LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 11, 1 June 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Taranaki Daily News will publish as usual on Wednesday (King's Birthday).

The lady w!hio entered from 12 clafiraa In home industries andl best dressed pair, of fowls and enclosed I*4 in postal notes is asked to forward 'her nanus to Alio secretary of the Taranaki Winter Show, Now Plymouth, as she omitted t'a <lo s'o when forwarding entries). The postal notes were pure-biased u>t WaiiUuu.

Tlie steamer Wics.t<>nc«itli linislhled her loading in Waitara roauVitead on> Thur* day, 'having taken in ;the following cargo. For Liverpool: 004 quarters 'beef, 23213 carcases mutton, 300!) carcases lamb, eOO casks hiilles, 136 sacks 'bi'ef, 150 casks itallow. For AvonnKPnth: - r »00 quarters beef, 1000 carcases mutton. 27 oasts tallow. For Gla'jgjmv: 200 quartan, boef, 211 aacksi beef. Judging' from paragraphs lOiat are going fthrousii the newspapers, remarks the. Inglcwood Record, Uusre will be some contests in which itroo Liberals will split votes, an* others in winch two Reformers will d'o the spsne thing. Tlie Second RaJllot Act may have been a lijttle cumbrous in its deitails, but it infallibly prevented minority representation. " We are quite sure that tlie electors- will not long endure the "first past tlie post" system that 'has been ravci'.tie.d to by Mr Maasey.

■Members of the Kquitablo Building Society of Xew Plymouth (First and Second Groups) are notified tliat subscriptions will be due and payable today (Monday), at the. Secretary's office, Cu'rrie street, from I) a.m. to 12.30, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and 7 p.m. to 8 p.in. -Advt. . .:..' A.,-i\

Mr Matthew Jenkin Jones, a viery old ' resident of Waitara, and one of the Taranaki voterans, died yesterday at hia residence in Waltara at Hhto advan cexi age of 74 years. Soon after leaving Manuitahi railway station on Thursday evening, and when naair the viaduct, the 'Wanganni-Hawera train encountered a bullock which was straying on the HiiCj with *he reslult tlhiat the engine was derailed and the beast terribly mutilated. There were about a dozen passengers km tJie inain, and some of (these -willingly assisted in replacing the engine on the line by 'tihe aid <rf jacks and levers. The train ovenbuaMy proceedicd on Us journey, arriving at Hawera at 10 o'clock, two

hcoirs after schedule time.—Star, | There was a crowded attendance at the Theatre Royal last evening, to listen to the sacred concert rendered by Van Heck's orchestra. A niagnifieenit programme jof highi-class music was submitted, and being splendidly rendered, was much appreciated by all present, encores being demanded and. acceded to. In addition to <jhe orchestral pieces, a fine cornet solo "To A Star" (Leonard) was played by Mr 8. Bernard, lotf Stratford, to full! orchestral accompaniment, the visitor having to repeoit a ;portion of it. Songs were also rendered by Miss Glory Harrison "The Rosary" with a beautiful orchestral accompaniment; as an en-

cafe "A Perfect Day" was given. Cap-

tain Stevens' in fine voice, rendered "Rest Tfoee, Sad Heart," "Still as the Night," the latter in German." His encore number was "Devotionfl." The or-

ohesltral selections given under the baton of Mr Van Heck comprised: March, "Triumphant" (A. 15. Joy); concert

piece, "Gold und Silber"; Prelude, Intermiczzo, and Oriental March from ''Merchant of Venice" (Ktosse); selection from 'SOavalllerk Rusticana" (Mascagni) ; v Barcarolle, "Evening Hour" (Joyce) ; Prelude H and Dogc'B March from "Merdbant of Venice" (Rosso), and March, 'EI Capitan" (Sousa). Mrs Woods played the accompaniments. The collection, which amounted to £l7 7s lOd, was in aid of tJie Orchestra's funds.

A Company, XI. Regiment, Taranaki Rifles, will parade at tho Drill Hall, Now Plymwutllß, on Wednesday next (his Majesty the King's BiriM&y), at 8.45'. Mrs J. Wilsion (Mayoress) has kindly dona/ted a> prize of half a guinea for tihe prettiest dressed girl at the Eire Brigade Ball. Mr W. Frasor (chemist) has also donated a special priee.