NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13768, 5 June 1908, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

"Whit Moxdat" (June 8) will be observed as a bank holiday throughout New Zealand. ' ..,'.

The Masterton Dairy Factory is now only working every third day. The factory will close down very shortly.

There is still a. good demand lor town, suburban, and farm properties in New Plymouth, and district, and some good sales have taken place during the past week or so.

. The special representative of the Australian Star, with the British football team, cabled the result of.the Otago-British match on Saturday to his paper in Sydney- in a fraction over a minute., ~ The ; result, was known in Sydney before the players left the ground. > \

The tablet system of train working on the Main' Trunk railway will conic "in operation this week between Marlon Junction and Waiouni, replacing the old staff and ticket'method, which is not- suitable for **& line where (lie traffic is growing to such large proportions'.

. Maoris ,are. rapidly dying on. the West Coast "awl tattgis are very frequent. At Otaki during Uic past three days two deaths ~,have occurred. The next few months pro-, mise, to be '.very hard on the natives as they have neither crops nor money —due tr the 'prevalence "of .tangrsi' '"".'.

■./."Moss of Anerum, tic champion sheep dog at the Mastcrton trials last week, is valued at £100. His companion, Tweed of Rox- ■ Ixko', is.regarded by his owner as being worth £80. The general opinion of Wairarapa sheepmen is that Moss of Antrum is* one of the most intelligent dogs ever seen. in New Zealand.

Two Inglewood boys found an acetylene tins generator, turned the tap, and got a rtame. To get a bigger Haute they shook up the generator, and presently there was an explosion. The generator was blown to pieces, and one of the boys, mimed Bishell, had his face badly cut. The other, Massicks, escaped unhurt

"' It is said that a, certain cure for the bite of a katipo spider is, according to the 'Maoris, to rub on the place burnt rimu bark, .and bathe immediate in sea water, or salt water. But burnt rimu bark is not .readily procurable, and at the seaside, where katipos principally are met with, ' such a remedy is almost out of the question.

... A bee stung Mr. J..'. Murphy, sen., of Foatherstou, on tike forehead, while lie was working in his garden a day or two ago. Some honey was rubbed on the spot, and no more attention paid to the injury until next day, when, the part was found to be turning" A doctor was consulted, and Mr. Murphy learnt that blood-poison-ing had set in. He is now improving under the tare of his medical attendant.