ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43083, 23 April 1907, Page 1

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

.speeches delivered at the Conference -of Premiers. Louis Bbtha, the ex-Boer Commander, says that the Dutch have decided to loyally co-operate with the British. There were eight violent deaths in the colony during February. There was one case of manslaughter 'by shooting, and two suicides (1 shooting, 1 drowning.) There is a big movement going on among English miners in the direction of a complete federation of all their unions. It is suggested that the time is ripe for making a move in the direction of establishing a dairy factory in Coromandel. From Bulli, N.-F : ' 120 tons of blackberries were despatched to Sydney in three weeks This representd £ll2O. The price paid is Id a lb. Between 4000 and. 5000 cadets visit ed the Exhibition, Government paying the travelling expenses. We note that the liabilities of the Coromandel County Council total £4050 1.4 s 6d, including an overdraft of £1982 4s sd. There are- 20 nominations for the ten seats in the Waihi Borough Council. This is the highest number of municipal aspirants since April, 1902, when) there were 27 nominations. 'Our Auckland correspondent telegraphs : “There are three candidates for thie 'Ajutikland ’Mayoralty—Messrs Myers, Sjfc. ’Clair, and our old friend “Billy” Richardson ” “Ten years hence may see this th< largest city in New Zealand. We dorn’i know what wealth those oil wells ar going to bring forth.” —A remark r the New Plymouth BorOugh Council. Mr Felix Tanner, of “Tanner’s Ark’ fame, announces his intention of fast ing for for 504 hours, equal to twenty one days and nights, living on watc alone.

The -wrack of the Annasona, lyin' on Middleton reef, was offered by auc tiorn A : solitary 'bid of £5 was made and the vessel was passed in. There were eleven births at Thame in February and one death. Th proportion of deaths to the 1000 c population (3750) was 0.27, being th second lowest of the boroughs in th colony. At the meeflng of the Piako Count Council Mr Gavin, the Chairman, sab that if it were not for the Paero steamer service, the people of Wail would starve—the railway could nc supply them quickly enough. The gold export for March wo £203,673 against £143,338 for th corresponding period of last year. A proposal is on foot in Weliingto to run a series of Sunday concert after church hours in the evening. The Coromandel Hospital has bee gazetted as a separate institutioi Messrs Swindley, Davies, James, Jeu;i'Rhodes and Carroll have been electe as trustees. The Governor has been pleased t approve of the dismissal of two men : bers of the Grey town Rifle Volunteei for disobedience of orders given b their commanding officer. During this season 71 Rugby team comprising 1065 active players, wi: compete in Wellington in the fiv grade championships. With emergen -cies.it is expected that the number c' active players will be between 120' and 1300. Mr J. J. Scott, formerly an employe.of the Waibi Company, and who fo; the; past three wears has been mininc in the South Island, 'has returned to Waihi.—(Own correspondent.) Expressive item on a £5 bank-noi'-seen in a Carterton tradesman’s office : “The last of £SOO ! Mahutonga a.c~in.’ Fop the benefit of the uninitiated.it may be explained that Mahutonwa is the name of ai racehorse. In the recent Civil Service examination, Miss Nellie Off wood (a Christchurch 1 candidate) obtained highest place in the colony for shorthand, with 195 marks out of a. possible 200, the next candidate obtaining 145 marks. Three Wellington business men and professional men have purchased an area of 73 acres of river-bed gravel land at the Hutt, and intend supplying gravel for building purposes in Wellington. Those concerned consider this the best speculation made in Wellington for a long time. General Bourilk, President of Honduras, who took refuge in the United States protected cruiser Chicago, has surrendered to the Nicaraguans at the town of Amapata on the 'Nicaraguan frontier. The war between Honduras and Nicaragua] is at an end. As showing the. amount of money expended by the Grand Junction Company in mine development since its inception, Mir Simmonds, the company’s superintendent, stated ait, th'e sitting of;the Arbitration Court that fully £ 283,000 bad been spent in underground work, etc., also erection of plaxti* < : ;l IgM