NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1071, 18 July 1912, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

A. wireless (message from the Oceanic Company’s s.s. Sonoma reports that she is making a record journey across the Pacific.

A witness at the Carterton Magistrate’s Court, on Friday last stated that it would take more than a bottle of whisky to make him drunk. The Bench looked incredulous. Mr W. E. Hutchison, of Auckland, has secured the contract, for the new building to be erected bv the A.M.P. at. the corner of Queen and Victoria streets, Auckland. The contract price is £24,500. The building is to be of steel frame construction, seven stories high. Dr. Palmer, of Featherston, who lett New Zealand sonic little time ago for a trip to the Old Country, has taken with him 30 pure white canaries fired in New Zealand on 'the Mendel theory, ft. is the doctor’s intention to ask King George to accept a pair of these novelties for the Royal aviary.

A Chiiislchurch newspaper correspondent suggested tlio desirableness of the Municipality instituting relief works, but. the Mayor stales that so far us he is advised there is no necessity for this, and the Town Clerk states that, the present winter is (he quietest experienced lor some years in the mutter of enquiries for work at tho City Council oflioe. Money must he scarce in FeaUierston. A travelling theatrical company width visited tlio town the oilier night had fixed the charge for front, seats at. 2s, and this pm ■ was considered too high by the members of tho British public, who wore prepared to pay Is only. As the time for commencing approached, and hardly anyone had entered the ha-11, the management reduced the tariff to Is, and the strike was declared “off.”

If Caruso, the great tenor, happens to lose Ins voice or necome incapacitated because of such illness as has Kept him olf the operatic stage the last halt of two seasons, he will feel consoled )says popular Mechanics) by the knowledge that his royalties from a phonograph company wnl exceed ±120,000 a year for many years to come; while Mine. Tetrazzini is grateful that the same company refused to pay her ±I2OO live years ago tor the very same effort that they are now paying her £7llOO a year for. Then the diva was willing to take mo lowest figure outright tor her records, but a year ago she demanded a bonus ul ±I6OOO beside the royalties, and got it. “Utility according, to law, but not to justice,'' remarKett a Urove liusli setuer when charged at tint. Invercargill court witn ua\ mg tailed to clear ms land ot noxioui* weeds. The oiteitdcr stated in mitigation tnat he found u. impossible to procure labour, X’ rom tne Uoverument areas in the vicinity oi ms Holding tne weeds hud not been cleared, and tne seeds were spreading rrom tnat locality, the Magistral!, however, concluded that the defendant, was at fault to some extent, and imposed a tine. Mr Kobc-ruon, M.i'. for Olaki, has received irom me la.e Tosunusier-heneiai a eunluilialiun ol tile undertaking lo naie u. post olUve ami money order office and savings bank established at Miranui Ibliaunon). Mr fill s covering letter conveys an interesting piece ol ikjus concerning nomenclature. lie sus s i “it lias been decided, in accordance with year reproseutauons, m open a pmi ohice, including a money ordei omco and savings bunk at Messrs A. and I '■ SeuerTs null, at Miranui. The nanus • oi Hie olheo will be ‘Makureru. The AaliM. department states Unit ‘Makorua’ is a misspelling, and the proper name us given b> mo natives is CVlakurerua,’ the designation mven by Dio original inhabitants to the big .swamp near Shannon.'’

Mr Vigor Brown, M.i'. for JXapier, has given notice to ask the Munster in charge ut me Tourist department whether me Government will take steps to have all up-to-date smoke-house built at Taupo next season, and to appoint one or two expert lislieiaien who understand the curing oi trout, so that, people halting at Taupo can have thou- fish cured and forwarded .o then friends by post. It is stated that a minimum of huOu tons ol trout is taken annually irom Lake Taupo, and there are great possibilities ot trout fishing becoming more popular m that district every year. 11 sold at Id per lb the lish would yield £74,bub ; say it takes Id per lb to smoke, and canning (it necessary) another Id per pound, or an annual value of £224.000. Then, say, it cost another Id per lb to distribute, I lie fish could bo sold through the JJoininioit at 6d per pound, giving a handsome profit to the Government, it is understood that trout smoked by private individuals was rold at lOd per pound.