NEWS BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 13969, 27 January 1909, Page 8

NEWS BRIEF.

The expenses of Dr. Thaeker in contesting, the Lyttelton ; sea tK at the ; general election, were £174 18s 9d. .

.A..correspondent*who signs himself "A ; Constant; Visitor," writes appealing to growers of fruit to send supplies for the use of the inmates of the Costley Home. Owing to contemplated retirement on ■ superannuation from : the Government Roads 'Department, several changes in position' among the officers are likelv to be made shortly.

Consumptive patients at Otaki Sanatorium depend mainly upon fresh air and exercise for heir,: care.: • Gardening is one of- the- main occupations, and this is being turned:to useful account, as in ; future the patients; the 4 assistance' of two .gar- ; doners,' -will? supply \ all the vegetables used at. Wellington Hospital .;■■' and '' the sanatorium.' \ ':: "- .>.'■ . ; An idea .of the " size of some of the milk cheques drawn by South Taranaki farmers in the flush; of the season (says the Tara.naki Herald) may be gained from the J fact that the' vKaupokoriui Dairy Company, one ■°* the;htrgest co-operative factories in tho Dominion,rpaidtb three of its largest suppliers last,, month ,i he"'"respective"- sums of £557: £280,. and ; £220.' ■ ■", The 2. timber trade is unusually dull on the West Coast at ; present. Nominallythe' sawmills were to resume ion the, 18th inst., but at .a meeting, held on that day it was. decided to postpone ~\ resumption of work • indefinitely. It is reported that eight mills .will .be at -work this week cutting white and red, pine, the orders for which aggregate .75,000 ; superficial feet. _ A : horso : attached to a cart; while standing in Union-street yesterday moraine, be-came-frightened,:; and y bolted down" the street, colliding with ■•Chinaman's vegetable cart. 'The latter was overturned by the .force, of the impact and was considerdamaged, ■ while the contents wore sen sprawling upon the road. The driver, a young Chinese, wag also- precipitated into) the road, and Sustained a severe shaking *