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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13355, 20 December 1906, Page 4

Ine !w,eli-k«nown: 4 ililaori(*wre^tler;* Robertson, died 1 ftt >. Biver last week,; -^ TO ,- \ Captatin 'Edwin wired at 1.25 p.m.;i— . Soutnerly moderate winds. Glass rise, tides moderaioa; '; i, -;--,. This morning's train again brought a large number of "passengers, Maoris supplying a good proportion of the number. r • . • '"' •? -. >,• ' Local weather report :— -Light southwesterly winds, thermometer in the shade 64deg,, -barometric reading 30.12 tides arid, sea moderate. (The IngWoocT Bowling; Club^ green was to be" openedi this afternoon. Several New Plymouth and Fitzroy bow^ ]ers went .out to 'assi&t in oerer m.ony. - ' ' ' The prize distribution in conneetioon witn the -High School^ which ; takjes place on' Friday, should, be of, more than v, ordinary interest., for on this occasion the twenty-fifth anniversary of the. school will be, celebrated. , A reception comimittiee, consisting' of the Mayor, (Mr Dockrill), Very, ,:Rev. Dean MoKemna 'or Rev. Father 1 Htfacmanus, Dr. MeCHeland I , ' Cr. Collis, andf Messrs W. .G. Jijalone amd ,G. .Grey, , will meet Miss M-arie Narellte, the Irish; songstress, , on' Wer arriyal^at ihet iNewPlymouth railway; -, station, on Satur-, day. morning, , : ' On. Deeena!ber.27th the drawing'for the art.unjioja^.of jttr.W. ' Jenl'inson's oil! [paintings" wiljl'fbV'h'kld at the Borough Council Chambers^ Messrs E.> Dockfill , (Mayor) and *'E. M. Sanitb arad W. T. Jennings,' M's.H.B., having consented to supervise' the draiwingv There -are a good number of prizes 'and t/he first prize, a large work, is well worth 1 ;? or ,. * • "^ > . \ f The average «age of tKe inmates , oft the Old People's Home ha? ' considerably advanced with /the arrival of Bichard, Chambers, , an,, old veteran ironi , .the , Hawera , district, ;who v ia "in his |93rd year, , • « havfing / come to thq colony in 185^ with- . the 28th •Regiment. Chambers reads •wifchoirfc the aid of glasses, and is fairly active con-side-j'ng 1 -his great ' age.- • ' ' The committ-ee appointed to arrange for a memorial to tlve Imperial' aiud Co\(ymal troops fell "during! the Maori wars miet last evondmg and trans-, 'act^d rputirje business, ilie "' pasna .of; 'tho -Hon. 'Thos/itelly,, M.L.^, t was added lo the committee. It, was' <^c; cided. to..^4iat|rn^f or sthe % holidays ■&tid j hold the next meeting on Wednesday^ "icth p:an?iar%<^-" [*• A%out r seventy -rjreii^ons- attended the euchre ~&n& bridge 'party. .>h;el4 in' the old sUja!so'nic Hall on '.Wednesday evening in aid of the funds of Western Park. The' prizes for euclire were won as follows. :—^Liadies-rMrs Cholwill 1, Miss K«lly 2 ; ge'ntreine^—M'essrs .W. Oliver at«d J. Johnson tied for first ptfJze, • Mr Oliver winning in the playoff. Mr Hansen won the first w |>ri3e for bridge and "Miss Jackson • the o' , ' . ./ ' > , At s the last meeting of thp Hospital* Board -Mr Allen, secretary of, the Garrison 'Band, waited on< the Bo&rd ' -and stated 1 that the;,haid; been.. in coirnmuni^ oatioa- .W4tfebl&^ f oti^^and!». in the district with' a view to arranging a Hoa-pitalV-Su^ayr^m^^a^ion.^ The in^ber^^of^^e^oardwere thorougihly in sympathy witj^ the idea, and jfcW ■Eecrea'tion grounds' -^as Suggested as the* Vest place to hold the de--mpnis^rfa]tiionx . .- soan'd t date iw >'Jian,yft.ry being, ©uggested" for the time. Mr lAllen. is to wait on the ' .Ke-, creation ' Grounds Committee to f .make arran'geinients for taking up ja collection,! and if these niegcrtiatiions fall through^ .th« Hospital gro:unds will baused. „ ,>, . , A ro&n appeated at tie Polios Cour^, this morning to answer, a charge .that, he, behr? the 1 putative father of. a New Plymouth' resident's child, was about- to leave tfoe town.i Mt K«rr ap-peared'-'folt'''eomplairra"nt: -Accused denied paternity and .that he was aJbouit to leave He did not deny that "he had told the girl's mother he intended to marry her, but he denied that a ring presented was an engagement ring— it was presented on the young lady's 21st ■ birthday. Accused said h»- had had no -time to ' get evidence^ and declined to* go in the ,witn i ess J box himself. He was ordered ,to get within a week a surety of £50' thiat he' would abide by any order made at the birth of the child* An address is to be presented nigh-t,; at-Stral?or^tb^Mr Alf. Bayly, the welHsjnojwnj foptbialler, and who lor some years 4iaS "occupied" the positi"oai of Pres'ideMt-^f-the.Taranakd Bugby "Onion. The address is. from th© Union, (Mr 3uoh ! anan, Chiairman of (the Com will ■maM , » %hs presentation) , and is a 1 very handsome piece of work, reflecting credit on Mr Lee, .of Mr J: Booker's staff, -dhfo 'designed and executed It. It ia in the form of a portfolio of Morocco leather, the outside jbeuxg tastefully got up ; , the inside containing, the, address, prettily illusnini ated. ' The colours of the yario-us I clufbs • affiliated with the "Onion have I • beeni effiec^vely^antrodiuoedy the .text fe engrossed "over a groundwork of football .shape, _and colouring, flanitbd •by ferns, amd the. terminal is the Maori greeting, thrice repeated, " Ki a Ora 1 " ."' 'Messrs Webster Bros, advertise a sale of fruit , for to-morrow at 1.30 o?clock Someprimie early peaches are 'amongst the shipment. Gout and its kindred disease rheumatism, are fcauftect|by excess uric 5&. the bWd. If you" suffer EUEUMG will soon cure you. Give ii a fair '"trial. 2s 6d'and 4s 6d. All stores .^Adv£. ;