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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13240, 11 August 1906, Page 4

It cost 1 the Waipawa County Council £500 last year to clear the slips off the Waikopiro road. Mr D. Berry is at present on a visit to Nelson in oonneelioii with preliminary work at the Parapara ore leases, in order to comply with the conditions. He will be absent for a week or tiwo. jyhe Electric Lighting Comniitteevhia-s dfeekted to start the day shift at the powsr hiotise on the 14th inst. This wfll b'e~'tippreciate&-;by the business hbuses, -and. those. who are contemplating the^insfralla&on of electricity for motive power." !A little local excitement was caused at Eifliotu a few days ago over a wager between Mr UichaTd Morrow andMr-Ohas. Sole. Mr Morrow prizes a young Holstein bull, aged three years, very highly bred, and Mr , Solo pins his" faith -to -a, Hereford <yf five years old. The 'former was' backed by his owner to outweigh the latter. MJost of the neighbours coirsaiaered Wto Sdle could prove an easy winner, and he couH have hedged with ease 'had he felt inclined, but he was ooarfid^nt of winning. The -weight's were determined by experidnced mevl, aaid th^ verdict given in favour of Mr Morrow, whose animal (guaranteed not Jo exceed three years) weighed 1/203J, whilst Mr Sole's weighed owly 10461 b. 1 A very enjoyable miatoh of draughts was played on Thursday even'iflig in Mr. Thompsooi's. lairge tea rcom, between TcAvn and Country, resulting in a win fort the country team. Bruce and Kibbym'adethe best scores for the town, and Hellier; osrfd.F. Dfavy played best for the country team. The following is the res\ilt :— ' Towtn^Bruce 3 wins, Jenkinson 2 wins, iWilliams 1 win, Kibfloy 3 wins 1 'draw, Bennett 1 win, OHiver 2 wins, Hooker 1 win: 1 d-raw, C. Copestake 0 wins 2 draws, W. Beals 1 win ; total 14 wins. Coun-tryr-iG. Davy 1 win, Obant 2 wins, Hieilier 3 wins, Penling-ton 0 win 1 'diraw, Uongstaff 3 wins, K. itodgcrsS wins, Copestake 2 wins 1 -Iraw, H. Bod'gers 2 wins 2 'draws, F. Dnvy 3 wins ; totals l^—T-he Country have shown : the best play, having won two matches 1 out- of three. For Printing and Advertising call at the Herald Office.

The telegraph oflke will be open, at Ohrdstchurch Race«>urSo from 9 a-m" to 5 p:m. on Tuesday, Mtb, Thursday, I6th, and Saturday, IStk inst. -Electric lighting tf now beiag installed at the municipal baths. Messrs Smart Bros, vtfre the successtul tenderers at £11_18/. Cabinet has decided to appoin* n Magistrate to inquire into- charges ci mifraiantigement preferred by an inmate against live •authorities at Burn- . ham Industrial School, Captain Edwin wired at' 12.40 p.m.— Strong winds to gale from between south-east and east and north-east. Glass fall, tides high, sea heavy off shore. Rain probably heavy. Rivers • high afttar 20 hours from now. There has been a further fall ol the barometer, but the readings- were still uniformly liigh at all stations. Locally, t^e 1 glass at 9 a.m. to-day stood! I, art 30.24, the thermometer regisferin-g 53 dog. Probate of the will of John Pycroft, late of'N'ew Plymouth, has been granfe •ed_ (oii the application of Mr R. C. Hughes) id Mrs Ann Pycroft, the widow of tie deceased and executrix 'named in the will. . -— . The annual meeting of the Egmont TEComing Pigeon Chtb was held afc Hawera (the Star reports) about 15 members bjping preSWit. .Mr John: Hurle (New Plymouth) was elected a vice-president. Four new members were elected, and everything gives promise of a very successful season l.At a meeting of the /Works Sub-Cottnr -m'ift'efe yesterday, it wasi detsiideld, to r«rcommond the Borough Council <to have Gilbert-st. metaiHed froun. „Gameron-st. to IGover-sfc. Hf appro-vefd, the work! will be done out of the £300 still unexpended iacamiect'io'n (wit/hi tihfe street ii Oan. '..■'■ •■; 'nl^ Mr A. *H. Wallace writes : I co-nsid--* er the. following sentences, cdmrtiaming all the letters of the alphabet, bettiorth-an the one published in your paper of 9th .inst., because" -tili'ey con-ta-in fewer extra letters: "Pack^my., box with five td-o-zen liquor jugs, (b extra). '"Zim-b, vex Jackdaw/ q|u-ot-h Spring-fly." (2 extra). Mr. W. G. Malone ■ addressed -a Small, but representative, gathering in the Borough Council Chambers yesterday (writes our Inglewood correspondent)^ and outlined his scheme for repi?esenration of th-e Taranaki province ati the Christcburoh Exhibition. A strong committee was formed, with power to ; add to* its number, and to appoint a delegate tothe Provincial Committees A youth, who -has evidently determined on a- criminal career, was before; - the Police Court at Dunedin on; . charges' of burglary and theft. »ix years'.'-a^'O,-. whem between tejn.; emd eleven, he was convicted of breaking •and. erttering, and was birched and sent to Bu'irJbalm Industrial s*cho">l; He made repeated attempts to escape,--and the master bad to acknowledge to»the» Education Department that he was at -Ms wits' end to know -win-a* to do with hian. Recently he hias 'been living in a small cottage in South iDunedin. 'whence foa engaged in breaking and! enterin-cr, and other thefts. Be plead- 1 ed guilty, "after hearing- th<^ evidence/ to five charges, and was found guilty wit<h another bor o« another charge. He was commi«r«d far sentence on throe clliarges, and convicted and ordered to come up for sentence on two , ot)hers» X ,' Messrs G'amlin and Company, butchers, ot this town, have just installed one of the most up-to-date sfau'sage m-ajnufacturing plants in thte district. The machine itself is one of the latest , Buffalo Silent sausage maenmes, oaid is driven by. a 4 h.p. 'English motor supplied by Mr R. Chambers, 'and installed by Messrs Roberts 'and Stokes, . A Herald representative inspected the plant on Fraday .afternoon 'and found everything runn'kig without a !hitch..\ .The^plant is situated in a 'large airy Voom, kept spotlessly clean;, amd 1 the sausages when made presented quite an appetising appearance. Although running at the? Mg-h speed of 2800 revolutions a minute, there was very little vibration from the motor, which! takes up practically r-(o room, and requires very little ■wifcin'ti^n. Messrs Gamlin and Company are to be commended for their enterprise. ißeagxulgt- "on the , 'asst»rtdon: tEa* a3^^ Chxis^o"hurch T hotelkeeper had quotecl £10 10/ perl week for acoottnlmoda'tiatf during the •Exhibition 'soason l, >we »?ay« meninon that <a New Plymouth gentlem'ain engaged rooms Iduring the week at a leading Christchurch hotel for -Den camber at exactly the same rates as* are (being charged now, tfaait i' 9, 10/6 per "day. "There is, we believe, not need for .anyone to pay exorbitant rates. In carnival weok ami during ith^j , Qhristo'as . a«H New Year 'holiday® acctoin'mod'ation will no doubt 1 'be overtaxed,'but at other >times rthere ismcrfi likely to 'beany difficulty. i " •Laery and Co., Ltd l.;' Well'ki'gEon, request that all claim's in tlile "estate- of • Walter Freeman be sent^ in to them. ' The Western Park bazaar committee have arrane-ed a good programme for Tuesday evening's concert in St* Marys. Particulars are advertised. Mr Rioh'ard Aroa notifies in this issue tihat he has taken over the cash - retail business lately carried on by Mr T. W. Welch, in Brougham-street. •Messrs E. Griffiths and Co? (late of Bewley and Griffiths) have been, appointed sole Taranaki .agents for the Alpha Laval dairy machinery. (Pull stock of all parts kept.