BREVITIES.

Evening Star, Issue 12970, 6 June 1908, Page 12

BREVITIES.

The three men—Frank Bolton, Joseph Johnston, and James Keegan—charged with “ sticking-up ” several Christchurch residents and robbery, between the city and Stunner have been committed for trial.

The Egmont Licensing Committee have adjourned for a mouth the application for the renewal of the license of the Bridge Hotel at Waitara. Drunkenness was alleged against the licensee and Maori frequenters. The Minister of Works expects the Main Trunk line to he finished in September, and traffic commenced in November. The net indebtedness of Auckland City is £702,267. Loans authorised but not floated and proposed new loans will bring the total up to £1,017,267. There will be a total of £1,238 available for the Seddon national memorial. The amount collected by the railway servants amounted to £430.

The various chambers of commerce intend conferring with shippers with a view to recommending an alteration of the Customs so that the values of the most important articles of export rnav be shown. In his pre-sessional address last night Mr Lanrenson, M.H.R., said that when approaching the subject of Socialism the Opposition party seemed to go out m their way to raise the Socialistic hegey. A movement is on foot in Auckland to ercet a statue as a memorial nf Governor Hobson on the south side of (lie new Grafton bridge. The rash price of the 4!b loaf In this City is to be raised to 6jd.

'fhe Prince of Wrtles ithrough the Secretary of State) forwards to the Government and the people of the Dominion his sincere thanks for their birthday congratulations. The Dunedin Chamber of Commerce intend co-operating with the Harbor Board with a view to getting the hours of Customs landing waiters made from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Present hours—viz., 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.—arc found to be inconvenient for the transfer of goods from the Board’s sheds.

_ -I. J. Craig, Limited, sued the Auckland Electric Tramways Company for £IOO damages alleged to have been incurred bv one of the defendants’ cars running into one of plaintiffs’ lorries. Judgment was given for plaintiffs for £77 19s 6cl.

The highest totals in the Blenheim egglaving competition to date are:—Brown (Black Orpingtons). 244: ‘New Zealand Poultry Journal’ (White Leghorns). 234; Stnrrock (Black Orpingtons), 250; Brown (White licghorns), 227; Edolston (White Leghorns), 201.

A pig-hunting party on Air Donkin’s btmnyside station, near Otautau, comprising six guns, had some good sport last week. They accounted for 127 pigs. The mines of the world employ 5.000,000 persons, and more than one-third of them are in the- British Empire. The marigold is a very reliable weather prophet. If the day is going to be fine the flower opens about five or six o’clock in the morning ; but when wet weather is in prospect the marigold docs not open at all. One Japanese firm has calico printing mills covering four acres. Twelve years ago the industry was unknown iu ’ that country. Eight-car (rains axe to lie nut’ on the Boston elevated Tine iu the endeavor to cope with the problem of handling the traffic offered.

Applause is strictly forbidden in Ru.vi in theatres.

The Norwegians are the longest-lived of European natives and the .Spanish thoshertest.