NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6928, 31 January 1884, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

« It is proposed to construct tramways in Brisbane. The Hon. Ivo Bligh is coming to Australia to be married. A handicap chess tourney is now being played in Cliristchurch. The death of William Jabez flail, an old Wellington colonist, is recorded. Pleuro-pneumonia has broken out among a herd of cattlo at Camden, N.S. W. jvlr. Walter J. Robinson has opened classes in Wellington for technical drawing. A young man, who for two years cultivated silk in Italy, advertises eleewhere. An expert has arrived in Tasmania from Europe to assist in promoting oyster culture. The Kindergarten system is to be tried by the New South Wales Public School Department. In Napier, a few days ago, a duck was seen to catch a sparrow and swallow it whole. The Salvation Army claim to have rescued 2500 people in Sandhurst during the last five mouths. Several ladies of abandon were ordered from the grand stand at Tattersall's races, N.S.W. The Dunedin Herald reprints Mr. S. Vaile's paper on "The Kail ways of the Colony." The rainfall for ISS3 in South Australia was 26Jin. This is the higheat recorded since 1553. Of the 950 persons relieved at the Ballarat Benevolent Asylum.last week (says the Star) 329 were children. Subscriptions for erecting a memorial to the late Bishop Barker, of Sydney, now amount to £1*144. Mrs. W. Comer, a daughter of Mr. William Rowe, one of the oldest Thames identities, died at Shortland on Monday. Lord Ripon. at the opening of the Calcutta Exhibition, especially complimented the Australian colonics on their display. Two Australian ladies, Miss Eva Orr and Miss Mitchell, have been distiuguishing themselves by their musical abilities at home. Herr Louis Tutschka, Imp. A.M. Vienna, lately of the Austrian Band, is about to commence as a teacher of music in Auckland. Last year, as compared with 18S2, the Victorian revenue decreased by £85,853, and the New South Wales revenue by £942,402. The Argue says of the late Mr. W. J. Smith, one of its most able contributors, that he never wrote a line unworthy of a gentleman. Victoria has 780 aboriginals ; New South Wales, 1643; Queensland, 20,583 ; South Australia, 63,346 ; and Western Australia, 2346. Mr-, Joseph Kells, of Cambridge, has been licensed to act as a native interpreter, and Mr.. W. F. Hale, of Tolago Bay, has received a similar'.license. Those who visited the Aorangi at Wellington were ot opinion that she is the finest specimen of naval architecture that has ever yet visited the port. Sydney journals are complaining of the increase of larrikinism and asking for armed night patrols. At Adelaide the larrikins are as bad as they are anywhere. Mr. Thomas Allison, who has been in Mr. Fitzherbert's office, Whangarui, and has been admitted as a barrister and solicitor, has determined to commence professional practice at Whantjarei. Referring to the case of Mr. O'Donoghue, the Thames Advertiser says :—" There are many persons on the Thames who will be grieved to see an attack made upon any man upon such a ground as this, but at the same time will be glad if it results in the district retaining a good teacher, who has made himself very popular and useful durmg his residence here."