NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13927, 8 December 1908, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

TtaßE were in the lock-up last night two persons charged with drunkenness.

, The Rev. H. Mason, of Otahuhu, visited Howick last week at the invitation of the j Bowling Club, and located two spots on ! this green where permanent water could be found. Boring operations will be commenced immediately. What must sure'y be a record in fungus £owth has just been lifted from Mr. Botn's property on the Mangawhera Road, and taken to the Eltham Argus office. Tt .measures over 6ft in diameter, and its other dimensions are in proportion. The new wharf accommodation at Birkenhead is nearing completion, and good progress is being made with the work of cutting down the hill at the approach to ' the wharf. With fine weather the latter Is expected to be finished before Christ- - mas. ': The bicycle thief in Christchurch is growing more daring every week. A young man who left his bicycle outside the theatre the other evening got , an unpleasant. eurprise when he f returned ? nd found that the front wheel of the machine had been re- ; moved during his absence. Mr. James Stevenson, snrvevnr + n « ' Whaharangi *«**s&s£%£. gj. the Whaharangi Block, near' Piping gj purpose of settlement and scenic re^rvl tion. Over 40,000 acre* are 53mF2& With, and a largo portion is to be Wed for lease at Wanganui shortly. °P ened Ju hekl iSiESfc Arbitr *tion Court, *° P 6 " e * <l a * Dnnedin in Febni&rv r,i« not a single dispute-has beVn £?• an* breaches of awards s*t • • , ■ ;6 . an d liuring the laH mon?h fl™ V W Dg ' been settled in ob?SScl *******