NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13780, 19 June 1908, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

te;«;;i;! : N.'.i' ■->■ ■» '■' — >.-"•■ W^!Pvs■;:K^/:■^^:;^:; : ':;v; ; ■: :■/;-■■■ .:■'.'■.'■':■.■.: - •' Tan damage caused by the railway acf oid«nt at Gore station last week is estij -<; ■ mated at £800. The occupants of ■ the, police ■ cells last ■V, • night wore'three males charged with drunk-*.-mess, one with theft, and another with vagrancy. While' Watching his sons felling timber at Jellore (Vic), George James Chant, 68 > yeara of age, was killed by a tree, which fell on him., •../... , ; During the progress of a- football match. at Brighton (Vic.) a pickpocket made. a.'haul of over £111 worth of money and jewellery from three victims. '■■' ■ The occupants of the police cells last night were two persons apprehended - on ■"'-"- charges of drunkenness, and another '..-surged"with theft.' J ' ; - i, "Messrs. Arbitration Court, Wellington," '•' is ■ the address on a communication sent by ' on© Government Department in Wellington ' 'another the other day. • It is expected thai the annual Colonial ! Conference of the Farmers' Union will be held in Wellington towards the end of '~"; July. The agenda piper is very long. ! During last month the West Australian Ktate Bank advanced £40,000 to settlers, over half of which is to be spent in clear- . ing, and most of the balance. in ring-barking.' .■nd fencing. ~ . : ' AMaslerton man, wearing a rubber coat, ' ' was warming himself at an oil heater, when bis. coat took fire. He had. just time to ; ". divest himself of it ere it blazed up and ," was speedily demolished. There is every promise, according. tothe .",■ Wanganui Herald, that the pipe- band con- ',' . test, which it is proposed to hold in Wan- -. ganui next January, will be a big success. "V ' The idea is being taken up with enthusi- .;•'.'■,'■■.. 'asm.,' The Victorian Director of 'Education states vhat the facilities for education in ' the ■rural districts of Australia, are the best in the world, but that the cities are behind 1; ' England, America, Germany, and else%l where. '■■'■' '_'■-■"' r' . ~-'"■ . ■ '■; ," A sheep-farmer who had been troubled by dogs has found «v new use for goats. 0 He says::--" Keep a few goats in the flock and dogs will never bother them, i We had a flock of 500 head, and never lost one .;•■•'.: when wo had goats." According to the Labour Journal for Juno ; the number of men employed on the railways in" the Auckland province is as follows:Kawakawa - Grahamtown, 157; j Helensville Northwards, 281; Gisborne-Ro- | torua, 76; North Island Main Trunk, 1126. j The-Dunedin City Corporation has reduced the price of gas to 5s a thousand cubic feet: Complaints of bad gas have ':''"< been rife for some time, and it is now ' " stated that the purifying; plant ':. at, .the , ;;' works will have to ba replaced shortly by 1 a new "one, at an estimated cost of £9000. ": l A- Wairarapa teacher..has. written to the secretary, of the Wellington Education , -, Board, acknowledging the receipt" of the Decalogue, and he makes the somewhat surprising statement that this was the first occasion upon which many of tho ; scholars had heard of the Ten : Command- ,'•;.- mentt- -. . .', -.. ... ', _ ■ ■ ■. The season so far has been such a mild one that the sparrows.' and starlings in Wairarapa are already,building their nests. I'.-V -There will thus be two broods of the pests ■feM; which ■ the farmers .will have to contend ■ V with this; year, ■ unless the weather becomes very severe during the next few •'.■.'..' weeks.