ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43219, 24 August 1907, Page 1

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The charge against 0. G. Walmsley, auctioneer, who was arrested for theft,- is that he oni or about February, 1907, having received the sum of £l2 8s 9d, requiring him to pay the same to Tlios, Tierney, of Waih'i, did fraudulently omit to pay thesame; also at the same time having. ... received, the ; f sumi of £4O, requiring him to account for the same to Time . Tierney, and fraudulently omitting to. do so.

.... Some, of the Rotorua footballers who paid a visit of inspection to the Tiiaanes-llauraki pump on Monday were impressed by the magnitur© of the plant. One said: “There is no doubt that this plant will go’a long way in . adding to 'the prosperity of the-district. We never dreamt it was so' large. You say that the Hon. J. McGowan was responsible for securing this wimp the sale' took place and that itt will never be removed. Well, the .Minister for Mines is to be congratulated on making this "provision for the future of the district. He has done good work and the Thames should be proud of him.' At Puatae station, Gisborne, .185 cattle were tested by Mr C. Neale, with the. tuberculin _ test; Of that y number only eleven reacted. The intention was to test the breeding herd, but while the veterinarian was there : the opportunity was taken to test the generally, including the working ..bullocks. Four of the latter, purchased avfay from the station, another animal that was a present, a twin calf, and only six. of the station cows reacted. The animals on which the reaction took place are to be slaughtered and boiled down. The other evening when a wedding party left Fea/therston on their honevmoon tour some one used perished' carbide as a substitute for rice. Several passengers on the train got a share of the shower of this offensive matter much to their annoyance and risk to eyesight. AhSf expedition to. the Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, and Bounty fslandsvili probably leave New Zealand about the middle of November The Son. R. .McNab has' bepn asked to act as leader of the expedriion, and to write an. introduction A. 6 , aCo 2i n ! t wb ich is proposed to publish. This he has consented to do from Ws Our Aiuekland correspondent writes asunder: hem decided to in i t ,° ****** Auckland m the footballers tour South, Cl Herrjng 'hemz the addition. He can X m any part of the ..pack, and is a good mail - 'Seeling has intimated tliat he cannot make the trio, and topic, a young dashing forward, takes J- 8 , P T " ® nowiin ft Thames, !cannot make the tm- Wilson, of the I onsonby dub, goes in his stead. The team leaves Aiuekland oif Tuesday ” rivere imde be n "' s 'F ol,ecfo '; of Ciisto « is Melbourne, when several importers dTth ° n to amwer cliar g ef s under the Commerce Act. Imported rtugs which were stamped “9 carle T? e *p be very thin cases ol r 2.5 carat gold, filled with wax, and leather for the manufacture of books found to contain 22 per cent of barum and 11 per cent of added oil. i that the adlulteration of leather sometimes exceeded' 50 ner cent by weight. \ 1 Referring to the recent “All Black" SZ A^ ,ralla ’ ** Wellington ost, under the heading of “R.uHby S°vs° amon£r / ° ther thi^‘ S'^ 1216 ™> rd of the New Zeate : tiffed ” hW u has i ust completed 3’ P^t£ mme abroa d is not nearly so as others*, which clearly fef-H A . ;ustra,!a ”' as to m the realm of Ru^bv. * feGlin - of relief ZdtSr*- 0 ' 1 . 1 * ° Ver temporarily, drtby.t mope serious subjects will «4t Footbal, absorbs an enormous amount of vital . I terce, ,much 0 f which could he expend Cd tofar better advantage for ini If naf b 8 tbe community alike. ! tel diS«,ff ?Vailin f panics of „ lea ; ie , diphtheria, whoopiim cbu<rk i scarlet fever in oaa.v" , ar, d n, , 11 addition to causinorth p Brooklyn Scarborough Schwlo to 1» clMod temporarily, hn re affected < °* her «*~l. Inter istrict to the extent of <?n S % ihe old vX the Wd lingtom Post points out JJi • jnae teuoh« i„ *£% been reduced- accordingly but o clausa ini +T*]rv a* j. n • cut a new »•* me conZS s «*mJt l ZTS’ZZ* is , to > : diStly touTthe s Si m«y°K? the, ..P™«™ ss the pupil may be considerably retarded,