NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13796, 8 July 1908, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

YESTKBDAT afternoon, while Dr. Tracy Inglis was, engaged starting the mechanism , of his motor car in Queen-street, the crank flew back and struck him on the arm, inflicting a painful ;■ in jury. : There were two cases of bankruptcy in - the Wairarapa during*the past month as compared with one fo>- the corresponding • month, • last year.; tr Since the beginning ' of the current year there have been seven bankruptcies as against eight for the first j six months of last year. ';• l The Wyndham Farmer states that wea- :■■'- sels ; : and stoats infest the bush country round about Waikawa and Haldane as jackals do in "India. Everything is meat that comes their j way. : Recently a Haldane settler had .15 out of 17 young pigs killed by"those rodents' in one night. A meeting of tins council of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society was to have 1 been held at the Museum last evening, but had to be abandoned. Mr.' E. W. Payton, the president, was in attendance, but only one member made his appearance. After ■'.- an hour's wait it was decided, as a quorum was not available^ to adjourn the meeting.,. The Harbour Board committee, to Vsicli the application for the position of test-lag officer on the ferro-coricrete works was "'referred, has submitted the following names to ; the Boatd for -consideration, •' and the applicants will be • asked to appear at next - ■; Board meeting:—T. D. Holdeniess,C.W. K. Allison, W. MeCracken, H. F. Becroft, A;' Webber and S. W. M. Collis.