News in Brief.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume xxii, Issue 6456, 28 December 1904, Page 2

News in Brief.

The burglari who broke into Mr Grady's jeweller's shop, in Wellington, stole J250 in cash and £150 worth of jewellery.

A charge of .£1 each will bo levied on bookmnkt»ra at the Methven Races on Mon-d-iy Dext, .Jan. 2nd.

fuayatulla, tip Ameer's eldest son, who is on n visit to the Viceroy of India, has arrived at Calcutta.

It is reported that thore has been heavy mortality amongst foals intheßat*nui district th 13 year.

A family of sheep-farmers named Death, residing in the North Island, have given notice iv the Supreme Court that they intend changing their name to D'Ath.

A telegram from Nelson states that Mr E. Everett, a former Mayor, and for a long time a city councillor, died on Saturday, agHdß3.

Au fifforfc is to be made in the Manawatu district to get the Government to divert the amount received for totalisatnr tax from various racing clubs to hospital and charitable aid purposes.

Siuce the beginning of tho year until Thursday there have been 16cises of bankruptcy in the Wellington district. There were 12 cases in 1993.

The appointments of Mr W, E. Bond as postmaster at Flemingtoa, and Mr A. J. Norrish as postmaster at Lauriston, are gazetted.

The Postmaster informs us that Post Cards with New Y*ar greeting* can be sent for £d instead of Id if the words " New Zealand Po^tCard" mea fruck out.and the wor's " Printed Matter" written in their ilae.

At a largely attended meeting of Mr T. •'-. Tjiyl'»i-*8 supporters, he'd in Christchurch la t night, it was decided to raise a " Taylor Tpgfc'm'Hital Fund." A co'ntuittee w«s elooted to further the propos •!.

Mr D. St Goorsje, chief pos^maater at FTokitik i, who had just recovered from fch^> «ffeots of a brokon 1«(?, ha^ the misfortune on Monday to trip as he was going .to sit on » sofa, and tho jar rasultod in again breaking the leg in the same place.

The Wellingtou correspondent of the n<l "Srar" claims to have good authority for s'sting that the Government havH de iMud to appoint the present Agent-GHne-nl, Mr W P. R^evea, to the new p.)iition of, Hij<h Comuiissi-iner for two yuars. The resident engineer tr> the Tirnaru Hir biiir Board is about to prnn«HH to Australia, and at Perth ho will inspect a drert<?« which hns bs'ij placed under offer to th board by the I'uMio W pka D. 'partme r f Western Australia THe vw§ asked for the dredge is ,£13,000.. "'

Giving evidence at the inquest on Gao Lak* at H-»wpra, the wife of the deceased said he husband went to bed at 11 p.m.. and next, morning a^ 4 o'clock she mis«*''"l hira ? vbe hid a 'H-pam which aroused her. »• (J she rushed down to the cemetery, thinking she tjoiffhjfc ba ia 'ime. The pui (•id-1 Hid Dot. take place in tho cemetery, huw«yer ? but on the Tawbiti roud, ;