NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8064, 27 September 1887, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sinoi the dissolution -of P*rli»ment 500 Aliens have been naturalised. • j It is proposed to start a branch of the Knights of Labour in Brisbane. There were 31,493 eonviotione la New South Wales last year for drunkenness. - A pearl, weighing 62 grains, of the value of £800, has been found on the Ninety-mile Beach (W.A.) • • : „,«a-nr . vlhe towns of Forbes and Inverell (N.S. W. are the only large town* in tfa* colony within railway. Will be ..... at the An inquest will be held to-day at the Asylum on the body of a patient named Tbos. Smith, who died yesterday. The Seoretary of State for the Colonies ■ays the Imperial Government intends to keep New Guinea entirely in its own hands. The Wanganui Chronicle says at no previous general election have so many eminent politicians been in peril as at the present moment.

Captain Edwin telegraphed at 3 p.m. yesterday :—" Every indication north east to north and west gale soon, with heavy rain and further fall glass." '

An exchange says there are 1500 churches and other buildings used for public worship In the oolony, there being sitting accommodation for 238,153 persons. It is estimated that 164,033 attend services.

There were no prisoners in the look-up last evening. The police were too busy in attending to the polling booths to pay any heed to those in a festive mood, who were thus enabled to see oat the general election to the finish.

The Wanganui Herald says :—" The Opposition and their organs never weary of charging the present Government with extravaganoe, but they are careful to avoid instituting any comparisons by which the electors could fairly judge between the Government and their predecessors." The New Plymouth Fire Brigade intend to hold » meeting soon in order to discuss their financial position, whioh, it is said, is not vei oright. The men's uniforms aro getting decidedly shabby, and some of the trousers have become so unwearable that the men have been compelled lately to wear their ordinary ones. The following is the state of Her Majesty's prison, Auckland, for the week ending September 24thAwaiting trial, 5 males; boys 4; penal servitude, 43 males, 1 female; hard labour, 106 males, 22 females; imprisonment, 8 males ; default of bail, 1 male, 5 females ; received during the week, 21 males, 2 females; discharged, 10 males, 2 females; total in prison, 167 males, 28 females.