NEWS IN BRIER

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13873, 6 October 1908, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIER

Notice is gazetted that October 14 (Labour Day) will be observed as a Government holiday. , After. many years, the completion' of the long-promised "Riveredaie-Switzera railway (Southland) is now within measurable dis- '■ tance. '• It ie reported that a woman residing "At Otira has been left the sum of £16,uu0, besides some valuable property in England.. One man arrested on a charge of drunkenness arid another on a charge of using obscene language, were the only inmate? of the police cells lajtt night. ; . Mr. H. B. Devereux, F.R.M.S., gives the rainfall for Saturday (telegraphs our Waihi correspondent) as 3.41 in, making, -. .. with Friday's fall, 4£in in 48 hours. A phenomenal hailstorm occurred in Gisborne on Sunday (telegraphs our correspondent), deafening, peals of thunder being followed by a fall of hailfitones larger than pigeon eggs. . .. A manufacturer's estate in Dunedin that was assigned a few months ago has panned out very badly f or the creditors, who get only 10 in the £. One creditor was ' down for £11,000.. : The receipts on the Dunedin city tramways for the month ended September- 23 showed an increase of over £600 on the \ eaiue period of last year—the largest increase yet recorded for any month ■ ' A letter was posted in Glasgow on August 7, addressed to a resident, of Worksop Road, Masterton. The words "New Zealand" were omitted, but the letter reached its destination on September 22 with- . out missing a mail. * . - The fruit crop in Central Otago promises to be a. record yield : this season. Many orchardists attribute the outlook to the decrease of the bird pest, which is very ' marked., proving that the little gray owls axe accomplishing the work for which tney were imported into the country.