NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13707, 25 March 1908, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

;■ : YiCfOSM. left for the South. Mary Isabel arrived from Port Stephens. Barque Empreza arrived from Adelaide. ' Prime Minister returned from country tour. ~ .r , : ...;.-.. .'..-; ?""„-• The Wairarapa labour market ib at pre- ' . .cent glutted with carpenters. A syndicate has purchased 50 acres of ■' land at Levin for fruitgrowing purposes. "'Some of the New Plymouth milk sup- ' pliers have raised, their . price to 4d per quart. . Steps are now being taken in connection ; with the erection of .Wellington's new post . office. ~' 'Owing to the scarcity of green fodder, an Eketahuna dairy herd has been sold at . / 27s 6d a head. " The times for the holding of examinations j ''■' of shipmasters and mates at Auckland ap- j i pear in the Gazette. j ■ | Several large and well-designed temper- / ance hotels are at present in process of construction in Wellington. There is an impression in England that New Zealand cheese is being carried to Britain at too low a temperature. Another penny has been added to the • price per pound for butter in Wanganui, and it is now retailing at Is 5d per lb. The Wellington prohibition party has received some substantial donations from Home towards the cost of the work it has : in hand. ; ,: Locusts are proving a menace to orchard--ists in the King: Country. At Ohura, it is said, this pest is causing much damage to fruit trees. r Assisted immigrants from England to Uisborne district haw not been very numerous, but one who arrived a couple of weeks ago was possessed of £2000. A shipment of 1300 slieep— the first of V the season— -landed at Timaru last week from the Chatham Islands. The sheep were in good condition. A business site in Taumarunui's main street, has been sold for £350. Sections in the vicinity of the new railway station have greatly increased in price. A railway league has been formed in Eketahuna for the purpose of advocating the construction of a loopline of railway from Eketahuna to Waipukurau. The Wellington .Harbour Board has instructed its sen-ants to see that no smoking is allowed on the wharves, especially m the vicinity of the sheds and stores. Particulars of land in the Titirangi survey district, taken for the purposes of a lighthouse and for a road in connection therewith, appear in the last Gazette. ■-'.'■: The sittings of the Court of Appeal have been fixed, according to a proclamation in the. Gazette, for March 30, July 6, and October 5, at the Supreme Court, Wellington. Vt A total of 20,085 bales of wool was exported from Wanganui during the past four months, an increase of 1551 bales on the number for the corresponding period of last year. The- Eire Brigade Conference at Masterton decided to vote £27 as a prize fund for essays ou subjects connected with the lire service in, the Dominion, the executive to choose three subjects. The prizes in each '■ subject will be £5, £3 and £1.