News in Brief.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXI, Issue 5700, 2 July 1902, Page 3

News in Brief.

A Threshing Mill Owner's Union has been formed at Waimate. Mr John Mouat, barrister and well-known in chess circles as a brilliant player, and chess editor of the " Otago Witness " died at Dunedih last evening, after a long illness. At a recent stock sale at Hastings, 24 ! cows were offered by auction. They averaged £8 Is, the top price being £16. Six weeks old calves sold for 18s. A Eussian Imperial decree has been issued forbidding, until further notice, the export of horses from the provinces of Bessarabia and Southern Eussia. The waiting for land from the Government has turned many men's hair grey."— Mr Izard, at the meeting of the Wellington Benevolent Trustees. As showing the high rates ruling for butter fat, the Otaki-Mnaukau Dairy Company has sold the output for April and May at llf d, and for June at 12gd. These prices are for butter for Australia. The flreymouth " Evening Star " states that it is currently rumoured that a case of plague has occurred at Blackball. The matter was reported to the health officer at Wellington. j The Amateur Sports Club of France j recently issued a challenge to pit four of their members against any teams of four amateur riders from any club in Europe. The well-known Polytechnic Club took up the challenge and sent four of their cracks Ingram, Janson, Payne and Cherry, across to Paris to race the French team. To the surprise of the French Club and Parisian public, the above speedy English quartette defeated the French cracks." ,