NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13305, 11 October 1906, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Atua arrived from the Islands. Talune from the South to-day. A serious accident occurred at Waiuku on Tuesday night. ; .'" Auckland's Labour Day celebrations yesterday were a great success. --- Three of the oldest officials of the Customs Department will retire at the end of '; * ,* the year. Great, gatherings of old colonists assem- ' ;.; bled yesterday at St. Andrew's Church and the Choral Hall. : . -•■;, • • - —•- The Premier says that the revenue returns for the six months ended September - 30 are *' simply splendid." ■I', During September the estates of 51 deceased persons were placed under the i charge of the Public Trustee. The inmates of the police cells last night consisted of four persons arrested on charges of drunkenness, two on charges of disorderly conduct, and another on a charge of obstructing the police. A number of basket* of trout have already : , been secured by sportsmen in the Masterton district, the record so far reported being 25, of good average size, caught in one day. According to Sir Robert Stout, astrono- ■'. 'men have as vet only succeeded in accur- ■ * ately determining the size of some 40 or 50 sars out of' the innumerable hosts which • throng .the heavens. : ' - The fruitgrowers of Roxburgh, Otago, are ;■: crying out about the. loss of apricots again ;,' this season. J Several sharp frosts 'have ', nipped the trees, and in some of the gar- . dens the small birds' are causing serious mischief. " '.- "' ' - The. Polynesian Gazette reports the following peculiar case:—A mare' owned by Mohias Marajh, an Indian storekeeper at the south end of the town, on June 12, ?"" slipped a fully developed foal. On September 20 she gave birth to another foal in ■ good, condition. ' A turbine plant was landed at Dargaville the other day from Napier,, for Mr. Birr ' - . kett's.flax mill at Maungamii Bluff. The mill be worked by water power, and the turbine is credited" with being able' to furnish 100 horse power.