NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14808, 11 October 1911, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

■,**-"A- proposal to raise a loan of £7500 lor electrical works at Frankton Junction has been carried by 53 votes to 8. . '- An epidemic of mumps is raging in Ashburton at present, 'and elderly people ■■:.-: as well as children -are effected. -- t ; The officer in charge of the Auckland telephone exchange notifies that all connections for which subscriptions are unpaid " at noon" to-morrow will be cut off..-. . ' - A calf with two heads was bora on the „ farm of Mr. -Nelson, of Waitoa, on Sun;day (telegraphs our." Te ; Arqha correspondent). The animal 'died almost immediately. ..__-_- The Wellington Chamber of Commerce '..'■; has decided to support the Farmers' Union'? : proposal for ;a - through railway ''.':,..: booking' system by rati and sea through- ■[■;■ ; out the Dominion. ;- * ?r , .. ~.;.'>■■■' The occupants of the police cells last evening included four" persons, arrested for 'drunkenness and a mart- named »Herman

■■a.. Langsdorp, arrested- by ; Sergeant Ramsay t and Detective. Qnartermain, - for false * pretences. ~ ' '" . '"' ;■ Francis B. Kelty, general commission agent, of Whaiigareii has been adjudged a ' bankrupt, and the first statutory meet- "- - ing Jof his | creditors ill. be eld in the *-= office of the official assignee at Auckland .;--' at 11 a-m. on October 17. .*,' "1;':;" / "7 ; . At present there r : are eight "industrial disputes. 14 compensation cases, and six other iters awaiting to be dealt with by the Arbitration Court in the "Canterbury l district ; (says r 'a; Press Association |jaes- - £ age). ;- '- ,- v r »._ ;■- 'J,'",-' ..■ 'i '■'.„'■ *': . - ■ The past season .has been a; record one ; for rabbits at the Mataura Freezing Works, :•.> 47,000 crates having been "'put through, tas against : about 41,000 ; for the 'previous ; year. The TlargestTinmber previously put through in a. single .season wae something like 44,000. •-■*>'.*•■--■* V—^

The opinion of"the solicitor of the Municipal Corporations* Conference- is that a councillor,, who is a member cl the Kaiapoi "Domain Board, is not disqualified as a member by reason of accepting^wag«'Cto :::). the extent'of £20 for work done in ;super- * vising the cutting of the Domain timber. j" s - "On his release, I will give £10 to the first lad who is imprisoned in "Hawke-V Bay. for failing ,to register,". said. .Air. E. Stevenson from the troopers' memorial on the Marine .Parade, Napier, on Sunday, when speaking again .compulsory training, ■ and backing upSa^sfcatement^tlrat^the '..i scheme was ■ failing. ' . ■ -' .■-"'■'";. ~ General shearing operations will commence .in" the 3la3terton - district shortly. ''% No trouble ";= is ~'»anticipated I,with : : the -- r shearerfi» as reheeprOwnera; have 'agreed l to : - pay more than the award < rate for ;• big sheep. C Very few-shearers are expected • from Australia this season, 'as work there will be plentiful. \ . , . . " ..;... :■ -_ A< pleasant, gateheringr'tooki'pilaee* at St.- - '- Mary's Parish | Hall lon evening, when "' Bishop and * Mrs Crossley were! en'■*tertained at. r a complimentary * social tendered by the parishioners. The "guests of the evening received a warm welcome. Musical • - items were : contributed by • the . , choir and the pupils of the Maori school*. ';';" .vThe secretaries of the Taylor i memorial % --y- jhind intimate that all * subscription lists, .•Whether used; or unused," must be re-. turned to the 'honorary , tf treasurer of "the : kind, Mr. C. Ei' Salter, solicitor; Christ jlharcn, in order 'that-the' fund,may f close " c '■■'(, tot later^ than the 20th instant. L;: ? It:is '_ Mot too late for i.hose = who' have not, yet Subscribed to do so, and subscriptions , itaay be forwarded direct to the treasurer.