NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13029, 21 November 1905, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Tntsco mail due. Victoria left for Sydney. Zealandia for the South to-day. . . It is only seventy years since the first house was erected on the site of Melbourne. The settlers of Taihape are moving in the direction of forming an agricultural and pastoral association. ;■••.■■■;■ .".■•■-^•V : ' Thursday, the 30th inst., is the date fixed . by.the Order-in-Council for the payment of , " land tax for 1905-6.. . ; 5-\ ..;■ Amongst the cargo from; the Loch Vennachar, on the south coast of Kangaroo Is- • land, South Australia, a huge raft has been found. '-■- Frozen meat'" to the value of £295,366 was' exported from . New South Wales last year. The record is held by 1901. when the value of the frozen meat shipped was £585,691. Several fanners in the Weber and TiTree districts, Hawke's Bay, have made a commencement with their shearing, but the unseasonable weather is greatly delaying operations. While gathering eggs at Queanbeyan, New ' South Wales, Miss Bingley WoodSf field was bitten by a black snake, but after remedies had beep applied she was soon - out of danger. The Postmaster-General states that in a- -: very short time the 5d stamp in New South Wales will have been in use for 50 years, - and it was intended to mark the jubilee jz'y;.. in a fitting manner. In ■ reply to a question, Mr. Walker, a \Waitaki candidate, said he would not be in sft, ;> favour of .taxing bachelors, but- iD favour of, . by legislation, assisting them to get means whereby they could afford to keep a wife and family. '.■:.' ~;.;;,. .--'... Dairying has apparently gone ahead 'of ■;:..' the available grass in some parts of Otago. A Port Chalmers farmer recently had to sell a - newly-calved Ayrshire cow for £1." A dairyman could not see his way to rent her even at Is a'week. ' Mr. James Clark, of the Celebes Trading ■25';' :; Company, states''that he has removed 125 -shelling boats from Queensland waters ■ to the Straits {settlements. He declares that Commonwealth -legislation and its application, to coloured labour are the principal ■ ■ X causes of the removal. A human skeleton, with the exception of ■'/■■■:■■• the head and arm's, lias 'been, unearthed in a market garden near • Spring' Vale, Victoria. The body, iwhicu was only 15m under the surface, is believed to be that of a woman. Every bone was disjointed and almost rotted. Old residents', do not remember 'anyone having been buried at the spot, and the bones are to be examined. -The Hobart (Tasmania) Children's Pro- . tection Society (as was cabled the other day) has decided to establish a home for boys as a, memorial to the late Dr. Barnardo. The scheme embraces a building or adoption ; of a comfortable home for destitute lads, and the finding of situations for them on farms in the country when old enough to work. The proposal has been .well received. A boundary rider named Harry Teebe found a skeleton near Corona run, in the Longreach (Queensland) district recently. The remains were in a small creek, and the skull, and portions of bones were found 300 yds down the creek. There was no- ! thing to identify the deceased, but it is believed the remains are those of a swags- t :nan variously named " Yorkey" and " The Opal King," who disappeared about five >.:''; years, ago. . .•.'•;--•: ~..■■'■.._ - } The Tasmanian Premier has received a re- I port from Mr. James Adam, executive engi- ; neer, who visited Australia on behalf of the ] India Office in order to report upon the sup- ; ■ ' ply of wooden sleepers. He. states that , certain of the milling plants, etc., are more • up-to-date than any that exist in Queensland, or New South Wales, as are also the facilities for oversea shipments. .Tasmanian timber can be cheaper in India than ' ■' from any other Australian State. ;''.-.'■•. .At', a■■ Catholic demonstration in Mel- *■}*■;■■ ■ bourne:on November 12, Archbishop Can* ,"-\-.. protested against the actions of those who I'■ . . were in the habit'of making such a marked | ■,••'-;,'Lfi distinction : between • Archbishop Can- and •the Archbishop of Melbourne, - and expressed the hope that he might be called wb*t he was, Archbishop of Melbourne." fc Ji- In future -he, would acknowledge no com- : • tomicationy no mutter from ' what quarter • it'cauie, ;<br'w-iicb Ins title was not iecog-Rit-caine, in'w-iicb his title was not recognised. ' LUlc a A : ~v: y J .