Items of Interest.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43082, 16 April 1907, Page 2

Items of Interest.

The question of providing Waikino with a waiter supplv is still occupying the attention of the Gfoinemuri County Council, and the matter was considered at a special meeting. Owing to a fresh defeat in the Chamber on the hours in mines question, the Belgian Governemnt resigned. During the last six month's 49 railway disasters have occurred in the United States, involving the loss of 351 lives, and injury to 474 persons. In January alone there were wrecks'. According to the statistical returns, of every 100 Q children under one year of age in the colony 77.221 died in 1905'. The average death rat© of the whole population of the Colony in that year was 9.27 per 100 Q. The Rev. F. Stubbs in his farewell sermon at Rotprua, said he had come to the conclusion, after 25 years of observation in various countries, that no matter how good a life a minister lived 1 , however faithfully he performed his duties, he could not entirely itsoap© censorious tongues. Recently a man seventy six years of eg© applied to the chairman of the Conciliation Board, Wellington, for n permit to work as an underrate groo er’s assistant. The aged applicant was referred to the Grocers’ Union, which foody decided to grant the desired permit-. For the past few days (says the Wairarapa News) a prospecting party has been haunting the Riimutakas loolrin<? for gold. They state 'that 'ndi'cations of gold 'bearing quartz are fairly plentiful, but whether gold is their© in. sufficient Quantities they cannot say .Many prospecting parties have previously been exploring the hills for gold, and each partv has returned with samples of the quartz, some of which have been submitted and tested by the Government Analyst, who pronounced them gold bearing. The enure 1 © of the Wadohine river is favorite prospecting ground. The present party are fossicking round the hills closer to Feathers ton.