NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 147683, 31 August 1911, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

(Three men, arrested- on . charges of i drunkenness, were occupants of the police I cells last night.

Farmers in Canterbury are' complaining tat present of the absence of much-needed rain (telegraphs our own correspondent).

The parishioners' meeting in connection iwith the Church of the Holy Sepulchre,rwhich was called for- this evening, has been tina.voicb.bly postponed. ~ . " .

• No. fewer than five men have disapjpeaced mysteriously from various town- ; ships in New "Zealand ..during the past ! month or two. - • • -< -

The Education-Beard decided yesterday rto grant "permission t > the Dental Association to inspect tho tee Mi of school children fin tho province."" J :

' The New Federation of Drivers' ("Unions will hold .'a conference cf delegates Wrom the various unions affiliated at Wellington on Thursday next.

The 'president of * the Auckland .Sailors', Home has received from His Excellency the Governor a handsome donation towards the purchase of • a billiard table, for the uee of seamen. ' . - . - ' • '

Masterton anglers are looking forward to good sport in, the coming season. The < rivers and streams in. the district appear ito be 'well-stocked just now with good- ■ sized trout.

; It is ;■ anticipated . that the rails at the i southern end of the South Island Slain 'Trunk line will -bo- laid to Parnassus by February next. Formation work is in. hand at present in the Leader Valley towards "the Mendip Falls'. / ' * ,

The private examination of -James Scott i Lennox, a bankrupt sharebroker, which was to have been conducted by the official assignee (Mr. W. S. Fisher) : yesterday afternoon, did not eventuate, and was adjourned to some future "date* to " be ar- . ranged. " ■ - ■■■■/ ■

Bound about Stratford the severe and continuous frosts experienced this winter Ihave left the grass paddocks very bare. (Nearly all the butter factories will open in a few days, when the usual influx of produce agents is expected. All the.best farmers in the district do not rely on grass for winter feed, but provide roots, hay, and •ensilage. •. ■ •' .

A smoke social was held by the Waterside Workers' Union last evening to welcome Messrs. A. Parlane (president of the New Zealand Federation of Drivers ,TJnions), H. Hunter (secretary of the Canterbury Drivers' Union). The matter of a transport workers''federation was advocated by tho visitors, and their views and suggestions were well received. The committee of the Presbyterian Orfihanago at Wellington has purchased 10 ficreH of land at Berhamphore, Wellington, on which will be built an orphanage to con- , lain at least 80 orphans. The plans of the t X building have' already been drawn, and it is .'intended: to: proceed immediately with f.ne, erection of bart of it, which will cost #2m ! \ 1 - j *