Odds and Ends

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1712, 6 February 1895, Page 2

Odds and Ends

Wet wjather. Harveslers still busy, Voluntier camp broken up in consequence of the wet ' A Maetf ton baker is selling his bread at a penny pjr pound. - / Of 481 typhoid eases in Sydney last year one in eveiy eight was fatal. An octoius 8 feet across was caught the other day ja Nelson Harbour. Railway accident at Runciman on Saturday. Guard Brothers fatally crushed. Rifle hiatih, Thames Navals v. Te Aroha Rifles at looa\ range on Saturday next. Mr and MriHetheington our local drapers have gone for \ trip to Sydney. Waiorongonai prospects are improving. The T.A.J. Club meet this evening in the Secretary’s office. Settlers can .obtain Prize Schedules for the forthcoming Horticultural Show by applying at the “ lews office. Mr Cadman deplored the fact that Newspapers of the ooiony did not support the Government. (Small wonder). The most influential papers of the colony aTe on the conservative side. Hon A J Cadman. ' ; : l:

The Hawera’ Borough Council, on the casting vote of the Mayor, have approved of a report advising the lighting of the town by electricity: ’ According to the Timaru Herald, the Minister for Lands has ordered the road on the Pomahaka estate to be put in good order at a cost of £560.

A re-arrangement of the. offices of the Public Works and Railway Departments is being made, which is expected to save £SOO or £6OO a year in rent. Dredging for oysters off Kapiti Island is about to be undertaken by a resident of Wellington, who has constructed a machine capable of scouring the bottom very effectively. ■ Onslow Trotting Club meeting on Saturday £1430 passed through the totalisator. Miss McQuaid’s testimonial on view at Kon’s jeweller shop, Queen-Street. It is greatly admired. John- Lawrence committed suicide by drowning himself in the Yokanni River on Monday. The Emperor and the King of Italy will shortly meet to discuss the renewal of the Triple Alliance. In Nelson it is the custom to renew the prohibition orders year after year, without they are withdrawn by persons taking them out.

, Sir Henry , Parkea, referring to women sufferage, says “ he would sooner sit between silk and muslins than tweeds and moleskins.”

Influenza has been very prevalent in some of the Mackenzie country Bheds this season and a number of the shearers have suffered.

Decrease in the profit of the Union Bank of Australia last year was due to the excessive cash balance.

Lord Brassey say his interest in Victoria will not he lessened by the reduction of salary.