ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43115, 9 July 1907, Page 1

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

While a young man named Albert Bd'prjsrd Nevili was bush-felling at Mangaarata a tree whToh he was chopping split up, and! struck him on the back! The victim of the accident who was evidently seriously injured, was carried for about a quarter of a mile out of the truab, and was then brought, by the 8.8. Naumai to Dargaville, where it was found! five ribs were broken. Tokens of the progress and prosperity of Taranaki are everywhere ap-

Parent {says the “Herald.”) The milk cheques or the butter exports are generally taken as an index; but the! signa can Easily be read in the building -operations of New Plymouth. Among publao buildings, the post office, the 1 technical School, and the railway station are entirely modem. Many of thei pri.Ti.te buildings recently built add' much, to the (architectural beauty of the town. Now ai remarkable advance is seen in the business premises. ' Our Waikato correspondent writes: “Resident® of Haniliilton will in future miss an old familiar (figure in the i>erson of Mr Wnu Mlatoktelow, civil .enigi-

neer, who passed' away in Hamilton Elaet. The deceased tviho was 'born at Km®!* Kent, England, came to the colony m 1876 in .the ship Brodiricik Castle, and has resided ini Hamilton ever since, Mr Mamktelow nossessed a bright, happy nature, and even with hie weight of years—'B4—was euer- 1 getro and and Jook a keen wnd intelligent interest in the doings of the world u.p to the last. He leaves a wife and six sons and one daughter, who will have the entire sympathy of many friends." _ According to a correspondent at Opotiki,. the prophet Ruia lias again made hia appearance, and this time he has chosen his native home for the i*cene of his operations. tßua’s followers are letting their hair grow, and wie prophet now calls himself Moses!,’ Hua has prophesised a tidal wave at Te Teko, and this has led the natives to clear away from the pa, leaving behind' them their kumeras, potatoes, and other food products ; in. fact, they have turned their horses and pigs into thieir cultivation areas, and must fori some time (be minus food. The result of isuch action will, wheui hunger seta 1 m, (be that an appeal will 'be made to the Government for supplies. novel request, was made to Mir 0. C. Graham, S.M., at Dunedin, namely that in issuing a prohibition ordter which was applied for, a concession be granted allowing the prohibited person to enter a certain hotel once a fortnight in pursuance of his business duties. The applicant urged that the police could be informed of the matter, and then no trouble would arise. 'Hie magistrate said that although in full sympathy with the man s awkward position, he could not grant the concession, as the law did not provide for suioh a contingency. Our Paeroa correspondent writes : Mr J. At Wilson, M.I.C.R, District Engineer of Public Works, and Mr F. Inspecting Engineer of are at present visiting the district for the purpose of conducting an exhaustive examination regarding the deposition of tailings in the Ohineiburi Kivw, and the alleged damage there ,ftpm. Sbm© few months ago* Mr Reed ..made a cursory examination and report upon this subject, (but at that time diedc soundings of the river bed ftJeged to be affected were not available.. Since then these soundings have Rossi, Of the Public and Messrs Reed Wilson are now making use of Mim: valuable information, which has ■ hitv&to been unobtainable -by anv engineer reporting upon this subject, of the present examination not he available for the public till teaiti an effort is. hein* made to arrange for Mr Fussell to rl rSh m “® ourate °f tee lithtT? a^ March next ’ in acfordance Tfith the diocesan rule that, everv cmute .must stay in, hie first curacy mt two years from the date of his or--J n der t: ° to this : Sr te : Sf*? applied t 0 tee

British of • Wtf-Pfcttnier;—lfl 1899 rSiF 0 ?* SIF . jOSe P h Ward was iha I T-Ii °f® w»qw present when on a Wat to tibia oountiy. Some years miX6d U P 111 the Sv f farmers’ Association, £?-:!gw*f M*ome liable for * ££ mderaJbJe amount of mone y. His fWf Merida throughout the cotSLA "Z’™™ **Wr aSM sum Of r t -S 10 ! 1 .&«? wia hed to present r Sir OSe PM however, reused to aliow her to alcoepb the gift to work to retrieve 5g tanes. By hhwl work £e Z Sip,® ll Ms creditor twenty JJ* P When in 1899 ver^miS^ the crediiorß 2?. ftS* Ms magnifiS aey entertained him d Presented Him! with a /tome** «,** iSS^ifC^ 8 M ® mos * **»*

At the Paeroa Police Court John Forrest, p, prohibited person, was charged with being on licensed premises during the currency of a prohibition order. Defendant was 'fined 20s and costs 7s. By Consent a prohibition order was issued against , a Maori named Watson.

5 Our imports from Germany for 1906 ' amounted in value to £336,960, as k compared "with, £27 7,46 7in the j r vious year. The exports to Germany; : from New Zealand 1 only amounted in value to £54,952 1906. This was | ' a slight increase over the previous J ‘ year—the figures for 1905 being £38,-' : 958. Of course, in both cases, addi-:, : tional goods find their way to and ' 'j from Germany 'by indirect routes. j; Felix Tanner, who recently made a J trip between Sumner and Timaru in ; the barrel-shaped boast which he built ( at Wakefield, Nelson!, last year, is again in Wellington. He states tliat 1 the last voyage moved that his latest ]

‘ark’ is a splendid sea; boat and nbso-' lutely safe. It is his intention to re- [ turn, to Timaru at the beginning of 1 the summer, and? sail the “ark.” to ' Sydney via Hokitika and Auckland, j' Our Waikato .correspondent writes: j £ I regret 'having to announce the death I of. Mr Ml V. Dixon, solicitor, of Cam- 1 bridge. Deceased was th e son of the J late Mr Myles McGinnis Dixon, of; Reefiton, and was a young man of great promise. He caine to Cambridge about, five years ago for the benefit of his health, but passed .away as above, despite the unremitting attention of his devoted mother and brother. He ' leaves a great .number of mourning mends who sympathise with his relatives. Deceased was 32 yeai's of age.