MISCELLANEOUS.

Colonist, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11558, 20 February 1906, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

Oamaru, February 19. A permanent school of telegraphy for cadets was opened here this morning under Mr P. Bevan. There are twenty-one learners from all over tho Colony, and more are to arrive. It is expected that the course will last about two months, when others will take the places ot the present students. It is expected that the ! school will be kept busy all the year j round. The rooms are in the Post Office buildings. Mr Blackmore. Government Poniologist, who some months ago superintended spraying operations in I th.is district with the Government sprayer, was here again on Saturday, find drove round. He found that in ©very case where spraying had been I effected while the potato plants were healthy the blight had been held at bay completely. Mr Blackmore stated to a newspaper representative that practically every single potato plant in the district which had not been sprayed was showing signs of the "late" or Irish blight. He further stated that spraying was j quite useless in a case where blight had already appeared. Mr Blackmore delivers lectures in town and in the district immediately on the j subject, under the auspices of the I North Otago Agricultural and Pas- ! .oral Association. Dargaville, February 19. A fire broke out at Aratapu at three o'clock yesterday morning, and destroyed the premises occupied by Mr Cooper, draper, and Mr Stubbs, tailor, and damaged the contents of Mr Chadwick's store. The splendid steam engine of the Fire Brigade saved the township. The insurances are: — Stubbs, £200, loss over insurance estimated at £100; Cooper's insurances are not known ; Chadwick's loss is estimated at £100. Invercargjll, February 19. The sudden death occurred ai; Wright's Bush on Friday of Mrs Batt, an elderly widow, who was walking towards the railway station. When passing a settler the latter offered to give her a lift, nad when stepping up- she fell dead. Wellington, February 19. Mr Andrews,a resident of Adelaide road, formerly of Petone, died suddenly yesterday morning while attending service at St. Mark's Church. Heart failure is said to be the_cause. Auckland, February 19. *<Mr Ernest Chitty, a blind student of Auckland University College, has received intimation that he has passed the final B.A. examination. Mr Chitty has been studying at the University for three years. He is quite! blind, but has a remarkable faculty of remembrance He got through all his examinations without a failure. This is considered a remarkable record, as ho took

, mathematics, gen.ral and constitu- , tional history, political economy, mental science, and jurisprudence. The students read to hini.iind in th. J esaminaidn he dictated his answers I to a typist. i " ________