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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6667, 21 July 1928, Page 6

While workmen were engaged on excavating for the Auckland Power Board at the bottom of Orakoi road a copper pocket barometer was found in solid clay at a depth of 21ft. It was solid country, and there was no indications that the ground, which was a spur had at any time been reclaimed. T>o lettering on the barometer was quite clear after the clay had been scraped off.

There is a great shortage of priests in the western province of Canada owing to concentrated immigration and rapid settlement, according to tho Eev. Dr. W. D. Muckle, business manager of St. Augustine's seminary, Toronto, who arrived at Auckland from Vancouver by the Aorangi. Dr. Muckle said immigrants were literally coming into Canada in shiploads. Many of them were Irish,

In the M. Stevens v. Dalrymplo appeal case heard on Thursday at Wellington Mr Justice Ostler-read the unanimous judgment of the Court which was that that the appeal should bo allowed. Costs of both apcllant and respondent were granted on the lowest scale to bo paid out of the estate.— (P.A.)

An amusing incident occurred at Port Chalmers a few days ago in connection with the reading of gas meters. Tho meter reader is careful in regard to foreign coins finding their way surreptitiously into slot meters. The other day he found two doubtful coins in such a meter and warned the householder that the meter might be removed if foreign coins were used. A discussion resulted. The disputed coins turned' out to be two Queen Victoria shillings.