NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13455, 4 June 1907, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Stoz mail arrived. : ': : " ■;" i> Zealandia left for Sydney. : I? Victoria for the South this afternoon. , The flagship Powerful left for Sydney yesterday. , During May .136' births, 55 deaths, and 80 marriages were registered in Wellington. ; There is every probability " of! a cheese factory being established "at; Ormondville, Hawke's Bay, during the coming season.

.;' All available land in and near Ohakune, Mwiawatu. is. being purchased /with avidity. Mills are being erected in all directions. ,;■■', Owing to the ■ prospects of an iron industry at Parapara it is stated : that land* has gone up from 16s to" £30 and £40 an acre. 'Five boxes containing J £25,000 in sovereigns arrived \ from I Sydney ~- by: the Victoria yesterday for the Bank of New Zealand. s [ Three• boxes of gold, v . valued at^ £1191, were shipped to Sydney by the Zealandia yesterday by the National Bank of New Zealand. It ' is' estimated that during >■ the ? three winter months last 1 year .26,000,000 rabbit carcases were received at Darling Harbour (Sydney) by rail. . Twenty-one f Celestials left Wellington last Friday by the Warrimoo on a trip " Home," but all expressed their intention of returning to New Zealand. ~ - The ; townspeople of Hastings, 'recognising the good work done by the fire brigade at the recent fife, have ; donated over £100 to be divided among I the members .; of the brigade. '. * <,' , ' : A somewhat exciting incident took place i , at' a recent football match at Woodville, j when a Madri spectator ■ suddenly rushed j into a scrum with his umbrella waving, and sought to urge his friends on to settle their opponents. _ ■ X..'U/.;' : . "What are you?" asked the inspector of awards in the Arbitration Court at Wellington lately, of a witness,'the nature of whose employment he ; desired 'to ascertain. "I am a Norwegian," the witness promptly answered.' "And what work TO you do?" continued > the inspector. ; " Well, I get up in the morning!" The rest of the information was obtained with the aid of the' corkscrew of interrogation. ",, ,'