NEWS ITEMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 9036, 3 January 1901, Page 4

NEWS ITEMS.

The Waihora Tan an excursion from Napier to Bare Island-on Tuesday. Six million pounds is being spent at Dover m harbor works. Dr Cleghorn, of Blenheim, has returned : from England, and is about to settle m ' Napier. Acording to a local paper a swagger has not been seen m -Masterton for some months past. - The Canterbury Farmers^ Co-operative Association is putting up a £10,000 store at Timaru. Pahnerston North has got the £10,000 for its drainage loan from the A.M.P. Society at 4± per cent. Mr Mestayer is to act as engineer j Glasgow is a progressive municipality. llt is already working thirteen miles of tramways outside the city boundary, and expects soon to be working thirty -four miles. I The colonists m Zululand who were ; raided at the beginning of the war have been compensated. News from Durban, however, states that their reinstocked farms haje again Deen raided. Persistent rumors are now m 'circula--1 tion on the Akaroa Peninsula to the effect that Mr Thomas Brown, mailman between Little AkaloaandOkain's met with foul play, which caused bis death m November last, and that it was not the result of an accident as supposed. Mr Vernon, the New South Wales Government architect, who is responsible for the elaborate decorations of Sydney, rode at the head of the New South Wales Lancers through London at the Queen's Jubilee and his professional eye took m the decorations on that occasion and gave Vjim ideas for the present. The officers of the Matutua had a very trying experience at Timaru, where they were at anchor during the gale of last week. The force of the hurricane on the night of the 26th forced them to slip anchor and steam to sea, where they tosssed till Saturday morning, when the sea moderated sufficiently to allow them to return to th&""Shelter of the breakwater. When the Cardiff Coal Company's pro--1 perty_j which has cost £30,000, was con- | fiscated by the Government for a debt of ' £4800, the West-port Harbor Board was entitled to receive a considerable sum from the company for royalties, et«. The Board considers that as the mine and plant have been taken over by the Goi vernment, the colony should pay the \ i amount owing by the company, and it j i has decided to make a formal demand m that direction. The Natal Treason Court had before it on November 6 the cases of three men j named De Wet — father and two sons — j ' said to be relatives of the übiquitous De j I Wet. They were charged with helping the Queen's enemies m the expedition to Zululand, and all I were found guilty. De • Wet senior .was sentenced to eighteen I months' imprisonment and fined £1000, or !in default a second term of eighteen I months' imprisonment. The two sons were sentenced to eighteen months' each. I ■ The first battalion of the Grtbadier , Guards at Windsor have furnished some ! "grundely" specimens of manhood toi wards the Duke of York's guard. The tallest of the "three-and-twenty men selected is Private M'Culloch, a " broth of a bhoy," who can't pass upright through any dooor under 7ft 6in. when he's got his busby on. M'Culloch's inches m his stockinged feet are, however, only 82£, but still he helps to bring the average up to 6ft 4sin.

A promising find of coal has been made at Coromandel. Lord Ranfurly will visit Captain Tucker at Campbell Islands next week. [ A half-witted-man has been wandering about Ashburton district m a nude condition, and the police have failed to catch him. Both Christchurch papers deny that the call of Mr Louisson to the Council is any honor to Canterbury, though personally he is a good representative. The Tyser steamer Mimiro, due m NewZealand next week, sighted gigantic icebergs 200 ft high a fortnight after leaving the Cape. In Glasgow it is proposed to establish numerous telephone calf-offices, where for a penny anyone will be able to communicate with the entire area. Mr G. S. Perrin, the Victorian Conservator of Forests, who recently made an elaborate report on our timber for the New Zealand Government, died last week. In Melbourne one day last week the thermometer ranged at 151 m the sun and 101 m the shade. People preferred the shade, with a light . ice m it. There was much excitement at Eketatahuna races last week over the refusal of a bookmaker to pay up. The threatening attitude of the crowd compelled a settlement. Although a continuous stream of water is pouring into the Blackball coal mine from the .adjoining creek, the fire which j broke out a, few weeks ago is still raging j There were fifteen less bankruptcies m Wellington this year than there were during 1889, the numbers being 50 m 1889 land 35 m 1890. In Hawke's Bay the figures were : 1899 32, 1900 13, At Palmero (Italy) the telephone company put a telephone onboard any steamer anchored m that port for 10 lire (7s lid), which ayment gives the right to use the instrument for eight days. A Fiji correspondent writes that some little stir has been caused at Suva by a letter from Mr Seddon, which has been published m the Fiji Times, commenting m \gry strong terms on the Governor's diatribe against New Zealand. A man was recently bound over at Masterton to keep the peace for six months, m himself £20, and one surety ofr £10, with costs £2, for sending an anonymous letter containing objectionable I and insulting language to a young lady. It is now officially announced that, on leaving Australia, the Duke and Duchess of York will proceed to Canada, and^ it is also, stated that the Duke, who is at present a captain m the Navy, will, prior to commencing bis journey south, be promoted to the. rank of Bear-Admiral. — London correspondent. . „ As the result of last month's 1 operations at the Tai Tapu (Canterbury) Cooperative Dairy—Factory, the directors, after making due allowance for salaries, wages, and other working expenses, were coble to distribute over £1600 amongst the milk supliers. Captain Norman Beaumont, of the s.s. Te Anau, and Captain John Bernech, of the Wainora, have exchanged steamers. Captain Waller is now m command of the Westralia. and Captain Hipgrave of the Zealandia, Captain Wyllie running the Elingamite. .It> win be intimated to Premier Seddon (says the Bulletin) that if he speaks at all the Commonwealth celebrations he must confine himself to a quarter of an hour at the most. There is a wellgrounded fear that Mr Seddon might repeat his brain-tiring- Jubilee performance. In a large store m Pretoria a hundred I tons of gifts for soldiers are lying undelivered. A portion are addressed to individual soldiers by their friends, and there are many large cases sent out by public bodies and commanding' officers of regiments for use of the men. The gilts began to accumulate m Capetown, m February, were subsequently removed to Durban, and are now at Pretoria. Some of the addresses are dead, and others have gone home. The deliveries were few, and the majority of< the gifts never reached their destination. The gifts were- brought but free, on the offer of the Government ; those which were sent through the post office-have mostly been delivered. We have had no executions at Lama Temple since my last (writes the Sydney Telegraph's correspondent at Pekin), only a few floggings, out the Boxer abounds m 'the land and there will be a higher death-rate m the near future. The Britisher, who has been here through the trouble, deals out death unconcernedly. Half-a-dozen prisoners are led m. 'Shoot 'em.' he says. .Five minutes later the volleys ring « out shalrply ,and half a dozen souls drift into the Chinese equivalents for heaven, and bell. No one cares, not even the victims. They die as they live, stoically impassive. Remarking on the appointment of Mr ■Chas. Louisson to the Legislative Council the Dunedin Star says : — lf. the Ministry had desired to do honor to' Canterbury m conection with its" Jubilee they might have performed a graceful act — one which, would have gained them kudos m that district and indeed, throughout the colony —by recommending his Excellency to "call" either Sir John Hall or Mayor Recce. But Mr Louisson's nomination will be acceptable to his political forty and trade friends, to whom he has undeniably rendered service. The progress of events m China is thus described by the Sydney Telegraph's correspondent at Pekin : The wily Li Hung Chang stilll wanders about waiting to mediate with somebody on behalf of somebody else, just looking for a job of 'some sort m the way; of negotiating to keep his hand m. He professes to regard the damage done to date as small. He was entertained at dinner m the British Legation the other night, and conversed freely about the trouble. A lotjof people had been killed, he admitted and much property destroyed, but he said "after all it is nothing." Thousands, dead thousands, homeless thousands are nothing to Li. The regulations for the control of dairies m towns and cities, ' under the Municipal Corporations Act, will operate from January 1. There are powers of annual registration given for dairy premises, and of inspection at stated periods. J Selling or buying at unregistered premises will be liable to a penalty, the highest penalty not to exceed £50. The ground) space of any building where cattle are stalled must be not less than 500ffc of cubic air measure for each animal. There are regulations, for cleansing, ventilation, removal of impurities or offensive matter. All milk taken away must be strained and cooled to a temperature of 65 degrees Fahr. Improvements for various; purposes must be made upon the order of the inspector. Further regulations make it unlawful for- an person suffering from infections disease, or being' m contact with any such person .to milk cows or to conduct, assist, or take part m any way m dairying work. Powers are given to inspectors to prohibit the removal of any produce from the dairies where the owner, occupier, or employees thereabout might be suffering from certain diseases. Dairymen must nob use the milk from any unhealthy cow, or of any cow which has calved less than four days. Swine must not be permitted to remain m any cowshed or milkhousee. It is not lawful for any dairyman or purveyor of milk to use any milk store as a sleeping apartment, or for any purpose incompatible with tho conservation ©fthe cleanliness of the milk store and of milk vessels. No fowlhouse, manure heaps, or sewage drains will be permitted m close proximity to cowsheds or milkhouses. Provision is mode to ensure that only clean vehicles will be employedfor the conveyance and transport of milk and dairy produce.