ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43094, 18 May 1907, Page 4

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In an address at Wellington Dr. Mason pointed out that the source of infection of consumption was the man who spat in the streets." It was right ;to put such a man in gaol. He stated that last .year confeiMiption; j r cla@ed 66j000 victims in. England and Wales. ;T|r. Mason, at the conclusion of'on hddr&ss 1 to mothers, was healthy for children to-go> abo'ut. in -bard feet. His children went about i without- boots when they were at | home, and he would send them to school that war if it was n,ot. for the requirements- of the Railway Department. : ..y - Mr Felix Tanner, of “Ark” fame has just completed a 21 days’ fast at Cbri-st-ehurch.; He entered the fast weighing 13st ljlb, and at the termination .scaledl list 71bs. Interviewed he said that if people would only take up the idea; of fasting for even three days every year they would find that the doctors would have a great deal less, work to dp. Mr R. W." Beadnal, of Palmerston, sustained' a 1 very nasty accident the other day. While walking past-, a bench, against which a piece of glass was leaning.yai projecting comer of the latter caught his left leg and, his. weight being upon it at the time, passed right through the calf and out the other side

In reply to a deputation from the Southland Teachers’- Thstiute with re gardi to teachers’ salaries; the Hon. G. F'owlds said he did not think the decreases in the proportion of males to females were due to salaries, out to the desire of women to 1 earn their livings and to the fact that their wages had been more iargelv increased. One of the richest, patches of gold on the Cbolgardie gpldfield was* secured recently by Messrs Crawford and Pimpley, owners of the Carbine mine. The fortunate finders lodged at one of the local banks 6690 z 15dwts of gold-, which was won from 941 b weight of stone. One stone weighed 261 b, and 201 b weight of gold was obtained from it. So thick was the precious metal .that the stone was cut up with a chisel.

The Chrischurch City Council has affixed to various telegraph posts throughout the city some freshlyworded instructions to pedestrians. “Do not spit on the footpath” bartaken the place of the more euphonious “expectorate.” Also “Keep to the right when walking.” The Paeroa paper says: “The deputation about- the river silting did not get much satisfaction out of the Hon.. McGowan the other night. It was a bit of a; damper after the sympathetic retplies from the Hon. McNab and Hon. Millar. The Hon. McGowan is very strong on the settlers,, .rating themselves to help keep the river open. Naturally enough the settlers don’t care about the idea.

Considerable interest is being taken on the goldfields in the Auckland Cup fixtures this season, the Ponsonby team, comprising no less than four prominent ex-goldfield players—namely, Cunningham (Waihi),, Gilleitt and Delamore (Karanghake), and Flynn (Paeroa). Both Ponsonby and City (last year’s champions)—have won their matches rather easily, and when they meet, it should be a game to be remembered.

A useful departure was revived at the Hawera* District High School on Friday (says the Star), when an exhibition of -autumn fruits and winter vegetables was held. There were over 1000 exhibits, these; being contributed by 300 of the scholars. The object is tb encourage an interest in natural study, and the show is made to work in with the lesson on agriculture.

A; miner named W, Goowdin, employed in the Martha mine, was the victim of a severe and painful injury (writes our correspondent). He was working in the stopes at the Martha mine, and a body of quartz fell on one of his feet, badly crushing it. Considering the nature of his injury he is making as much progress to recovery as can be expected. Some idea of the quantity of fool required at the Maori Conference in the Waikato, may be formed when it is stated that the daily expenses for bread and groceries alone average £96—-twenty-six cases of ship’s biscuits, 700 4ib loaves, 12 bags of sugar”, and 401 b; of te-a; being consumed every day. About 100 tons of potatoes, 8 tons of pips -and mussfis, 18 tons of kumierais, 40 bullocks, and 20 pigs have been, accounted for, and all this exclusive of edibles bought at the temporary stores on the grounds, all of which are said- to do a roaring trade.

The New Zealand Crown Mines (Limited), Karangahake, has beej granted protection, for a period ol 12 months, for its water race, which was very much damaged by one of the recent floods in the Ohinemuri River. flit. is now proposed to construct a much larger race, at a cost of about £6OOO ; it will be 5,800 feet in length. The 'Company employs 150 men’ at the mine, battery, and other works, and extra men will ibe required for the construction of the race. j The marshal of the local district' n,f the New Zealand Admiralty Court (Mr J. R. Colyer), accompanied by Mr Haggitt, solicitor for Lloyd’s agent, proceeded to the Bluff with the up cOssary diolcium’ents for the purpose of arresting the ship Stefano l Razeto and heat cargo and freight. Consider able interest was taken- by the crew in the process of arresting the ship, which was effected by affixing the writ and warrant of arrest to the mainmast of the ship. One member o» the crew, more learned than his companions, read the documents in a loud voice, and then translated them: into Italian for the benefit of those members of the crew who did not understand the English language. The hat*! ches, etc., were all sealed by the Cus-E. toms. —Southland Times; ' .

I In/the opinion of the; Chief Health ; Officer (Dr Mason), Wellington is sadly in need of -a disinfector for disinfecting clothes which have been, worn . by persons who have contracted con tagious diseases. “ j. The Wellington Post says the primitive spirit of the savage is still strong - in the average boy. The case of killing the emu.was not an isolated one, deliberate attempts having also Ibsen made to. injure the young lion in the Zoo. The estimated population of the i colony on March 3’lst last, excluding I Maoris and the inhabitants of the i Pacific Islands, is 913,873. of whom 484,516 are males and 4129,357 females. Including Natives, the total population is estimated at 973,944.