ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43086, 30 April 1907, Page 1

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

At a certain Central Otago or earn err the supplier’s milk is not accepted unless h© also takes a separate canful of wat-ey, states a Dunedin paper. This is the way 'by which the water for the engine can be supplied. One supplier mixed thie canful of wafer with, the milk, bu/t was at once disqualified. . Charlie Towns, who now holds the title of champion sculler, is 28 rears of age, weighs about list in farm, being therefor©, about the same age and weight as W. Webb, who has put on considerable weight since his race with St anbury. Charlie Towns has shown good form in private, and has won some regatta races, but the match race wrth Ben Thoroughgood, which lie

won,, is the only one ,hi© has yet rowed. , The Minister of Education; had an unusual experience in the way of deputations while at Rangiora. He was

waited on by a party of schoolbovs, the - spokesman of whom, asked the Minister to use his influence to get them a swimming 'hath. He said that to have aswim they had to- go to '.lie Aishlev River, a distance of about two

miles, and they thought if small schools around Rangiora ' had their bathfs, one should be provided in the , borough. The Minister said he was in sympathy with' the hoys over their

request. In the Auckland province, not on© school had a, bath, and he thought this was such a want that he i had given a, bath to th© school in his

town when his Children attended. How

ever, the department could not pro vide this, and he must refer the deputation to the Mayor, who was standing by. He understood that somethin? Would shortly be done in the town t- r > provide a water supply, and no doubt a bath Would follow.

Ait the inquest on the death o Robert Morton, who was found she' at Katikatii, Dr Ward gave expert evi dence, which went to definitely deeicl the; ease as oin© of pure; accident. II explained the position of the 'bod’ and showed how the contents of tlrskull had 'been shot from the base o the skull right through the head, son;■ brain substance having been 'found o: the roof of the house, and in. the tree surrounding. A loose board benefit’ the step was declared to be dnngevom and a newly-made heavy scratch o: the door post, gave indication of r atterupt on; the part of deceased to n cover himself when slipping. The dor tor’s theory was that deceased had prr bably procured the gun to have a, sho at something which had attracted hr notice, and in closing the door ha--' stood with the butt of the weapon o the step, the muzzle resting over M shoulder.- and pointing to his hiend b< hind the ear. He hind probably the vStenped on to the broken plank, an slipping met his death bv the db charge entering his head. A verdir of accidental death was returned. Our Waihi correspondent writes “A very pleasing function, took pine at the Central Hotel, when the pop; lar proprietor, Mr A, B. Buck-land banqueted the Suburbs Cricket Chf ini honor of their conquest for tl; past season in Waihi. A very pleas a; evening was spent. A hat presentc bv Dr. Deck, to be gwen to the hr. all-round player, was" balloted for ’ hlie members of the club. The pr : •vent, to Mr Cerntbwaite. Tt was ev dentlv a most popidnr vote. The roo n wh'ch the function was held w-

k'eoh- decorated, the handsome shieh ( inserted bv the Waihi Company, an won this year by the Suburbs Clul being suspended at the end of th table.

Says the Observer:—“Peter Hu rite one of the pioneers of the telegrnp service' in what were at the time’ wil parts of Auckland province, has jus retired from the Govei'nment employ upon a well-earned pension. APr lliu ter had a leading hand in the erectio: of the line between Mercer and thThames, and was afterwards stationed on the section for many years, at Mb anda, under the shadow of the histori c •Miranda redoubt, whence the influence of his genial personality extended over a wide) radius. ‘ln recent years he has been postmaster at Collingwood, i?> the .'Nelson district, but, as in the ease of most odd Aucklanders, whence once free to please himself he has wandered baeik to the sunny North, with a view to settling down here.” Tlhe Ajueikland case in which a woman masqueraded in a man’s clothes recalls one just reported from. Australia. Having become a "widow, she set out from Wiedgiewa Station, in, New South Wales, and when she got to a strange locality indued herself with a sa,o suit, a Tuscan straw hat, and a “straggly moustache.” Obtaining employment at su'oh. work as scrub-eutt-ing and milking, she avoided detection tion until she reached Axe Creek, in Victoria, where a smart- constable penetrated the disguise. When they met she Was carrying a swag, and gaily actoosfced the constable with “Good morning.”' Something in, her manner made him, suspicious, and at the first; question off came the “straggly moustache,” when, her sex was revealed. An arrest followed 1 , and at the feat police station the necessary •change ,d attire was effected,

The annual meeting -of the Tliames Licensing Committee will be held'on June 7th.

Our Coromandel correspondent writes :—“Mr A. McNeil, who has filled 'the position of letter carrier in connection with the local Post Office for several years past, has been promoted to a cadetship, and has been called to the head office at Auckland.

Our Coromandel correspondent writes: —-The election of school .committees resulted in the following being

returned: Messrs Audley, Carroll, f Hedge, King, Johnson (secretary and ■ treasurer), Rhodes (chairman), Eostgard. Simmonds, and Tait. The fol- ' lowing were elected a.s committeemen

for the Driving Creek district: Messrs Bennett (chairman), Martin, Allen, G.

Edwards, McNeil, and French (secretary). The Bon. George Fowlds, speaking of the Tate Mir E. M. Smith. M.H.R.; said he possessed an unbounded con- j fidenoe in the possibilities of Taranaki nnd the. 'great future that was before its mineral deposits, especially its iron sand. He was a staunch supporter of

all Liberal reform measures, and was generally liked by the other members of the House. His frequent bright

sallies of wit enlivened the debates, and his lien ire would be sadly missed from the House and the lobbies.