NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14511, 27 October 1910, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

IxTLXfEKzA. Is still claiming victims in various parts of the 1 Masterton district. A movement is on foot to establish a ~cow-testing association in the Horowhenua -district* -••-.•■ .... * The contract price of the new steamer "'• ; for Lake Wakatipn, to be built by John McGregor and Sons, of Dnaedin, is £20,850. The gross receipts collected at the Auckland Customhouse yesterday amounted to £4793 4s Id, inemding £5197 c? 9d, collected from Customs duties. Mr. Greenslade, M.P., is urging the ; Postmaster-General, as soon as possible to connect by - telephone the important "towns of Te Awamnta and Cambridge. A petition 'in, bankruptcy was fsjed yes- ; terday by John Fleming, builder, of 59, . Great North Road. , The first meeting of creditors will bo held on Thursday next at the assignee's office. L ; :• -'- A number of sheep have been worried of late in the One-two Hill Domain, the loss w being somewhat serious to owners. On Monday two dogs. were ©hot, and an en- -; deavour is being macte to discover to whom V they'belonged:- •• meeting of creditors in the bankrupt .estate of -Michael Joseph Cartin, labourer, ''■■&>■ '-was summoned for yesterday morning. « The ;;: debtor and his solicitor (Hr. B. H. Wymaii) > were present, but none of the creditors aiH peared. so the meeting was adjourned sine ■.'.' die? .The deficiency inthe estate is £84. - ( • . There were eight men in the city police ; cells last night,; two arrested for drunkenness; two for breaches of the peace, one '' for' being drunk and. disorderly, one for v consenting an : . indecent act, 'one 1 on a ; charge of. theft*arid' one for assault. A woman charged with being an iacorrigiblei : jogue ■ was aw locked np. - v ■ .