NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15001, 24 May 1912, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

1 Tin: Provincial" Conference* of the Auck- J land Fanners'JJnion was commenced yes, ' terday, when several mat*eri of importance 1 were discussed. '-v-'V'/. ', .. .„■■ ..<•,..■ ' / • The Federal Minister.for.Customs is i making inquiries with regard to,the.ffld- t proclaiming -measles a .disease l .'..'.■' that -should be quarantined. r • ■'.. % The ease of Att*o«4 *»** Sat«aiif* oe- ' copied the attention of the Supreme Court •ivil session all day yesterday,-' and was 1 (sot concluded when the Court rose. J '' ■"].'. The' Government of de- , : . ■~ ! fied : to-''cl<ttTdw*''** Be of iU State * ■•':, farms on the ground that they hiiye out- , ;: -'live. 1 their nseiuhiess. w. ■. .'/; j In the race for laoarbd. cutter $ belonging' i > '• to warships, CW** *m> w* >" • lengcrs, were- dec«Bteiy? beatenvyeaterday .V.:,'hy.the holders, tho men of the • Encounter. "•■■■••' "A crcat v mft-«r,- people■ Whtf-*come-into ■■ ' Hhis"' Court- liave'noo very much ftftfecb fr ~~ r remarked Judge Sim in .-•, ""-the. AncldandSitpteme Qwb*. jfeaterdajr.: . At the , inquest ' concerning the death id Phyllis French, which was concluded !:* h '' : yesterday', l 'the' jury found,that death, resulted from, an illegal operation performed . • by iconic person or.persons unknown, The Cambridge .Co-operative I Wry Com- i v - ■■ riany's' payment* to 'suppjiers'lor' the mouth - of April T totelled--£:3BSB, representing . ■ - 103,3341b 'of bufcter-f- 6 ,";. ■■■■ Fob;; the corres- - ponding month last year £1690 was paid. It is stated that application is to be made for. a large area', of land under the , ■'•■■'""'■ Hanraki; pastoral lease conditions, : it be';:iriS proposed te stock it with sheep.;" For ■■ thi i purpose stud rams will be secured. ;::';'-!;: : :':"TJi!B/..;i ; treatment of "Park - ;Boad'...witlr , bitummoua-bound. macadam, was commenced by the Newmarket Borough Coun- ; cil yesterday. , After a few tens of the ..material had been dealt with a slight mishap occurred to the machinery. which ( wuT ■necessitate a delay of two or three days. A shunter named Q. Evans, while riding on the cowcatcher of a shunting engine at Franktott' Junction yesterday morn- '■ ing, fell off, and- was rolled over and carTied on underneath the cowcatcher, - For- ■'. • tunately no bones were broken, and, al- ' though at first it was feared that Evans had sustained internal- injuries, he was littio ,the worse:., for his experience. ' >. " : \ :