NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14093, 22 June 1909, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

illfir§P ;;; ' : - : ' : 'i' y -'-- : ' ; . ; ; 'T • ■:*..-. J>rxT.Btßi>,3 are exeeptionaDy plentiful |on f . the watershed of;the Wanganui and Manga- ■' wherb Rivers.- *...-*•* • ,' f -f » Iklt.jhr.ds are exceptionally plentiful on ie watershed of the Wanganui and MangaIt is stilted that a considerable number ! dairy farmers -in * the Wairarapa district ||||fii^rruggi^^^ their cowe this winter. Tnere were four person? in the city police fotpcHs - last night, % three being ; arrested for * drunkenness''a.nd; one on a charge of theft. 5 | ■ A clothes-line * thief has \ made bis appearance at Tuakuu, and two thefts from the residences of local settlers are reported. |i - •"''.-'■' ..' ■ ' '•*"" '"■'■•' £* *, A resolution in favour of compulsory lip;military 4 training has . been passed by the f*§. Wbangarei branch of the Auckland Educational Institute. 1 j""' ;■ The recent, rains in New South Wales have had the. effect of generating a more t, cheerful tone in commercial circles (says the Sydney Morning Herald). ■'■"■< Between .400 and 500 shags were noticed i by a correspondent of ; the Rotorua Times last week in two rookeries on the Waikato u. River, near Waiwhakarewarimu. 1 > ' According to'- the Dominion, the pastor . of one of the Wellington churches cannot remember any winter when he had more ;.; destitute people appealing to him for help . (i than he has now. ■'!>(:? "* Wellington is much more a '-, rural town ~ ; than one would imagine.' Last year there were. 87 people fined for allowing horses ' and cattle to wander in the streets. The ;.i year before there were 143 such convic;.:v.. tions. >\ ; , •.■,' •''■.*■ ;; A horse offered }by '■> auction recently in H Ashburton was knocked down to a bidder $&:' for the sum of 4s 6d. It is said the lorse rff.had a new pair of shoes on when sold, so that. the price given does not really convey i\p, a correct idea of the value of horse flesh. b 'In South} Canterbury a man driving cows along the road noticed his neighl||? 0 pony straying, and to prevent it getting into the pound tried to drive it along, and while he , was doing so the /; ranger came along and impounded his cows. , . , ■*..,,;;. \ : . - : . It is an ill wind-that blows nobody good 1 (says the Wairarapa Times). Farmers in the Wairarapa district, and no doubt in other districts las well, are hoping that the drought in T the Argentine may affect t*{u. market* i sufficiently to cause a rise in the price of oats and chaff. '. ; ;:..'.., ,:: ,. ;-