NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14809, 12 October 1911, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

\ Several young men are at present mak- ; ing good cheques in the Masterton dis- * '■ trict from the sale of . rabbit-skins. The retirement; of 'Sir William ; Steward ' from politics means that Sir Arthur Guin- j , ness will become the -"Father, -of the 1 ' House." , : v The building permits*issued by' the Glsbome borough authorities .'for- September : ■ . were. eight in number, with a total value< .•. . of £5774- «; V V " 1 I It is rumoured that an American syndi- j cate, with headquarters at Seattle, which , owns a large fleet- of" vessels, has decided to open up a targe trade with New Zealand j in Oregon pine. - ■: ' The occupants of the police ceils last. ..j evening comprised six persons arrested for . drunkenness, one for lunacy, two for J breaches of the peace, one for theft, and one for false pretences. , * _ A gentleman well known in insurance circles in Wellington has just completed ! - , an insurances'on an individual life for : I £13,000. ■ This is the largest policy ever taken out in the Dominion. Several dairy farms in the Manawatu ' have recently been' sold at £60 an acre. A farm of 80 acres between Feilding and Awahuri, which war sold 12 months ago ' ' at £45 an acre, has just changed hands ■ at £52 an acre. The last work painted by the late Mr. j John.Gully, one of the pioneers of land-I scape painting in New Zealand, has been j presented to the New Zealand Academy of j Arts! Wellington, by Mrs. Lee, the late - artist's daughter. Railwaymen in Christchurch. when, interviewed on the subject of a probable strike of railway * employees, scouted the idea, and stated that they had not heard ■ i »- even a suggestion of aucfi ah improbable and preposterous idea.—Press Association. ; A Masterton resident has received a let- ' ter from a relative in the Isle of Jersey, in which it is stated that New Zealand butter is coming very much into favour '' there, and was selling at Is 4d per lb. > Jersey butter is realising Is lOd per lb. .' "The famous Kelly the Rake, a man who has visited.every lock-up in New Zea- < land almost." Th was the police de,T „ • scription of a man who was. convicted f , of drunkenness and discharged at the ~.:4 . Magistrate's Court in .Waimate on Thursday morning. ■'£*:Our Hamilton correspondent reports • ;.tMt rain set in shortly ~ after noon yesday, and continued for" a couple of bouts 'j - - "with, every indication of a further fail. The rain has done a great deal of good - . or the farms, which were becoming : parched as the result of the continued dry . •j- .weather.. - . - . .