NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13484, 10 May 1907, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

y.'' ■■;■■. /■"'—■ ♦ ' ,"■'"■ , Apakma <!ua fi-am Caleut&." . . Haurofco clue from the Islands. Tarawera arrived from the South. . '2*iwaru left for South and .London. . Indian Mutiny started 50 years ago to|i day. . * * Fourteen cases : of scarlet fever were reported in Wellington for the week ended Saturday.* v. *: ; - - '" : " '■; ■. A: The Huddart-Pavkcr steamer Victoria, 1 from Sydney, took 200 tons of cargo to | Gisborne.h > : ■>'.'.;■-;■!'.';• Two members of the House of Representatives have been widowed and married again during the present Parliament. An old ' landmark in Wellington, the f%fc Post Office Hotel, has been demolished in order to make room for a hew and up-to- • date brick structure. The survey of the Arai Estate, in the Gisborne district, by the Government, for subdivision . under the Land for Settlement Act, will be proceeded with immediately. - '• For the season just ended 306 passengers journeyed to Mount Cook by motor car, the largest number hitherto taken up being v " ,' 178.- .Over 400 people were carried as far h as Pukaki by car. , , ; - The heavy rains have played havoc with sawmill tramlines and bridges ~in the Dannevirke district," and a, considerable '0:1 ; time will .necessarily be '• spent in making the necessary repairs. f Whakatane experienced a severe shock of [- earthquake on Tuesday night. The direc- :*■' ''i ■■ ■ tion was ;, north-west to .'•: south ?east. .It is stated that the shake was the. severest that has* been felt since the eruption at Tarawera." !-. An exchange says:"We tried an in•'teresting experiment the other day. A newspaper addressed to ; a well-known resident of Wellington was returned to us with the word 'dead' written on the wrapper. We sent the wrapper in an un- > stamped envelope to the same address, ; % and it was ; properly delivered. Moral: If you want to ensure delivery of a letter ! ' don't stamp it. -'..■;/.. : ,."'" -..'■":■-. ■'•,..■■