BREVITIES.

Evening Star, Issue 14963, 24 August 1912, Page 12

BREVITIES.

St. Bartholomew's Day. King Tawhaio died August 24, 1894. Massacre, of the Huguenots August 24, 1572. Gold was discovered at Ballarat August 25, 1851. From north to south, the length of the Atlantic Ocean is 8,500 miles. Auckland intends to present Sir Maurice O'Rorkc with a portrait of himself in oils. The Minister of Railways intends to go comprehensively into the whole question of railway passes. So far back as the tenth century cotton was grown and manufactured in Spain Four famous men died on August 25 —Thomas Chattortoii (1770), David Hume (1776), James Watt (1819), Michael Faraday (1867). At Auckland yesterday Temehana Wirepa was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for the manslaughter of his younger brother To Hamana, who was killed during a drunken quarrel. At a public meeting held at Masterton last night a resolution was passed in favor of establishing a high school in the district, and requesting the Wellington Education Board to take the necessary steps to establish the same. In the Greymonth Court yesterday C. R. Thornton, editor of the Inangahua 'Times,' was charged, on the information of R. Somple, with having used abusive language towards the informant. The case was adjourned. At yesterday's meeting of the Taieri County Council the sanitary inspector reported that the Kaikorai Stream was in fairly good condition and the slaugh-ter-houses iii the county in n satisfactory state. Mr Alex. Burt was honored last night by the Master Plumbers' Association, and presented with a gold medal in recognition of his services to the trade for over half a century. Report held over. The 08 applicants for the position of clerk of works for the borough lighting and tramway scheme have been ieduced to f'>ur—Messrs Clough (Auckland), Swinburn (Hastings), O'Neill (Dunedin), and Carrick (Gisborne). By allowing the inmates of the Modway (Kent) Workhouse free use of bread, instead of allotting a stated quantity per head, the guardians have saved £173 18s 9d in the past three months. By partaking of ' coca, an extract from a South American plant of that name, men can endure hard labor without food for a period of six or seven days. The Otago district Young Men's Bible Class affirmed by a large majority that the Church should grapple with socialpolitical questions. A resolution of sympathy with the Salvation Army on the loss of their great leader was passed.