ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43115, 18 July 1907, Page 4

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A resolution in favour of restoring the name Kruger Avenue to one of the chief streets in the city—the original name was changed to Alexandra Avenue after the late war-—has been rejected by the Bloemfontein Corporation. What an insult to the Motherland if the motion had been carried! Our Auckland correspondent writes : “A sitting of the Supreme Court' in bankruptcy was held before tEe registrar (Mr Hi.. Goring Thomas), when am order Was made adjudicating Robert Gibb, late of Neavesville, but now of Auckland, hotelkeeper, a bankrupt, upon the petition of Grey and Menzies, Ltd. Mr Singer appeared for the petitioning creditor, and Mr J. B. Reed on behalf of the debtor to oppose.” The Parliamentary trip over the route of the North Island Main Trunk line will in all likelihood be one of the biggest excursions of the kind that has been organised for some- years. Members will leave Wellington on the morning of Friday, the 19th hist., and will be back again on the Monday evening following. Altogether about 40 members of both branches of the Legislature will make the trip.

A Thames resident, who has just returned from a trip to Auckland, states that a large amount of building is now proceeding, and that several large offices are to be erected. In Vulcan L-ame it is intended to erect a handsome five-storeyed building, which will subsequently be let for offices'. In Shorthand street a splendid block of buildings ha® just been erected at a. cost of several thousands of pounds. The colony’s timber supplies are rapidly diminishing, both in quality and quantity, according to the annual report. on the timber industry, which was presented to Parliament yesterday. In 1905 it. was estimated that there were 40.000,000,000 superficial feet of milling timber in the various districts, and this has now fallen to about 36,000,000,000 ft, though the annual output has risen from 413,289,742 ft to 432,031,611 ft. On Crown lands there are approximately 18,666,300,081 ft-, and 17,119,573,386 ft on: private and native, lands. With regard to the Auckland district, the supply of milling timber in 1904 was estimated at 7,465,053,000 ft, comprising 1,112,019,000 ft of kauri. The present estimate is only 6,573,235,855 ft, with 646,041,049 ft of kauri.

Some ministers like changes (says the Waihi Times). About fire years ago, 'the Rev. Fuss ell had charge of the Paeroa Presbyterian Church. After a time, he proceeded to Auckland, and was appointed bv the Baptist Church to take control of their affairs at Whangairei. There, he worked very haa“d in, the interests of the Baptist Church, and succeeded in erecting the new tabernacle. He tired of this work, however, after a time, and took a turn at the Anglican ChuPch, and was appointed to a parishi, somewhere up the Waikato way. By a Whanigarei contemporary, we now Team, he has been appointed by the Bishopi t!cn the Hikurnnjgi charge. The Rev. Fussell likes variety. Thie annual report upon immigration ,which was laid on the table of the House, shows that during the vear ended March last there was 'a gain of 1243 persons over the number given in the last report. The assisted immigrants totalled 3712 Souls, equal to 314 U statute adults. They possessed, capital to the extent of £114,689,' and anf annual income in addition of £I9BB. The amount contributed by the colony in passage money was £12,570. In the early part, of last year 279 navviesi arrived for the North Island Main Trunk railway, hut the granting of passage to this class had been discontinued. All the immigrants it was stated, were of a very superior class. The concession of assisted passages to relatives of persons already in the colony had been largely availed of. A 1 large number of abdications' for assisted passages; a.ndl for information concerning the ciolonv was also being received from +J> a TTYpted States, Canada, South Africa, Australia and other countries. The number of persons to whom assisted passages were granted during the year included 466 farmers, 279 navviesi, 204 domestics, and 841 artisans and members of various occupations.