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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13481, 22 July 1907, Page 4

—.»-w-. — 7 ~ TKe r^ degrees in the shade locally at 9 o'clock this morning. The barometric reading was 29.85. . '2 The Minister ior Lands does not ii&gard the freehold at the present .vaWe as a' concession at all to the lease-|a-perpetuity tenants. ' Who does? q The net collection of Customs revenue at New Plymouth last financial year wjjs £34,657, the cost . of collection J»ing |a 14s lid per £100. j - Captain. Edwin wirod tho followiife forecast at 1.28 p.m. to-day: — Eastefigr winds, strong to gale. Glass fall. TicKp high.. Sea Heavy. Rain prbbab|| tiivera very; high. It/ is reported vfrom-.Seddonyille tßrft a' new'sean^ of good quality coal his been discovered there. The indioavicals are that a vqryr valuable find has b»afljli made. ' $ Wb.en wo consider (says tho Manaw^jtu Dairy Times) that a 999 years' lease granted by William the Conqueror on his accession would still havd 158 yeai»3 to run, we doubt whether any actuary would venture to place any^ monetary value on the right of re-entry. *j The Hon. Mr. McNab expects the m£ venue, from the national endowments*^ 9,,000,000 acres will amount to cloge upon £75,000 per annum— not vegy much to meet expenditure on education and old-age pensions, which last ye^r totaUed just under £1,100,000. h A meeting of the. Elliot Road Boaipjl was held on Saturday, Mr. 11. Gleg presiding. The other members preseSifc were Messrs. Biglow, West, Morroty, and Home. There was little business of public interest transacted beyond t*»e striking of a rate of id in the £ fo^r the ensuing year. ■; Mr. W. A. Collis un-esident of # *J»e Taranaki Scenery Preservation Society) has received a letter from the Prime Minister's Office, Wellington, stating that the question of acquiring tlje M6kau lands of J. Jones, and tho preservation of its scenic portions, had Ini.en referred to the Hon. Minister for Lands for his consideration. In the Kaponga district there is » t good number of Swiss milkers working on wfcges. The labour of the new blood has been highly appreciated, and these employees seem to have quickly realised ,£he fact, that they are considered, valuable milkers, for a representative or this paper has heard on, good authority that they are combining, to strike for 30s a week for the coming season. f The compensation* casoj M. J. Jone*» and others v. the Minister for Public Works, was to have been opened m New Plymouth this mortiirig ; but Mr ■3«stie«> Dennistori, being ; s*ill c engage^^tt the AppeaTtJourr-fr-WellffiPon, the case haslbcen further adjourned till the JUtli M^tir3lif«miewl|»t.diuW*^ « >* wiU bq heard then-, »incj>f#! Appeal. Court may still be sitting. "You call this a mineral spring?'" said the Yankee visitor depreoatiiigly. "Yes, sir," said the Te Aroha hotel proprietor; "it is a mineral it's, got any quantity of iron in it. •"Woll," returned the Yankee, you want to see the mineral springjit,tha place where I live away out in Dakota. Why, sir, we never need- to shoe our horses out there. We just make them put their feet in the water ior half an -fceury wl the.shoqs groiw,.on ; sl}ejr feet right away— the ■ water lsr so full ot iron:'* ' Prices are melting at Morey's winter sale-1 This firm announce the last few days for bargain^. J ■ .. ? ,~, . Headers -are .invited in % this issue for the supply and delivery of provisions for the dining cars on the WellingtonNapier^New Plymouth Sections. White's colossal sale is, going apace. A few special prices ar& given in th«ir replace advertisement on page 3 tonight. ' ' Anyone in. want of a fast well-bred fom;-year-old colt is-, adv,«od . to read .Messrs. Wilson . & ..NoWs advertisement of a/cleari% ? sal© on Thjirsday ; ue?:t.;' ; d c :-. .j,;,."*,. A reminder is given of the New Plymouth High School concert to be held ! in'the Whiteley Hall on Thursday evening next. We are informed that a a excellent programme has been arranged to which the pupils will contribute. Wo. are asljed to infonjES those interested that Mi- HOPs lecture, jf or which tickets were issued in the Sunday schools yesterday, wiU be illustrated dv cliemical experiments in which various .drinks will, be, analyst and tested, : Farmers inVant'oi good young dairy cows should not fail to attend the clearing sale to be hteld at Tikorangi by Mr. -Newt©n^K.mgv on •< Wednesday next, r>n account of Mr. W. E. Loveridge, who is 1 giving up dairying. Miss Bedford's Cinderella dance for Wednesday next, 24th inst.,',vhas been postponed on account of the "Hockey dance on the 25th, but will be continued 'from Wednesday fortnight, August 7th. —Advt. - '