ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Te Aroha News, 20 November 1906, Page 4

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

otorua is staking steps to estaba memorial to the late Mr R. J* lon--he population of New" South Wales inci-eased by 28,530 since the bedng of the year. osptal Saturday and Sunday colions were made in -Melbourne on >ber 27th and 28th, the total reed being £6091, as against £6492 yearix hundred cases of oranges and ases of tomatoes, which arrived ai bourne from Sydney last week, > condemned owing to their being cted with fruit tiy. t Cornwall recently the marriage solemnised of the R~v. Mr Kyng- . formerly of New Zealand, and i Lafone, of Monte Vidro, The e 'room is in hi:> 87t.'ri vear, and bride is 45i '.-s’ e" to a correspondent we say that tho p we: given to the ter-General u. der the Bid ed last session by the New ZeaParliament will, it is held, pracly kill Tattersall’s sweeps so far his colony is concerned- . is stated that land at Rangitdkei in Taranaki is bringing fabulous es. All ciiassas of people are enid in daily fanning in the Rangii district, among item being some were formerly solicitors* journalparsons, and policemen- i uring the past few days several mpts have bom m-.de in Lyttelto pass off eoun'erfeit silver s- The coins it : s stated, were passable imitations of the genarticles; but the fraud could be cted from the fact that they will “ring-”, r Rail, the Canadian Commisou, wusmers the Exhibition a velious affair for a small counlike New Zealand- -He thinks >le in a splendid country like Zealand would bardyHbetter j selves by emigrating to. Canada ike up land- He woulcf not leave i 0 says, if he were ai settler here, le Reyt Dr- Gibb, sneaking ait Presbyterian Asson#y, said that reason of the rev# 3e the Bibles hools movement had sustained the lukewarmness 0 f the Church* that, ior hie would not inue toJb^ on7e nor of the Blble- ' tie&s~“' contemporary states that ait a V medical conference it was gem--7 - agreed that the benefits del from a liberal use of fresh fruits ot be over-estimated!, and that nfluenzai, with the attendant sore it, no remedy is so certain of results as fresh pineapplesi;e Australian, Postmaster-General in view deliveries, of letters by >r cars- He has been giving conable attention to> this matter, says the time is now opportune the Postal Department to take ntage of motor oars to expedite r arious services.irmany and England may disfor the paikn of victory on the of science; the-"- may be rivals ying to efface the frontiers that rate different nations- One thing artain. They will .never 'cross ds. Blood is thicker than water, certainly thicker than ink.— leblatt,” Berlin. ie question of the presence of the i>r in the school will come before ■orthorming annual meeting of New Zealand Educational! fnstdThe South Canterbury branch come forward with a resolution avour of regular inspection of ol children by both medical men dentists. The Health Depart’s present proposals apply only medical examination, and then to the proportion of children ;e defects have been sufficiently iverable to be detected by .the her—a, proportion estimated -ato 13 per oent. of the attendancei© real cause of fainting of sevof the cadets while formed up at Exhibition opening ceremony at stchurch (says the Timaru Post), s to have been the quality of the ins supplied to them by the Dej Department- Several of the h Canterbury lads state that the , com rued in beef sandwiches absolutely green, and quite unfit consumption. Unfortunately, bethis was discovered most of the * hungry after their train jourhad disposed of their sandes, with the result that the sickand dizziness occasioned by eatsuch horrible stuff caused several icm to collapse. The Christchurch ts fared no better, no* less than ity in one corps failing outright, narrow escape from serious inoccurred to Mr G- Airscott, one imeaton’s contract party engaged mllocking operations in tlie open at the Waihi mine- It appears airscott wa« working on the brow < hilll, which sloped down some. , when be- accidentally slipped on wet ground and was precipitated i the incline- lie sustained a nd on his head over the eye, h necessitated several stitches beput in. His escape from more ius injury was certainly marvelunder the circumstances-—(Own -■spondenb)

i exciting fire occurred recently te opening of the Church; of Engbazaar in, Victoria- A; speaker just been introduced to • the once, when a cry of fire was d, and immediately a flame burst the refreshment stall- A genpanic ensued, and woman and ren fled for the doors. The is ran up the art muslin and decorations, but several of the present tore down the decorai, and with the aid of a good e supply the flames were extinied. The fire was caused by the ion of some methylated spirits, i wot; spilt from a stove that was ; lighted.

lin ,the course of a denunciation of gambling, at Chrietehurch the Rev R. S. -Gray said that'the flame of gambling was being fed by the newspapers, for they published betting odds, and in some oases information regarding Tattersall’s sweeps. If the Newspapers would not cease publishing guoh matter the Government should legislate to stop them, . Sir Joseph Ward had lost a, magnificent opportunity, but he still hoped the Bill would be improved-

It- is said (according to the New Zealand Times), that producer gasmen Orating plants, generating from coke, are making headway in. the flax districts, about Foxton in particular. The installations are small, running about 15 h-p- but it is claimed that the producer ga>s plant is not onlv than ordinary boilers, but f-Tpctly ’e.sso,Tis the fire risk A spark from a furua.ee is a, fatal thin'* amid the tow and other inflammable accumulations of a frixmill, and insurances have been difficult or impossible to’ get- But with the producer plant, where the combustion and generation go on in an enclosed furnace charged only from the top, which is ordinarily kept closed, the fire risk is much reduced-

Our Waihi correspondent writes: “At the funeral of the ,i-ate Mr Wrn:Gra.y there was a- large and representative gathering. Gray died four hours after his .admission to the hospital- He was conscious up to within five minutes of his death- While in the hospital he asked after his mate, Mr Boxa.il, anxiously inquiring how he was getting on- The deceased was a comparatively young man, and had been married about, five years. He leaves behind; him' a widow and two young children to mourn tbeir loss. He had followed the calling of mining, ever since his residence in Waihi, for.the past 10 or 11 years, and during that time had been principally engaged' in shaft work, the particular!.:class of mining which brought him to. his untimely endHe was of kindly -and genial disposition, and was highly respected by all who knew him- Much, sympathy is felt by the opmmunaty for his widow and little ones ip their terrible and sudden bereavement.”:

_ A party of speculators who have just returned to Rangitikei from Taupo have acquired cutting rights of flax over 40,000 acres of land in that locality- In the course of a month or two, two or three mills will be in going order at Ta,upo. A shortage of labour in the tailoring: trade is prevalent in WellingtonSeveral tailors were amonigst the immigrants by the Athenic last week, and la number of master tailors visited the vessel in search of hands- There were a-lsoi inquiries for female machinists, for the boot trade-

It is alleged that a Maori leper at Waikaremoana was oured, of the loathsome skin disease by the assistance of Mr Curran, Maori missionary- The young man, who was a mass of eruption, was isolated and dressed in female garments. He was unable to wear his own. He is now restored to health, and is attending school. From the Dunedin Star we take the following:—“Hundreds of children in town are in misery because the measles epidemic has left them whooping cough. There may be many anothers who do not. know that a breath of the atmosphere of the gasworks is a great benefit to sufferers-.from this complaint!. We understand that large numbers of affected children are being taken to the works every day*. The hint may be passed on at risk of the wrath of the gasworks officials.” The Bible-in-Schools Committee of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, in its report presented to the General Assembly, urges that steps be taken to insist on better facilities for Bible-reading in the public schools “If the State will not provide for the teaching of the Bible to the children the State will have to afford to churches a real opportunity of doing the work. The so-called facilities for teaching after school hours are simply farcical. . . Teaching after school hours is hopeless; but if access could be gained to the schools for half an hour in the morning, it were well worth our while to make experiment of what can be accomplished under such conditions-”