. Oar readers a r e reminded that on S'ptemI b-r sth sud 6th there will be hell at St. Mary's Hall ; n Industrial Exhibition and Fio*er Show. Judging from the past this should j rove most a> tractive, a id ai Bpeciai <•&■' t are bsint made to ensure its comple >ness there should r>e a lirge attendance on both day . Vi6it->rs will have the advantage of obtaining s Eternoon tei and other refreshment, which are always a specially good feature o£ these exhibition". At Rahoto, on Thursday next, Mr. Newton King will bold 3't unreserved sa'e of the whole oE Mr. W. Howell's farm stock, household furniture, etc. The cows are a choice lot, being tbe result of very eareful s lection by Mr. Howel), who bas been in the dairying industry for the past 18-vears, Full particulars will be found en reference to advertisement.

We give a final reminder of the pale of Mr A. H. Halcombe's dairy stock at Urenui by Mr. Newton Ktog on Wednesday next. The whole of the cows are grade Jerseys, in some cases nearly pure, perfectly quiet, and haviog been c-refully selected can be confidently recommended to anyone desiring to improve their herd of milkers.

0. Carter has a replace adveitisement, in I w hich he calls attention once again to the 'act that he has a large stock of Burpee's celebrated seeds. Now is a favourable time for making trial o£ them. A prohibition order was issu°d yesterday at the ('oVe Court, by Messrs T. W. Fisher and R. Cock, J «r\, against Robert Cunaicgliim, to apply within the Taranaki and Egmont Licensing Districts. Mr. J. M.'nolt reports having sold the section situated in Gill-street, lately ovued by Mr. Chew Ch.mg, to Mr. Co'eiuan, b.iiliinr, the , rica being to I oth pa, ie".

No. ice is given that Monday, 9th September, ha been appointed the date for receiving first Mibsoiiptious to the Equittble Building S ciety of New P.ymou h. Messrs O. rthew, Brittin nnd Co report having soli Mr Diury's full quaver acre secti m m I five roomed dwelling, situated in Gil-i'ret, to a 1 cal investor at a satisfactory figure. Writing on Sunday last, the Palmerston North correspondent of the Wairarapa Daily Times says:—" A sensational occurrence is said to have taken place on a section of the railway last evening, near Palmerston. It appears from the aieagre particulars obtained that a driver and fireman had a gtieva ce between one another, and when a few miles U'om their des ination the driver threatened either to throw his mate off the engine or deal him blows. At the next stopping station the nutter was r?por"ed to the Considerable delay was occasioned, a» the fireman refused to return to his post Va'ious testimonies differ as to the real nature of the t ouble so Tie asserting that they fought it out, while others deny these allegations, but anyhow something of a sensations 1 character o-.curred. Of course, these particulars are unofficial, but are nevertheless b lieved to be true. Both the driver and the fireman have betn suspended, pending investigation." A Thbatbb ON Fibb.—This happened recently, and a panic was only averted by the presence of mind of one of the actor* He was taking the part of a comic sailor. When the fire broke out, and the people were rising from their seats in terror, he leaped into the oentre of the stage and commenced the sailors' hornpipe. The panic was averted, the fire was got under, and the curtain came down amidst a storm of cheer. j . All that is required at a cisis is presence of mind, When we are suddenly taken ill and know not which way to turn, if we only the presence of mind to think of Holloway's Pills and Ointment all will be well and danger need not be feared. —Advt.