HERE AND THERE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7938, 11 January 1906, Page 7

HERE AND THERE.

A newspaper has been started at Waipukurau. For stealing a Bible, a man at Christchuroh was fiud 403 and coats. A motor cyclist rode from Dunediu to Uhristchureh in eleven hours. Subscriptions for a town clock chimes for Nelson are coming iu freely. The champion football team of Blenheim contains twelve married men. At Nelson a sheep doe: puo was attacked by a weasel, and rescued with difficulty. The distance for which free railway passes are issuod to members of the Defence Forces has boeu extended from 100 to 150 miles. A syndicate of thirteen Civil Servants in the Treasury Department, Wellington, won a big prize iu Tatersßll's Summer Cup consultation. A lady with biah heeled shoes got fixed in a wate" table, at Richmond, Nelson, and gallants who came to her aid had to remove a shoe before she was released. One instructor o F . physical development in Christchuroh recently cured two of bis pupils of consumption and asthma. The methods ■were the same in each case—any amount of breathing oxercise, plain food and fresh air all day. The Hon. T. Y. Duncan, Minister of Lands, was on Wednesday night, at Oamaru, initiated as a member of the Independent Order of Oddfellows and of the Alfred Lodge. Mr Duncan's colleagues in the Ministry, toe Right Hon. the Premier and the Hon. Hall-Jones, are also Oddfellows. The brass band contest in connection with the New Zealand International Exhibition has been arranged to take place from February 11 to 16 (inclusive}, 1907. It has been decided, in order to attract the very best bands, that the sum of £7OO shall be distributed in prizes. The statistics for the Auckland Magistrate's Court (civil) for the year 1905 show that 371 plaints were entered and 1915 cases tried, with an aggregate amount sued for of £40,463 and £21,663 recovered through the Court. For the year 1904 3283 plaints were entered, and 1851 cases heard, with an aggregate amount sued for of £35,501 and £19,977 reuovered. Captain Turner, o<* Rotorua, who has for many years been connected with the Roads Department in the capacity of engineer, retired from ] that position on December 31, having reached the age limit at which provision is made for the retirement of all Government officers. He has received the appointment of engineer to the Rangitikei County Council. It is calculated, says the Wellington correspondent of an exchange, that over £290,000 will be expended ,in re-building hotels and.improving this olass of property within the next three years. The result of the local option poll in December has stimulated owners of hotels in the direction of making provision for more adequate accommodation for the travelling public. From present indications the yield of apricots and peaches in South Canterbury, which early in the season gave promise of being a very heavy one, will only be of moderate dimensions, owing to recent frosts. This is the opinion of Mr J. C. Blaokmore, Government Pcmologist, who has been visiting the district. Mr Blaokmore states thatl the plum orop seems to be a poor one generally, while that of pears varies from moderate to very good indifferent localities. Apples, on the whole, promise a fairly good yield. The annual sale of yearlings bred at Glenora and Cambria Park Studs took place at Papatoitoi (Auckland) on Wednesday. Four lota offered from Glenora Park brought 2105 guineas, the top price being paid for the brown colt by Soult—Rose and White, which was bought by Mr A. Yaille, of Melbourne, for 110U guineas. The average for these four lots waa guineas. Five yearlings on behalf of the patrons of Gelnora Park Stud realised 595 guineas. The highest price of the Cambria Park lot was 320 guineas for the colt by Cyrenian—Miss Annie. Says an exchange:—There can be little question but that the taking over of the dining oars on the railways by the Government was a step in the right direction, and passengers generally appreciate the change. However, there is still some room for improvement evidently in the management, as the other day a passenger on entering a dining car ordered some tea and Dread and butter. He was somewhat.surprised to be told by the waiter that they were supposed to charged not less than 2s between the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock, but he (the waiter) would oblige the passenger on this occasion. Now, there must be a large number of people, especially ladies, who do not care about eating a regular meal aboard a train, and we can- " not understand why, if they desire to go into the oar and have some light refreshment, they should not be allowed to do bo without having to pay the same price as those who go through tne menu. Contrary to the common belief 'about kissing, it is generally a girl who tries to dodge that part of the oath ceremony in the courts. So it was at the Dunedin Police Court on Monday, says the Star. The chief detective sitting at the Police Court table noticed that the young lady didn't bring the book within a couple of inches of her lips, and he called attention to the fact—not, we presume, that Mr Herbert fretends to know more ■ aboat kissing than other people do, but he happened to be in a good position to see. By direotion of the orderly, the girl had a second shot at •the book, and once more there was -ah obvfoW misfire. Then the Magistrate intervened, and at the third pop Justice professed to be satisfied-; "but still the maiden had her way," and answered with a quiet smile that was as triumphant as the "we are seven" reply.