ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43113, 13 July 1907, Page 4

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

At the tPaeroa Police. Court, J. Whitley was fined £1 and costs £1 8s for refusing to register his d'og. Nelson is agitating for a State experimental farm to be established in the district.. The first telegraphic office in New Zealand t was opened on the Ist July, 1862. Thirty shillings an acre is being offered to bush men inland at Wanganui, atnd at that figure men are hard to (get. According to Mr Hornsby, M.H.R., the ultimate result! of the present Socialistic tendency will be the nationalisation of all land. The Salvation Ahny has recently opened two new Homes, for Inebrates, one for men in Sydney and one for women- in Melbourne. Mr Laiuremson will move in the House “That there -be laid before the House a return for the year ending December 31st, 1906, showing (1) how many primary public school teachers there are employed in New Zealand!; (2) the total number of those who sent in their resignations during that year on account of ill-health; and (3) the number of leaves of absence granted during the same period to teachers owing to sickness." Ah accident, of an extremely painful nature happened to. a 12 vear old boy, named Jensen, at. Stoney Creek, Manawahu, a few days ago. He and his brothers were relaying about, and were boiling some -otatoes in an old tin over a. fire outside. They jammed a lid tight 'on. tlm t ; o. The boy in question was bending over the fire, watching for it to boil, when the lid blew off, the unfortunate 'boy receiving the scalding steam and boiling water in the face, the whole of which is one mass of burns and blisters.

A return, moved for by Mr Fisher, was laid; on the tablet of the House showing that during the eriod of tear years, 1896-1905, the >pearrifle atooounted for one homicide, 7 accidents, and 4 suicides. The revolver was responsible for 9 homicides, 14 accidents and 91 suicides, whilst other fire arms account for 4 homicides, 130 a'cctidents, .and 108 suicide®. Thus for ten years the total number stands at | 368. Mr Fisher is not at all satisfied I with the accuracy of the figures, those showing only 11 mishaps with pearifles in ten years being, to his mind, very wide of the mark. He contends firearms should be licensed, and not handed about and sold indiscriminately. lAjt Taumaranui a. man named 1 Pat- ( terson was charged with failing to close his billiard room ati Makatote on Sunday. Counsel for the defence said the premises l had been kept open for various reasons—to deliver papers, keer a fife going for the sake of the cushions and "because church services were held there. It was denied that any business was done. The police alleged the place wate a, resort of spielers and loafers, who were' disorganising the works by bringing liquor through from Taibape and selling it to the navvies. It was difficult: to catch the men, as they used ai system of bush telegraphy on the approach of the police. The Magistrate advised defendant.'to get rid of these men, who ] worked' not—hiumlan vampires hanging J on to the skirts of the. people,—andj adjourned the ease tili August* 29th, l