General Items.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7856, 23 June 1905, Page 4

General Items.

| Dr. Chappie isi collecting statistics showing ihe physical development of Wellington Slnte School childnn. for the purpose of comparing them w.Uh data which he ha.si received frjm. various parts of the world. 'He states that the measurements, weights, etc. which he has. so far had taken in Wellington,, show that the figures nsi to the physical development of our children compare more than favourably with those relating to children in many other countries 1 . A communication has been received by the New Zealand Axemen's Association that the disqualification passed by the New Zealand Axemen's Association on registered axemen who .competed at the lnvercargill carnival has been endorsed ; further that «ne Tasmauian axemen and sawyers who competed have been disqualified. The Australian Association pUDpoSe taking further action re lnvercargill. The l'remiei" has received a letter from a gentleman in Hongkong to the effect that there is a splendid opportunity to start) an enterprise for the supply of meat and dairy produce in the Far East. Jlr Sneddon is'awaiting information with regard to demand, prices current, etc., which hj« expects to receive in the course of a few weeks.

•There were some flashes of real huni'our abroad at the Hon. Jas. Carroll's meeting at, 'Gisborne. One fun-makor gravely handed up this cun> undrum : "Will Mr Carroll kindly cnI lighten us as to how the Government disposed of the old railway carriages and -engines before the advent of the Gisborne—Karaka railway ? " The Waitara Mail is of opinion that the answer is easily given—'they were sent along for use on the Waitara— Sentry Hill line. Miss Cary, an English governess, while walking near Mont V-alerien, in the city of Taris, on Monday last, was strangled in broad daylight. Numerous suspects were arrested. The police ran to earth a blacksmith named Gallard, in possession of the victim's watch and money. He confessed that he committed the crime during an iiTe s is't'ible fit of drunkenness.

A young man named Stewart, a half-caste, about a fortnight ago. went shooting pigeons with his brothel' in ths bush, neaii his home, at Mangatu, .North Auckland. The brother returned home, and it was thought that tho other man had gone to Hokianga. Upon inquiries being made there, it was found, however, that he had not arrived. It is feared that he has met with an accident, and a large number of persons have been searching for him. Hope of recovering the thousands. of sovereigns whlich sank in the Elingamite at the Throe Kings is not yet dead. An effort to recure the treasure will shortly be made by Mr I', ljeigh (diver) mid Ms C. L.' W. Haskms. formerly of the Gilbert Machine Company, who will leave Wellington next week for Auckland, whwi'e arrangements will he completed for proceeding to the scene of the wreck and conducting salvage operations. Although Faderow.ski is undoubtedly in a. very serious "condition, there does not now (says a London paper of recent dale) seem to be any feai» that lw wj|lli not Kaipeyr «g*ai(n after a prolonged rest, tile alarmist reports l that were current to the effect that he would never play again being, happily, exaggerated. The present tour, which has had to be cut short in the States, is the fifth which he has made in that country—from one of which his takings are rumoured to have been over £30.000.

The St. Alhans (Cliristchurch School Committee has resigned in' a body on account of a conflict with the Education Board: re the appointment of a teacher. The Board forwarded three nanus for select on,and the Committee asked for six. The Hoard refused to comply with the request, and the Committee dec-limed to select anyone. The Hoard then selected a teacher itself, and the Committee met and! decided to llfiign as _a protest. The last Home steamer to load at Waitara this season will he the Kaiko'ura. ahout the Bth July. The Works, therefore so far as slaughtering is conuerned, will shortly close down.