NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6096, 1 June 1881, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The will of the late Mr. R. C. Bagot, secretary of the V.R.C. has been proved under £4000. The Hauraki Tribune, a new paper, has been published at Paeroa, Ohinemuri, by Mr. C. F. Mitchell. Lord Newry—who was here with the Duke of Edinburgh—is going to marry a Miss Nellie Baldock, daughter of Mrs. Baldock, of Grosvonor Place, London. Mr. DeLias has completed arrangements for the appearance in New Zealand at an early date of Mr. Marshall, who has for some time past been a prominent member of the London Comedy Company. Information received via Melbourne is to the effect that Mr. C. S. Parnell, of Irish Land League celebrity, will shortly marry an American lady—probably the fair creature who occasioned the agitator's recent and much-eanvasscl visits to Paris. It is stated that Captain Wilson, Commodore of the Australian Naval Station, will shortly be promot.' r l to the rank of RearAdmiral. The Commodore's personal popularity is such that a confirmation of the rumour will bo received with satisfaction. Reefers' wages on the Palmer have been reduced to £3 10s per week for dry ground. The Queen of the North hands have struck in consequence. The Comet claim, one of the best on the Palmer, has obtained machinery from John Walker and Co., Maryborough. Socrates: "The difference between the sexes may be stated thusly—A man gives two shillings for an eigteen-penny thing he wants, and a woman gives eighteen pence for a two-shilling thing she doesn't want." This looks like a distinction without a difference.

Henry Blanford Pcnhali, charged at Wagga assizes with having stuck-up and robbed a Chinese hawker, was acquitted. He was ably defended by Mr. David Buchanan, who treated the case as one of mistaken identity, in which view the judge concurred.

The shaft of the Magdala mine, Victoria, including the bore, is 3013 foot deep, or about 2202 feet below the level of the sea. This is the result of thirteen years' plucky perseverance, and it is to be regretted that reefs and leaders discovered have proved unpayable. Baron Von Mueller is actively preparing to organise another Leiehardt expedition. Mr. Berry has promised £300 towards expenses, and the Baron hopes to get similar amounts from the New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australian Governments. Mr. Ernest Giles will probably lead the party. David Henry, the well-known Melbourne money-lender, convicted of embracery, and sentenced to four years' imprisonment, is to be released on the score of ill-health. For a long time strenuous efforts have been made to regain him his liberty. He was speechless for a week at one go, on a previous occasion, but it was " too thin." Are there no more invalids in Pentridge who require sea air and foreign travel ? Who gets the money ?