NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13486, 13 May 1907, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

'Suez mail arrived. V . 1 Tarawera left for Sydney.; - . *'• Manapouri due from South! ;; : ; Waikare arrived from Sydney. Aparima arrived from Calcutta. rf~. Miowera for Sydney this evening. The Hawera Dairy Company have de- . cided to .instal a dual plant. •- Quite 1 a heavy frost was experienced in : Hawera last Tuesday morning. > • " Empire Day (May 24) will be observed as Va public holiday by all Government . offices. - - 4. There are at present five cases of typhoid fever under treatment in the Waikato ; Hospital. '•

■ • 'The recent floods in the Wairarapa' were the cause of a good number of trout being ■ ; left high and dry when the water receded. , Two men and a woman, arrested on : ? p charges of drunkenness' on Saturday even- : : .ing, were, the occupants of the police cells last night. • During the recent floods at Shannon pas- ' sengers by the train were amused at the • number of frogs and mice that had taken refuge on the tops of posts, the mice being -•.prisoners until the waters subsided. :.i& As an evidence of the very mild weather being experienced for this time of the year (says the Feilding Star) twin lambs a few : days' old may be seen sporting about on Mr. Humphreys' property at Makino. : ,v A white Turu, or New Zealand owl, has • been caught in the Taranaki district, and is S , /, now on exhibition in that locality. It is • -a very rave and curious specimen, and the ;, owner has had many inquiries from intending purchasers. _7' : The controlling, power of one of the - tramcars running on the Parnell-New--1 -market line gave out on Friday afternoon, and as . a result the car was delayed for . about an hour in the middle of the Parnell 1 rise.

• - During the month of April 203 cattle, 10 calves, 873 sheep, 34 lambs, and 119 pigs were killed at the Wanganui Freezing Works' abattoirs for local consumption. Three of the cattle were condemned as being unfit for human consumption.

In addressing the Sandon branch of the Farmers' Union, Mr. J. G. Wilson said the season had been the best that he had known during his 34 years' experience. All kinds of produce was realising good prices, and the outlook for the present year was most encouraging.