NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15375, 9 August 1913, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

■ ♦ - : : :«i?i':'"■ ijS-SiS'-ijß ; i;l3Vls L ?■•> J vl' 3 •• t'QiXj^'"'■ ''■■ 'i /'«■'.- ; The ' jttbilce of .the arrival of the ship Queen ■of Beauty ?at i Auckland • on August ••'.'.''. 9, 1865,-wiU be .celebrated by a reunion . to-day. , .r. ,J. The Church Pensions Board mat yestertday,., under the -presidency of Bishop e Averill, of ■ Waiapn, ,when important busi- - v ness was transacted. -

The Waitemata County Council has ■■-"* agreed to five "postal-boxes being' established iit' : : New - Lynn, and also :■ that the ' delivery bs extended to Ararohe Road. .-v'< : ; 7 S: The Postmaster-General ; has informed Mr. A. Harris, M.P. (Waitemata) that, a money-order office and poet office saving;? bank branch will be opened at Albany. ■1' A. mail service by motor-car between ■'-. Thames and - Coromandel ; has . been in,-'. ;, " ! augurated. -j-The '■■ first mail through from ' Thames by ■ the new, service was delivered .';«t:the;<!3broniandel office on Thursday. . >■••■■"'.-■<' Judgment was taken on Tuesday last by T. and B Motrin, Ltd., against W. , Barker, \'■ of Vincent i Street, Auckland. The judgment was taken by mistake, the claim 'having previously been paid by the defend--'r-'rant. ■;!:,..• /'.■":■"' ■■■''■'' '■••■■' '■■£-■ *" 'There was a elight improvement yesterday in. the condition ' of the boy Robert Parker, who was admitted to the Hospital ■■"'■"■ the previous day suffering from severe injuries received by being struck by a tram- '■■■;-;' way pole. Two old and experienced officers of the ; Salvation Adjutant Cook, of Hawera, and Adjutant Wilson, of Otahuhu ■■•;.■ bav© :,bjlen appointed te fill vacancies in the staff at Rcto Boa Island inebriates' home. They commenced duty this week. A. considerable area of the St. John's College lands, extending on either fide of the St. Heliers Bay Road, from the Auckland side of St. John's Lake to St. Thomas's Church, is to be Offered under ,; ; the Glasgow lease. Poaching has been reported to ha going • en in the streams and lakeu in and around ■V* Rotorua for some time past (writes our y': ;Boto*ua. '■'■ correspondent). • The offenders seemed to be natives. This week the ;• ranger surprised a couple of people at this illegal practice, and in due course- they will appear before the magistrate. A fire occurred in a dwelling occupied by Mrs. Si.- A. McKenaie, -off Waitete Road, about 11.30 a.m. yesterday, : : when- damage to the value of about £30 was done (telegraph*; our Waihi correspondent). It is bauevod that the outbreak was due to some children's clothing ' . ' which was being aired near the kitchen stove taking fire. Both houses and contents are insured with the State Fire Department.