NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13649, 17 January 1908, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Monowai arrived from the South. Taviuni due from the Eastern Pacific. H.M Challenger left for Wellington. Several prominent Wellington citizens are to be prosecuted for wasting water, contrary to the city by-laws. In the Waiuna district the grain and root crops are reported to be the best seen there for some years. High prices were being asked at Motueka'for raspberries last week. A bucket full, weighing about 151b, was offered for 7b. The Mokau River Trust has decided to proceed with snagging the river above Maryvilie, 22 miles from the Heads, to Totoro, 22 miles further. It* is reported that all the bookstalls on the : New Zealand railway stations are to "be brought under State control when the present leases expire. As showing the value ot dairying- land in the Aorangi Government settlement, ;»' farm of 147 acres, lease in perpetuity, has just changed hands at the substantial figure of £1250 for the goodwill. Persons who make hop beer for sale arc now required to take out a license to do so. The license fee is £1, but the Gazette notice that the -icense is required does not Bay where tho license ie to be got. A couple of rabbits caught in the Maungatarera Valley lost Sunday bore sorrowful evidences of_ the fires raging there. Their eyesight had been destroyed, and every particle of hair had been singed off, though they were still alive. A Main Trunk labourer retired from his job the other day in a etate of comparative affluence. He worked continuously on the line for three years, blind to the attractions of sly grog and two-up, and his bank book now- shows a balance of £400.