JEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11781, 10 October 1901, Page 6

JEWS IN BRIEF.

The Te Anau arrives from the South toThe total membership of the Milton branch of the New- Zealand Farmers' Union is now only a little short of 250* The Federal Bill on divorce is likely to meet with strong opposition from the representatives of the Anglican Church in Australia. A labouring man, aged about 40, committed suicide at Maitland (N.S.W.) on September 25, placing his neck across the rail, as the train was approaching. His head was severed from his body. The Dunedin City Council has decided to raise its town clerk's salary from £450 to £600 per annum. Some surprise is being expressed in "Dunedin at the decision, which was arrived at in committee. The departure of Chinese from the colony last month numbered 17, of whom 16 left from Wellington and one from Auckland. The arrivals were three, viz., one each at Auckland, Wellington, and Invercargill. Bush fires have again been id evidence along the base of the Blue Mountains, and in some of the gullies recently. It is quite evident (says the Tapanui Courier) that someone is maliciously firing the bush. It is said that one of those burnt out. at Winton during the recent fire had £200 in notes in his safe. While the safe was still hot, he opened it, and the influx of ail very soon caused the charred contents, notes included, to become ashes. The Dannevirke paper states that a foreign butterfly was found in a case of drapery which was being unpacked at a local establishment the other morning, and strange to say, it bad assumed the hue of the material bv which it was surrounded. "The Napier Telegraph has computed that there are in !Ncw /Zealand a hundred and thirty schools, the average attendance at which is below ten, and there are nearly 140 more (156, to be exact) at which the attendance ranges between ten and fourteen. In giving judgment in a case at the Wanganui Supreme Court, Chief Justice Sir Robert Stout said he could not understand how storekeepers and others cashed cheques for lads they had never before seen, without making inquiries. It served them right if they lost their money. The Nelson Colonist is informed by a returned trooper that he had not the slightest' difficulty in getting his pay. which amounted to considerably over £100. He says the bonuses may riot have been received, but he did not expect to get his at once, and he was well pleased in obtaining his pay with such little troubleThe pastoral situation has greatly improved all over Australia, and it is now more promising than for many a month, though in some parts more rain must come again if the crops are not to be a disappointment. Over most parts ot Western Queensland the herbage is growing well, and is ample for present requirements. It is stated that the Morion race, which has lived on the Chatham Islands for many generations, must soon come tc an end. There are only about a dozen pure-blooded Morioris on the islands now. Most of them are of great age. The youngest is Horomona (Solomon) Rangitopopoa, and lie is looked upon as the last of his race.