AUCKLAND, NEWS NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11402, 20 April 1899, Page 5

AUCKLAND, NEWS NOTES.

(Fjrom Our Own Comes poxdkn-t.)

AUCKLAND, April 19.

l' A cable has been received by the River ITeiul Paper Mill Company (Aucldamlj'from tlio man-igor (Mr John Greenlialgh), who is at present ill London, to the effect that the order for machinery for the mill has been placed at very satisfactory prices. It is anticipated that when all the work for machinery operations on the company's property and houses lias been provided fur the expenditure of the company in this connection will amount to between £8000 and £10,000. In regard to the despatches from Europe and America to Samoa, the rule is that despatches from Washington come to Auckland addressed to the United States consul, General Dillingham, and are by him transmitted to' the consul or commanders at. Samoa. Despatches from Berlin come to Mr Seegner, the German consul. Dej snatches from London are, it is understood, addressed to the Governor, and he forwards them. The well-known pioneer, explorer, and j author. Captain William Jackson Barry, I lectured in the Opera House to a fairly | i good audience on his unique, experiences-j jin this and other colonies. Mr 1). Goldie I j (mayor) presided. \ j At a- meeting of the Harbour Board the harbour / master reported as follows: — j "I beg to direct your attention to the in- I | adequate signalling staff at Tiritiri. The I j MoHiia anil .a ICew Zealand Shipping Com- j .pany's- si earner quite recently were signalled j from there to return, and neither' vessel | saw the signals, nor are any vessels likely I to see uViexpecteri signals while the prei SMit arrangements continue. At present j tho .staff is a short pole projecting from a j small balcony of a lighthouse, which quite j overshadows any flags that may ,be flying, j j A properly-equipped staff, with a yard j j across, well away from the lighthouse, is ] I now absolutely necessary." The matter i i w«s referred to the Works and Tariff Committee to report. ■ j Rome statements have boon published as | I regards the dairy stock on the auxiliary j farm at the Avnndale Asylum suffering I from disease. I learn frmn Br MacGregor, I tlie Inspector-genera! of Asylums, that' he j j plnccd ilie herd of dairy cows under tha ■ core of tl;e Government vetariiiary. sur- I I germs. Messrs Gilruth and Clifton, more j j than .six months a-to. and gave them carte ] I blanclie to do what tliev pleased. Dr j MiicGregor has been trying to pureliiise ! cows in Oamair. for the dairy, so as to obtain railking oows immune from tuber- i cnlosis. For months past f.i;e milk, butter,. I and cream have been pasteuriser], and even- | care taken tli.it the patients nixl staff .shall I not snffet' in this respect. 1> MneGregor says the spread of rlisen-se in the colony is ! noiv a serious question, and will involve J groat exiiense to the Government. The J surroundings of the asylum dairy, he states, are ovenMliimr tint could be wished for. The attendance at tlm city school for the vfiar ending March 31 last showed a, I decline over the nrevions year of 54 in.' roll number and 75 in average attendance. The Board of Education have resolved that more stringent measures should be taken ■ to administer the lav." of compulsory school attendance. The average number of passes in standard examinations of the city schools hust year was nearly 90 per cent., 3021 children being presented and 2797 passin "' .™_____™__^.«. — A queen bee sometimes lays at the-" rate of twn eggs a minute. As she lives four or five years, she must lay about one and a-linlf millions in t-lm course of her life. —- In tlif arctic region a man who wants a divorce leaves home in anorer. and does not return for several days. The wifp lakes the hint and doparts. — Tho wood,™ bicycle used by Blnndm in his famous rido across tho Niagara Falls on r>. rope is still in oxisten<\ and wns sold in Paris not long ago for half a Grown. ■ SO WHOLESOME. Wolfe's Schnapps is a superb stomachic. It helps delicate stomachs and fortifies tho system ngainst changes of climate. "it