MISCELLANEOUS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXII, Issue 141, 23 June 1898, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

■„.„ fUnited Press Association.^ ' •-.;.. •'..; „ . LONDON, June 14. .-■/. Mr. Gosehen, First Lord of the Admir- . alty,- haa given a - promise thai further . additions will be made to the ship-build*- ', ing progtamme of the Government. - The death is announced of Sir Edward : Bnine-Jonea, the well known artist, at the - age of 63. , . - . PERTH, June 20. - ' .. The father of the boy Mason, who dis- . appeared immediately after his son's sui- ' . «ide, and was believed to have also made ' ' away with himself, has been found, and ; u ail right. . . WELLINGTON, June 22 The goldfields revenue has increased the hist ten years" from £23,503 to . £56,239, The principal source of the increase ia the Auokland fields,, which, in 1878 returned £7,443, and last year ,1631,766. • - ;'•'" : Captain Rusßell, Leader of tlio Opposition, returned from England by the sis. ' "Warrimoo this afternoon. ' J. H. and R. Hiokling were convicted aft the Supreme Court to-day for receiv- . ing a' quantity of tools, etc., knowing them to be stolen. Sentence was defer\:red.-.'. >, ■ -I- : •' * ■. AUCKLAND, June 22. An easterly' gale is blowing, accompanied by a sorely needed', rain. The ' water supply to tbe lifts was cut off only' yesterday by the city' authorities, „ owing to the shortness of, water. fm. Woodlock, formerly of the Chi- .- ' cago Restaurant, who ' was brought from v Sydney for trial on a ■ charge of alleged - : 'breach of Jthe Bankruptcy Act, has been committed for trial. The defence was, - reserved. ' Mary Jane Woodlock (wife) 1 was charged with a Bimilar offence, and ihe case was adjourned till to-morrow. ; - Jhe Aroba Uold Mining Company, ' -which ia capitalised by the New Zealand Exploration Company with a working capital of £40,000, and which has been conducting extensive operations at the ' mines, . Waiorougomai, Te v Aroha, has gone into liquidation. An application < was made to the Government for' a subsidy in- extending a large tunnel, but it was refused. . .'!pUNEDIN,June22. . The statue of the late Dr Stewart, for many years pastorof the Knox Church, was unveiled to-day.. The site selected igatthe intersection pf and Eattray-fltreefc, just above tne triangle.