News in Brief.

Otago Witness, Issue 1555, 27 August 1881, Page 22

News in Brief.

The Mount Stuart Road Board has the Bam of £212 17b 4d to its credit.

Two large vessels are expected to load grain at Oamaru within the next few weeks.

Oar Taieri Ferry correspondent mentions the sale of a small property at £22 per acre.

In connection with the Dundas street Primi tive Metbodißt Band of Hope, formed eighteen months ago, 400 persons have signed the pledge.

A Southland paper asserts that of 253 Chinese in the Waikaia district, only 47 have miners' rights.

The Balolutha Borough Council are planting 500 more poplars along the street lines of the towDsbp,

Tbe Oamaru papers state that lamb was being sold in the butchers' shops in that town on Saturdry night |

Mr E. Menlove has sold the shorthorn bull Prince Imperial to Mr P. C. Threlkeld, of Canterbury.

Fourteen patients were admitted into the Oamaru Hospital last month, while seven were discharged, leaving ten inmaUs at tbe beginning of the current month.

The North Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Sooiety have resolved to charge 10a per bushel for poisoned wheat, instead of 20d as previously agreed upon.

According to Mr Daniel, of River ton, the Western district is the "fbwer of New Zealand " for both agricultural and pastoral purpose* Many of the settlers along the banks of both the Matau and Koau branches of the Clutha River are planting the banks opposite their properties with willows.

The Tap&nui Farmers' Club have obtained one of Avery's patent grain testers. Firmers may by taking samples of about half a piat of grain to tbe rooms of the Club ascertain its weight per bnshel.

The plant and material in connection with the defunct Waikouaiti and Shag Valley Agri cultural and Pastoral Association was last week purchased at auction by the new Association for the sum of £12. * The Mount Benger Mail ia informed that Mr A. Cameron, of Butoher's Gully has sustained a severe loss by the poisoning of t number of pigs to the value, it is eaid, of about £45. The ! animals had eaten poisoned wheat laid for rabbits.

The Bruce Herald states that a member of tbe Tokomairiro Road Board, at the last meet* ing, made an observation both shrewd and true, to the effeot that every man who paid ratee to the amount of 5s expected £5 to be epent on the road fronting his door.

The Waiareka Road Board had the annual statement submitted for its consideration at its annual meeting. Tbe North Otago Times thinks that this example might be imitated to advantage by other local bodies in North Otago. The practice 1b universal in Canterbury' A lad nainerl John Grant was engaged load ing Btraw at Taipo Hill Btation one day last week, when he fell off the load and ran a pitchfork into his side. He was taken to the o*maru Hospital, and attended by Dr DeLiutour, and is now doing as well as can be expected.

At the meeting held at River ton last week for the purpose of forwardicg the interests of the Southland Meat Export Company, the Mayor of the town, Mr Daniel, stated that Captains Howell and Stevens and himself were tbe first to land cattle in that part of New Zealand. _ . .

Daring the last seven years, about £1200 has been spent by the Tokomairiro Road Board for formation and metalling of the road between Fairfax and the boundary of the Glenledi road district ; and the road in question has (according to the local journal) existed only for the ben* fit of outsiders— i c. t of those who have no interest in Tokomairiro.

Waimate is the latest site for a woollen factory. Mr W. J. Steward is initiating the movement. At this rate we should soon be able to materially reduce importations. We have at present two factories in the neighbourhood of Dunedin, one near Cbristchurch, and the three at present under way will make six for tbe provincial districts of Otago and Canterbury.

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