NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13762, 29 May 1908, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

!; t ;V : - , ,--.:-..r J .1<.,.:.■..•,,■>.:,. ■~-., * -'" — - AJtk>N*QfiiiKXT3 have been made for the formation of a' strong* branch ;of the Em- '. pjojcrs' Fedri.it ton at-Hasting". ~■'■':., ;. t i'" Weliington fisheimen are "catching large ' 1 numbers of hapuka- in Cook's Strait at pre- . .as.SQ.of these fish (averaging 801b) being taken, in one haul. . ~. It' has been- ascertained that the milk vendors of Melbourne- have a code of signals by which they can indicate to each other the. 'presence of an inspector in a particular , ■' ■ district* ~-'■>'.: . - - ' : '.' '' A man was arrested at the Melbourne ; Opera House on a charge of offensive be- '■'■ . haviour. When searched'at the watch- . house he was found to have in his pockets £389, in notes and gold.":' "• -. ; The police cells last night were occupied by seven • person's, viz., six arrested on charges ■'. of drunkenness, and. one on a . '.: charge of failing to comply with an order of the Court for maintenance. The Canterbury correspondent of the .Farmers' Union Advocate, writing in the : last issue of that journal, says:—"What this country wants more than anything else ; " just now is an, influx-of about 10,000 good farm-workers."' - .(' ■■■'.. .The Ballance Co-operative Dairy Company have paid out £2800 for milk supplied during, = ; Considering: the season the supply was well maintained,- al- - though some 16 tons less of butter were manufactured, than in April last year. Chmtchurch possesses more.motor cars than all. the rest of New Zealand put together. The' registrations in Christ-church with.the."City Council, at date, number 531, of which. about .one-half are motor cars and the remainder motor cycles. A - quaint custom prevails in the Kaikouia and surrounding districts of naming v a horse J after the .man from whom it has been -bought. i- The coach driver.. steering his team round a sharp curve yells the :■'..■. names- of prominent individuals ehcour:ljjinglv. '•;',.■:.'.■■''.• v • ,'■ " : :':'■ ■'' ■•' •''■'■ -Apropos of "Empire' Day several children el; Russian Jews, living at Broken Hill, . and'attending the public schools, informed their' teachers that they could not, take pa in, the celebrations because ' their |i ! " vfT-parentis'- would not allow them to ealuto : ' the, British flag/' - ; - A,-, singular coincidence took place at, the . Feilding Borough Council meeting the other j , night, in connection with the tenders for ;; the North-street drain. The engineer's ! estimate of the costs of the work was £1095, »nd the first tender opened, that of W. ;; Wyilkinson,, wm for £1095 !..-.,- '■■■:■_■;■ ..-There' appears, to be a dearth of journeymen hairdressers in Donedin, and the : position is likely to become acute, as seve- .-/'..'■: »"al. have left the trade altogether during the last .few'months, and more content* ; -= : - plate doing so. It is stated that the wages are too- small and the hours too.long. ... 'A Chinese,, witness was asked by Judge : Haselden, at Master ton, if ho spoke English. The Celestial replied : "A few." It '<;■■' transpired, as the judge predicted, that "a few'' meant " a lot," as witness had been :/: 11 years in the country, and was a fairly . ' fluent speaker of: English. ° '; A fast motor cycle run from the Dun- / ©din Post Office to the Chrisichurch Post Office was made by Mr. A. C. McCartney !,'■ the'' other day. His time, including stop- , pages, was lOh. 23m. The cyclist experienced great trouble with the driving belt, ■*nd he lost fully 21 hours from this cause.