NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14825, 31 October 1911, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

•Many' buildings are at- present, being 't-recled in. Te Koiti. ; j -'•> To* Aroha Dairy Company's factory at "Waihoti is turning out over two tons of butter per day at present. The license League (writes our own correspondent-) is conducting a vigorous campaign . in Te Kuiti district. Our Clevedon correspondent reports that the recent heavy rains flooded the river fiats, both above and. bt'low the 'wharf. A scarcity of competent labour is existing in the King Country, and good wages are being offered to competent men (telegraphs our Te Kuiti correspondent). Past and present students of the Technical College -are to hold a meeting at the Lome-street branch of the College this evening, ■ with the object of . forming an ' old . boy association. New Zealand has/within firs yr-jj-s doubled jits output of. -'.fairy prt.. J tee. Authorities pi ••diet- that.-..tho will agyia, lie : 'doubljd •iturUi*; the n?v. fcv«» ya.: s. •• 5 ' N.-rr'e.- w'.i -■ Mid '.j' ch-;r d-:y ' • '• iri, ,i:i> -rui»e in the monvi >g And two « the-afternoon he drank nine hottles of lop- beer. - Another witness ?»vned that -he ht.d ai-mk 13 bottles in an hour. V Messrs. "Wheatiey, Raven and Co. will . pell to-day, at 2.50 p.m., by public aucticr, at their salerooms, Darby's Buildings, Queen-street,' the' Esplanade Estate, kt Kohimaraina,,. Auckland's -favourite isuinmer resort. / - At a meeting of the Ladies' Benevolent Society it was unanimously resolved that the thanks of the society be tendered! .to. all ladies in the city and suburbs-who ~ worked so indefatigably to make the 'accent - street. collections a success. About £1200 was collected for the charities in Adelaide on Saturday week by means of a f mcj dress' football match '"among members of the Commercial Travellers' Association. ' A football 6ft -in diameter was used during portion of the match. " 1

; It is reported that the grass grub ; ,• Is , playing• havoc in the bounds district,; -ftnd in some places, the ground is covered with them. These pests affect the pastires considerably, and the farmers are -troubled to know what to do to stay their lavages in the fields. . * During the hearing in Melbourne of the fiction brought by the Federated Seamen's -Union against the Commonwealth Steamship .Association, a witness said 'he men >sked for condensed milk because fresh >3ilk was three-parts water. Condensed fciiik being in tins could not be adulterated. jV There were. 244 prisoners in the Auckland Gaol at the end of last week. 0£ these 218 were serving various terms of imprisonment with hard labour, 11 were awaiting trial, nine were on remand, and three were life prisoners. During the week 40 were received and 37 discharged. '7A terrific thunderstorm passed over Broken Hill (N.S.W.) on Sunday , week, accompanied by. heavy rain, winch lasted ail day. The rain was so heavy that many morning church-goers were held up in the churches until about two o'clock. Several persons were slightly affected by the lightning. . Recently Mrs. J. E.-Serisier, wife of the secretary of the Dubbo (N.S.W.) District 'Hospital, made an appeal to the children r>f the district for donations in kind towards the upkeep of the hospital. Mrs.! Serisier suggested an "egg day," each fluid to hand one fresh egg to its teacher. Over 4000 -eggs were in this way collected.'

Mr. Donald Petrie Simson, son of Mr. Hector H. Simson. of Auckland, has been returned as a member for the citv 'council of Johnnesbure (South Africa*) oy a large majority. He is the youniW .member of that body. Mr. D. P. Simeon left Auckland as. lieutenant of the ,Bth Contingent about 10 years ago, and joined tie Imperial staff under Colonel Thorneycroft as lieutenant. Since . then he has been successfully engaged in business in Johannesburg.