News in Brief

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXII, Issue 6700, 18 October 1905, Page 4

News in Brief

» n i_j ith reported in Napier 'hat the Government *ill roajpuls'oriiy aoqniro the Ahbofa?Ford proper y foe closer settlement purpor.e-), The United Stales, according to an official publication, iiaicl last ymtr iv pensions £^B,nn,BCo, tho total having increased since 1001 by JJC47.100. A sheep was captured in tha bush at Hicks Hny recently (<:iyi t,he K:i.pier " Tftiegraph ") with throe j-ears' growth of wool on its back. If, whs shorn and sianubtered, the rarc-js) turning the scale ufc r.JOlb. During tho hearing of a truancy cisaat Waikoua-ti recently it wm stated'that one child aged 12 years and six months had pasied no standard, while another aged 11 yufus ard six .months had passed the first; •-<tanda:d ouly. The children roside within two miles of Merton School. Tho prospects of woolgrowers are said to bo exceedingly bright. Bujer3 me already on the alert, and tempting offers for nest eapou'a clip p 4 re being made in several disricts. Offers oN Jd per Ib in advance of last year are en record. In the dominions of the British Empire alone 8000 individuals vanish every year without leaving any indications as to their whereabouts or ever appearing again. Prejudice against Chinamen cannot be very strong in Napier, judging by the number of European boys who are employed by them as shop minders aad messengers.