The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1896.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 10653, 30 June 1896, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1896.

Tho proprietor of the Taranaki Meat Bazaar advertises the Moa brand of hams and bacon.

The Union Company has been advised that the Alameda, with Engliih mails to Jnno 13th, left San Francisco for Auckland at 2 p.m. on Juno 25th, duo dote.

A special meeting of the Harbor Board will be held at 11 o clock on Friday, when the Consulting Engineer will submit hid periodical reports.

It is rumoured that a member of a co-operative party at Waitotara has dropped into a fortune of £17,000, and has gone to England to receive the windfall.

The bankruptcy returns for the Wellington district for the paat six months show that 45 Statements were filed against 25 for a similar period last year.

The total amount of deposits in the Post-office Savings Banks has grown from £71,197 in 1867 to £3,895,543 in 1895. and the number of depositors from 364 to 22,001.

The total amount of money secured by mortgage under the Land Transfer Acts on the 31st March, 1896, in Taranaki, was £1,376,969. The total for the colony was £31,639,849.

At Anckland on Saturday Thos. Wylie was fined £20 and 30s costs for ex«iuting the transfer of shares in the Katie G.M. Co., in which the name of the purchaser was not written in ink at the time of the execution. The defendant pleaded guilty*

The' Criterion Concert Company gave an entertainmont in the Jubilee Hall, at Lepperton, on Monday night. Thero was a good attendance, and the performance went with a swing from start to finish.

A singular mortality among milking cows has occurred at Fitzroy. On Saturday last Mr C. Blanchard found his cow dead in a paddock, and ou tho following morning Mr G. Davy sustained a similar loss, in the sarno paddock. Both cows had apparently died without a struggle. The incident should be at once roported to the Stock J-ißpector, in order thai the cause of death may be ascertained.

The aroa of the reserves subject to leases, under the West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892, was, on the 31st March last, 95,555 acres, and during the year ended on that date the amount of income received for distribution among the Native owners was for rent £19,929, 14s 3d, and for interest £1,035 19s sd. There wcro 537 leaseholds, of an average area of 178 acres, and the rate of annual income has grown in the last five years years from £7,763 to £16,5.00. The commission charged by tke Public Trustee for the past year was £1578,

At a football match at Masterton between the Greytown and Star Clubs, Angus McMaster received a severe kick on tho back of the head, which left a gaping wound an inch or so in length. Although the plucky little player held his position during the remainder of the match, the doctor had to bo interviewed afterwards, and several stitches put in. Jeffries received a severe sprain to the ankle, Hudson had his neck twisted, and H. Wrigley returned home in a rather battered condition, And all for the glory of football.