ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43115, 9 July 1907, Page 4

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

' A new Co-operative Stores Society is to be started in Waihi.

. No fewer than, forty cyclists were fined at Gisborne one day last week for riding on the footpaths. I (Mr Ooiin Gilray, this year’s Rhodes ] scholar, who leaves the colony early next month ,is to be tendered a public send-off. There is an epidemic of typhoid fever in the Hokianga district. The outbreak is said to prevail most in those districts where natives are the most numerous. A remarkable case of •"•esence of mind' is reported l from AJmerica. His left arm torn to pieces, Dr. Charles McCullough, a well-known Virginia physician, (cut it off 'below the elbow with his pocket-knife. (A witness at the Arbitration Court at Wellington made the statement thalti a leg of mutton' such as could be obtained five years ago for Is now cost 2a 2d at the same butohery. A Greymoulth message abates: The State Collieries are putting out about 3000 tons per week. Boring operar tionis show the existence of coal in the (fiat, so. that an enormous area, of coal-bearing country has been proved. At the Paeroa Police Court John Pennell sued John Walls' for £lO damage® for use and occupation of ai paddock alleged to have been unlawfully seized by defendant. Judgment was given for plaintiff for £4 and £2 18® costs.

No less than three of the prisoners brought forward for trial 1 at the Supreme Court sittings at Napier have been declared habitual criminals, which means that they are to be kept in custody after completing their sentences until such time as they are considered fit to be released.

At the inquiry into the recent; Waikino fire, the jury returned the verdict that ttihe fire originated in Hennessey’s workroomi, 'but there was no evidence to show the cause. They added the followin'? rider: That this jury urges upon the proper authorities the importance of a water supply at Waikino. ,•

Our Waihi correspondent writes: A! distressing accident occurred at Waikino to 0. Stansifield, of the repair gang. While working on the tube mill plant he fell from a, scaffolding 4 feeti in height, to the concrete floor, and dislocated his shoulder. In the afternoon he was driven to Waihi to be examined 1 by Dr. Craig, who states that it will be sarnie time before the patient, will be able to Wave complete control of the limb again. In connection with the designation of Knight Biatehelor, it may be mentioned (that it is noti Correct to' attach! the letters K.Bl to the name of a holder of the' title. Whitaker explains that the! designation /of a Knight Bachelor is the simple prefix Sir; it is permissible to add “Knight,” or “Kt.” but this is mot usual except in formal style. There is no decoration attached and no limit tot the numbers.

OuT Paeorpai Correspondent writes: “A! successful concert and dance in’ aid of the Paeroa, Town Band was held at Komata on Saturday evening last. The members of the band, accompanied by a number of friends, drove to Komata ini a large brake, iand prior to the entertainmenit tendered an excellent programme of musical items outside the hall. For thle concert the buildingi wa® crowded, and the programme submitted was thoroughly enjoyed, encores being frequent.” Mr G. F. Baker 1 , a working man 1 , residing ajfc Miramar, has had a painful lesson in road-making. According to statements made at thei Borough Council, he, by forming a track l into his place across a gully, dammed’ up a water 'table, causing ai pond to form, and finally the accumulated weight, of water carried away mart of the main roa|dl and damaged the property of another resident. He was asked to pay £■7s as damaged. Tn a letter to the Council, Mr Baker said he was unable to pay the sum 1 demanded, but offered £25. .Councillors regarded the offer as a genuine attempt, to rectify the damage alnid accepted it in full settlement.

The .Wellington ‘Pote-fi,’ referring to the proposed change of New Zealand’s title .from Colony to dominion, says: “We are not often privileged to se® 'an ambitious hope* so naively expressed in a State document., but it is surely inaccurate to talk of 'raising the status of New Zealand’ by a; word that will not add a tittle to the powers atod privileges already enjoyed.” The new Wellington morning paper will start early in August. The following is the staff: —Mr *O. W. Earle, editor; Mr Burton (Otago Daily Times), Mr Hall (Evening Post), Mr Fieldl (Melbourne Argus), sub-editors; Mr M. C. Keane (Wellington Times), assistant-editor; Messrs Plimmer (Wellington Times), Alexander (Christchurdhi Press), Beading (Wellington Times), Drew (Dunedin Star), Weston (Evening Post), Sainsbury (Wellington Times), and McKinnon, a schoolmaster with journalistic experience, reporters. There are other vacancies to be filled. The fndooendent Political Labour, League have issued a statement on] the price of bread, in, which they point out that during the past fifteen years wages have only increased by 8J per cent in the £. During the same period', however, the cost of living has increased by 30 oer cent, or 6& in the, £. This means that the working naan earning £2' 10s per Week! has received 4s 2di per week extra for his labor and has paid away 10s lOd extra per week on the necessaries of life.

Our Coromandel correspondent writes: —“Master H. P'ieroe, a pupil of the Coromandel District; High School, who .passed the Junior Civil Service examination, has received the offer of an appointment in the Public Trust Office; Wellington. He will be leaving here shortly to take up duty. There are now about 36 expupils of the Coromandel High School who have 1 attained to positions in the public service, during the past four years—a record that few 1 schools can- show.”