LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 275, 23 November 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Vive thousand persons paid for admission to the Wanganui Agricultural Show on Thursday., The receipts for the two days for gates and stands were £320, over £IOO better than last year.

The West Ooast Refrigerating Company's Grading Works were opined at Patea on Thursday. Everything is in splendid order, and there is a large amount of butter to be handled.

A combined meeting of the representatives of Friendly Societies and citizens relative to the proposed Friendly Societies picnic en ,Kew Year's Day was held in the Foresters' Hall last evening.. His Worship the Mayor was present and explained what had been done with reference to holding the annual citizens' picnic at the breakwater on New Year's Day. The matter was thoroughly threshed out and a resolution was carried by the delegates from the Friendly Societies that their proposed picnic should be postponed until the second Thursday in February so as to afford every assistance in making the citizens' picnic a success. . Part of the Morley-street goods shed has arrived on the new site on the reclaimed land, and the work of re-erecting it will proceed at once.

The society journals at Home announce that a marriage has been arranged between Mr. J. F. iitudholme, of Kuamii, inland Patea, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John SStudholme, of Merivale, pnd Miss Hersey Wauchope, second laughter of the late Majorgeneral K. A. Wauchope, who fell in the fatal night advance on the Boer position at Magersfontein.

\Vu are informed by Mr. D. Bony that there is not the slightest foundation for the rumour current in town yesterday to the effect that he had received important information relative to the ironsatd dotation,

As usual when dealing with country questions our local contemporary u quite wrong in his statement regarding the attitude of the country settlers with regard to the New Plymouth Harbour Board. It is not true to say the country settlers were afraid of the jrate bMng spent in construction, as they knew that could not be done legally. What j they were afraid of was the Board getting an act through empowering it to borrow money by way of overdraft and making the same a charge on the rates.

In connection with the paragraph in our last issue regarding passengers having to walk from Sentry Hill to the racecourse, we understand no application was maie by the Racing Olub to the railway authorities for the train from New Plymouth to tike its passengers on to the racecourse gate, and without special instructions to do so the officer in charge at Sentry Hill had no power to depart from the usual course.

John Leydon's great clearing sale to-day at 1 p m., of ladies' dress materials, tweed, serge, boots, ladies' shoes, costumes, oil paintings, buggy whips and harness, qight day clocks, Japanese goods, otc, etc. No reserve to-day. Bargains Advt, Entries for the Taranaki A. and P. Show, to beheld on Thursday, December sth, close to-night with the secretary, Mr Thomas 0. Kelsey.

There was an excellent attendance at Bell Block on Thursday evening to hear the Bov. J. Clover's lecture on " love, courtship, and marriage," which was grtatly enjoyed by all present. The rev. gentleman gave | a number of very humourous anecdotes, gathered in the course of his long and varied experience, which at times completely convulsed the audience. The lecture was interspersed with musical and vocal selections, and a most enjoyable eveniug was spent, Mr Bennett occupied the chair. i

In consequence of Home strainers having I ceased to call at the Bluff nt?d Port Chalmers for meat cargo, all southern cheese is \ now being sent to Wellington for shipment , to London. The cheese is being graded I there. The Taieri and Peninsula Dairy! Company bas sett to Wellington a large l shipment of butter, which is being frozen | before being placed on the Kumara. I The prisoners at Wai-o-tapu Valley have planted il\ acres there, and also planted some thousands of native trees and shrubs in the hot springs reserve at Whakaiewarewa. There are nearly three quarters of a million trees in the Government nu-sery at Tapanui fit for planting out. A gfden party'was held at Tariki-read in aid of the church funds, and in the evening a conce.u w?s given for the same object'. Both functions were pronounced highly successful, and thoroughly enjoyable. The Town Band's open air concert fixed for last evening was, owiDg to the wet weather, put off till Monday evening.

The Auckland Chamber of Commerce has J passed a resolution urging the Government to cut up tbe Waik&to estates in the bands: of the Assets Realisation Board with as little delay as possible. Great clearing Sale to day at Ipm. John I Leydon will hold a genuine clearing sale of j furniture, drapery, clothing, saduhry, har-1 ness, whips, clocks, cutlery, boots, shoes, jewellery. Final elearicgsile to-day. Be. sure to come for bargains,—Advt. From the Egmont Post we learn that the Railway officials dined with the Mayor of Stratford, after spending the day there arranging matters connected with the Lni-i provements contemplated at the station, in view of the opening of the Toko line. Both ends of tbe platform are to be lengthened, and the Toko train will be brought in on the' Broadway side of the platform, at the south end of the station, a dead end being laid down for that purpose. The goodsherts will also be shifted, and double lines will be laid across the East road, and Fulton-street, at each end of the station. The Mayor of Stratford was also informed that probably two trains to and from Toko will be run daily. The department has also decided to lay a line to the mountan to bring duwa stone, but it will not be put in hand yet. Mr A. Morrison, M.H.R. for Caversbam, died at Hamer Springs on Thursday night. At the Frimitive Methodist bazr.-j in Caversham yesterday a motion was carried expressing heartfelt"6jmpathy with Mrs. A. Morrison and family in their bereavement. j The Parliamentary vote of £3COO for grants to public libraries wid be distributed on February Bth. Claims must be lodged with the Secretery for Education by January 81st.

The ballot for the sections in the Tokaora estate took place at Hawera oh Friday, and resulted : Marga-et Boyd, section 91, 93 acres, 2 roods; Andrew Frcyne, section 96, 90acres, 2 roods, 20 perches; John Finlay, section 97, 97 acres; James Russell, section 100, 37 acres 2 roods; Thomas Lave /, section 1, 50 acres; Fred Mills, section 94, 166 acres.

Whiteley Memorial Ohurch, Rev. B. J. I Serpen's subjects for Sunday are as follows:—11 a.m.. "The Church, the Liquor Traffic, Society." 7 p.m., " I speak unto you young cen because ye are strong "—Adv6. Services will be preached in the Primitive Methodist Church on Sunday November 24th, bearing on temperance. This is by order of the Conference. The Rev. J. CI ver will preach in Queen-street Ohurch at 7 p.m., subject " The Liquor Ox." Strangers invited. All s&ts free.—Advt. We would remind our readers of tbe clearing sale of dairy stock by Mr Newton King on Wednesday next, at Egmont-road, on account of the late John Hill's estate. Che cows have been carefully selected, and can be confidently recommended to anyone in want of good stock. The farm of 130 acres will ba sold at the same time; this is a payable prope.iy, being well situated and mbdivided, with the additional attraction of having the Hillsborough 00-operati?e Dairy Factory on it. John Leydon's last sale at 1 p.m., Devonstreet, to-day, of chests of drawers, su'.tei of farnitui-e, duchess pairs, combination elicits motjbd kauri fronts, umbrella stai ds, fancy tables, workboxes, writing desks, fire brasses, iron hecioeads, blankets, russ, quilts, heartfi ruga, door mats, etc, etc. No reserve.—Advt. The dining car seulce on the mail trains between New Plymouth and Palmerston will commence on 2nd December. The tender of. Mr. Freempi, which was accepted, was £IOOO per annum. The " Somerset" Boarding-house, Injjlewood, is announced as being for sale or lease. Particulars will be found in another column. On Tuesday last at St. Mary's Ohurch Mr. Sydney George Smith, a popular member of the local railway staff and fifth son of Mr. >E. M. Smith, M.H.R., was married to Miss Elsie Rose Herbert, third daughter of Mr. G. H. Herbert, of Kent-toad. The ceremony, which was of a quiet nature, was performed by the Rev. F. G. Evans, Miss Daisy Smith acting as bridesmrid and Mr. Hugh Herbert i as best man. We understand that there were a Urge number of wedding presents, and that the happy couple intend going for their honeymoon on Monday next.

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