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Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9253, 1 December 1891, Page 2

The Gairloch sails from Waitara to-night (Tuesday) on arrival of express train. The vital statistics for the Borough of New Plymouth for the month of November are as follows :— Births, 23 ; deaths, 7 ; marriages, 7. On Saturday night last, some prowling thief visited Dr. St. George's fowlhouse, and carried off four Spanish bred fowls, one black one year old stag, one small dark brown hen, one light poulet. and one large old hen. Breeders of poultry had better take warning by this visitation, and see that their fowlhouses are secmely locked at night, as tho thief must be very enterprising to carry off so many fowls in one haul. Judge Ward, of Wanganui, accompanied by a native assessor, Mr Campbell (interpreter), and Mr C. E. Jones (clerk) arrived in town on Monday night for the purpose of holding a sitting of the Native Land Court hero. This (Tuesday) morn ing Judge Ward began a sitting of tho Court in the Native Trustee's Office. It is expected that the present sitting will last a fortnight, as there is a great deal of business to get through. There are to be heard 109 succession claims with respect to real estate, and one with respect to personal estate, a case of settlement of tho ownership of tho Ngakorako (Upper Waitara), a case to remove a trusteo, ono petition case, and one application to remove restrictions.