NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14644, 1 April 1911, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

|jsj| tAix. Foots' Day. UK 1 "Four men were in the city police cells RJ!*]ji' last niaht, and two men were in the Newrallfe^'s?.—:i^''"'' '■■-' .'''^" ■'■'' '■■ • '"■ The Customs revenue in Tiniaru for the Hfj|| MfWfc iinant»»l year was 1564,079, an increase 15$? I .if £8139 on the revenue for the previous SI m 18f,'ni|>«| <&f f ~g|v.:;;ii:•'^:^ ,'.;;■' -^, '; ;■':'•.,,;;:::■- . ■:;:■;I i';.:; : ■?■ ■ §">' i'C* Solid aunraraace* "J the hearty welcome' llllJ |«|iwjiifjns, .'the Irish delegate* now _ en ||ll|| .1 itc to New Zealand, are being-received. by Mr. 'Martin Kennedy, of Wellington.' Pji|V>|"~ (Ji~ r, j;.irt mi an hop season is an excel- ,'. I* lent one. Last year there were 6000 bales, j I valued aft £60,000 'This year: th* crop «B."4blaf-: £603 bales, valued at £78,000. '"i j. The milk > suppliers in the Port Chalif;' j M zaers -district, '' owing. to the shortage of \t{M pasture,- and consequent; reduction of the alfenilk yield, have resolved to raise the |S price of milk. ■> \■,'.,?.:■; .;. ■ ;/s|p\'A.';hnder has been accepted, for the j^' ; ']ll Erection of manual training classrooms at 1 'tho "Davenport school. The ; l building, MMfpliikih! will be of : brick, will! be situated WjMjSlibit'the Mount.' Victoria reserve, near the '* .. , / ' ' Kil« A pif nic in aid of the Poasoriby Road Maßie'hina was held under the" auspice* of liliK ■ thr.i city and barban ■ fire brigades on 1 1 h 13. The net receipts from the pic- ,| Jig' Jhic and a deck concert' which was held 5J fV i;iv Th.i' Government has decided to con-'"*>i-1 struct .-, water sppply system for Runanga, ' m'*tfoQ State ''mine township, at » cost of §&1S W'SfKJfl.- The residents- of this locality are ||i'si'i| 1»W.: considering the advisability of formThe returns of .the arrivals and depar- » Statures at ant' from the port of Auckland _ the piust year show that 98 Chinese llff%#'P frt>3,; befan , d New Zealand, and !tsl-W !j| ft the port. ;:..Tw?lve females srSBHPfeecf.' and tiro left. : . I™''* ;Xnfa3tiba»';diseases';are fairly prevalent ■ |«K^4^Tinjaru'ali the "present time, and deHi "f'^^^i drain), in the outer area, where KRpi|s|||^.q?K' | iind drainage has not. yet been |i ' i iHud, »TDi blamed for the trouble. jSjfpiS '"Native birds along the Tarania Ranges, BjßHiitoy.q "Mr. Field, M.P., are becoming very ; '. i,, \\ cant. He attributes this to the gradual SJj&fc''c.kai-an.'9.. of native bush from the lower '~! 3 - )■''■rfJuprs, where tho birds principally have '<\'? Jpfaeir feeding-grounds. '/.'ii(.. Among the paijsengerr. who arrived in |£rH {Wellington by the Ulimaroa from Sydney &f}[ff : <in Wednesday were four Chinese, who ~'|jJ;piaYO b(en on.a holiday jaunt to their r%\ p native '.and A French lady was the uj£.|sf , »n]y other foreigner arriving by the vessel. 'f'M')' ', or,ft table James Oalill, of Kawakawa, |- : Efwahdi;Conßteb|e'fD.i;C. ; -'Fraser,'>of :-.Otoro- : feSP la ' n £ a '' have been promoted to the rank l'*iv|«f sergeant as from, ;, to-day. . Sergeant I !&£ahJH will be transferred to Auckland. rj|',llj',,Tl»e Royal Commission, which has been $!■ n.mi up in connects with : the question b|m the .route of the North Auckland Main Pil^ffTrofjfci■'' railway, will commence its sittings |£ ;|jF-&i Auckland on...Moiiday, April 10. ,M Ov.'ing, it is said, to a report that un- '„ Hyped official sUaam are being offered for !M«iiftl* ■ hr .''London dealers, the New Zea I m M Vmhai Government "las J , called' the attention '; & Wipb; -Ifiv-jl'i -*Brvatttß' ft, thk> Dominion to the t«g!||ir j ir4w)nß-B«:to.'tbn. : use of official postl■ft«sMh»li','l^:,■^■v:,, , ■.; r llllK--'' ■'■ft* ■•• t M TT?f' , ."l'' I "-*'-- ■:.' .-' : -