NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14746, 31 July 1911, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Twelve men and , six , women, most of whom are in custody for drunkenness, spent the week-end in the city police cells. The names of "Dr. Poihareand Tarapepepe were inadvertently run together in a list of prospective candidates for the Western Maori seat on Friday.; Both are candidates for the seat: " -

The total of subsidies paid by the State to public libraries last year was £3999 17s of which £893 were distributed among the 97 libraries in the Auckland Education District. . North Canterbury, with 66 libraries, the second largest num"Ber, received £593.' y'r'-l .- . ill proposal to establish in Christchurch a "Home of Best" for horses is. engaging the • attention 1 of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. It is proposed to make the home available for the i accommodation of dogs during the absence ;of their owners from town. "You hear people decrying ; these tangis as a waste of time,* money, and energy," remarked Father Delac, Maori Missioner, to a Southern reporter, "but it should be remembered the . nativeireverence-. and grief is much more deeply rooted than that of the European, and in no other form could this be so genuinely expressed • as .by the tangs. • - South Taranaki sheepfarmers , in proximity to Maori settlements are experiencing trouble with marauding dogs. One ■;■ farmer had ; .severali: valuable ewes done to death a few nights ago, but re- ' tribution followed. He left poisoned meat about his paddocks, and somewhere about a score of Maori dogs succumbed. A number of others were shot.

'A' strong demand from country distriots . for Koslyn blankets, rugs, clothing, hosiery, jerseys, unshrinkable flannels, and .plaidings. "..-'finish. ... ■ :_V