NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7974, 14 June 1887, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

IS? is said that the Parnell Salvationists are going to remove to Newmarket. "Tbauma" again proved attractive last evening, and was liberally patronised. Mr. Vercbe, of Tβ Puke, Tauranga, had the enormous return of 90 bushels of maize to the iro from three acres this season. The natives in the Tauranga district propose to sow a large area of wheat this season, They, however, want aseietanoe to get the seed. There is an enormous amount of maize stored at Opotiki just now for shipment, and the steamers cannot take it away fast enough. Mr. Kerr, member for Waimea, remarked in the House a few daye ago, that his father was the first person to put a plough into the South Island. Professor Gibbons, of Dunedin, has delivered a lecture on "The Advantages of Debating Societies, from an educational point of view." ' The lad committed to the Kohimarama Training School, whom we mentioned as being at the polico station on Sunday on his way thither, is named Veale, not Vaile. At preaont £319 14s 6d has been subscribed in Wellington for the Imperial Institute, and £13 Ss 6d only for any local object. Considerably over £100 more has been promised. Under the police requirements contaiued in the Gazette of January 12, every member of the police force is entitled to vote, a privilege hitherto not enjoyed by the men in blue. , inspector McGovern is at present making a tour of the new northern police district, to ■which he has been appointed, in order to see the most suitable place to fix upon as his head quarters. When Sir G. S. Whitmore'e circular asking for subscriptions for the Imperial Institute •was read to the Wanganui Rifles and the .Navals they both unanimously decided against giving a shilling ! At the request of Mr. John Lamb and several shipping houses in town, Tuesday, the 21st instant, has been declared by the Commissioner of Customs a holiday in the Customs Department here. is An excellent commencement was made last evening with the class for the study of shorthand, under Mr. Jarrett, at the Young Men's Christian Association. 37 young men havt joined, showing that considerable interest is being taken in this subject. The following is the state of Her Majesty s Prison, Auckland, for the week ending Jane :—On remand, I male; awaiting trial, IS males : boys 5 : penal servitude. SS males; hard labonr, 76 males, 14 females ; imprisonment, 1 male ; default of bail, ,9 males ; received during the week, 16 males, 4 females i discharged, 12 males, 1 female ; total in prison, 14S males, 14 females.