NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14302, 23 February 1910, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

,»■.'•.-■.".,■.■.- ~..:- ■c- -; ■•'..' ■ ••' •-.'• '■' Tut: formation of an Agricultural and ■'- = = - Pastoral Association is projected at Strut.ford: '/ '/. There are no, less than .60 applicants for : \',?fa • 'to position of assistant to the town clerk "..' rK.i : : Dannevirkc. •''.■./..■;.■7.'"'.''^.'•'.'. ...,/'/ /,..// ; './■•■; Seventy-eight persons have lodged '■• 180 applications at the Lands Office for the 12 sections :of the ; -Tangoio ' settlement, ; near Napier. .- .. . ,• . The. Manawatu Golf Club has let a '"con-. ''. tract for the erection of a two-storey golf : ' clubhouse, at Hokowhitu, at a little over , : £1100. v - /.'?-'.-■ : '-'- " : ;:v ; - ■ ....-;. ■■ .;■ -"■■.•; *■■ ■'. ;■•.'■■;■. •..-. : -i'.-- ■.►-.■■'■■• ;v». -v.: ~■.'•■.■;' .- - A meeting of representative farmers "= held at Feilding on Friday decided to take steps . with; a.view to starting a co-operative ''.: : ;' bacon-curing 'company.' ; '.■■■' ■' •'"".; It is proposed to i erect a second traffic •;■,"•'; bridge at Wanganui. The estimated cost .';■'■:.-.'./of the bridge is £20,000, of which'the Government will contribute £5000. The Romney ram donated by W. E. ,V Allen .'m/ aid of tho funds for the new Mosterton I showgrounds' at / Sol way. realised .' 120 guineas on being sold/and resold. ' Tho new baths at Napier maintain their :/:'. popularity. './One/ evening last week there •', .were .50 women : ; girls waiting ; for the' door to open, and 239 in all, attended ,that './. ; : evening. r .' •*>■.'■ //., '-."■•.',.-'//■;.;'.: .:.■.,..; •/•..•.... Taxicabs will .shortly be running ;in •.';. Invcrcargill (states la. Press' Association : ■ } message), "Messrs:. G.W. Woods and Co. '•' having ordered four, Darracqs, the first of which/ arrives in a few weeks. ' A petition to be adjudicated bankrupt . was; fiied yesterday,by? Hugh Edward Jas. ' ■< Rea," commercial / traveller, 85, 'Lincolnstreet, Ponsonby, and Ellen Rea. The first meeting, of creditors will be held on Fri- ' day, March 4.' .As indicating the amount-of food con- .'. . sumed at Maori .gatherings, it may bo mentioned that in connection /-with/ the assemblage of natives at Okaiawa Mr. W. Siirgerior, of .Otakeho, contracted to : supply 1000 41b. loaves of bread. ' ; v j Mr. R. Milliganwas yesterday unanimously ' re-elected chairman of the Oamarti Harbour

. • Board -.- (states' a Press Association- message).■ Reference was mado in the annual report to -.'.; the -scheme now in "progress to \ bring about V a r settlement of the 1879 -loan of £100,000, the I total liability in v respect !of which now ';-;.■' stands' at £202,000..: ' ' . . . • At tho Dunedin Police Court" yesterday .. morning David Linley, alias Charles Jeff- • ries, alias Lonnon, .;..was 'sentenced to six months' hard labour (states a Press AssociaI lion message) for stealing a,bag and suit of clothes belonging.to a commercial traveller from ; Watson's Hotel, and also a bicycle from the street.