NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9057, 18 May 1888, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Mail day on Monday next. Next Monday w a Bank holiday. Canada does nob want English paupers. Th« footballers are the heroes of the hour. ?ateh ofbig eels at Western Springe Cl Tak'apuna Jockey Club's winter meeting Muller at) St. John's, Ponsonby, are 513 Chinee© "detained" at Melbourne. Tho barometer Iβ declining. Rain may that there are only 787 empty houses in the city. England v. Auckland to-morrow, at Potter's Paddock. „ There is only "a corporal's guard at Fort Cautley now. /w— Variety entertainment at the Opera H The (Marlborough) timber trade is growing brisker. freeman's Bay reclamation does not satisfy the Health Officer. At Picton lately 150 cases of herrings were secured at one haul. An " At Home" in connection with Lodge Ara will be held on July 6. About twenty field artillerymen have been discharged from Fort Cautley. A farmer in Southland sent home some salt butter, and gob 100s a cwt for it. Sixty-one summonses for arrears in rates at the "Resident Magistrate's Court yesteraThe Wellington City Council are having thorough tests made of the "Albo-carbon light. _, ~ It is said that in the Ruahine ranges there is a vast undeveloped field of mineral wealth. Oysters aro now advertised at 2d a dozen in Dunedin, and at eight for a. shilling w Waneanui. . _~ _ , Blue Ribbon Bench at the Police Court yesterday —Messrs. McMillan, Newman, and McLachlan. . A tin of carbolic sheep-dip exploded in Timaru when it was being soldered, but no damage was done. Captain Edwin wired at 1.5 p.m. yesterday :" Same indications as wired yesterday. Glass further fall." : Mr Salmon, of the Columbia Skating Rink, ie thinking of opening a rink at Onehunga at an early date. Acceptances and nominations in connection with the Takapuna meeting are due tonight at eight o'clock. A footpath is beingmade m Cook-streec, near the Freshwaterßaths, which will be a great improvement. A third interest in a promoter's share in the Maharahara Copper Mining Company was sold lately for £100. The Rev. Dr. Stuart, of Dunedin, Chancellor of the Otago University, is about to leave on a visit to England. Captain Allraan's patent raft was publicly tried in Wellington harbour on May l4th, with gratifying results. Some molasses have been made from sorghum grown in Hawke's Bay, where it is said to flourish luxuriantly. The only person in the lock-up last evening was the " sandwich man," Samuel Taylor, for assaulting the boy Coyle. A Southern paper says the Gisborne oil is so pure that experts find it hard to believe that samples are in the " natural" state. The Port Chalmers fishermen have resolved to petition the Government about the discrepancies in the Fisheries Act. It ia said that Government intend to re-open ahortly the Labour Bureau in Dunedin on the same footing as before. Owing to a dense fog the s.s. Kanien was alAhe night of May 13 in trying to find the way out of Wellington harbour. Mrs. Dudley Ward is much pleased with the progress of the Kindergarten, and. will give an address shortly at the Y.M.CA. rooms. Professor Salmond's pamphlet, the "Reign of Grace," is creating some stir in the South, and is now on sale in Auckland bookshops. The Dunedin City and Suburban Tramway Company (Limited) have purchased the Dunedin, Peninsula, and Ocean Beach Railway. The approach of winter is now checking the exodus from Southland, and things generally show some slight signs of being on the mend. There are at present 26 does in the city kennels, behind the Public Market. Today, at noon, an auction of the canines will take place, after which the dogs nob sold will be drowned. A Southern paper predicts a boom in frozen meat if the shipping charge is reduced to Jd per Ib. All over 3fd in London will then be clear profit. Concrete channelling is being put down in Queen-street in place of rough-dressed stone. The first section operated on is from the Market corner to Wellesley-street. It is said that Messrs. W. L. Rees (Gisborne), and Wi Pere intend paying a visit to England shortly, with a view of floating Mr. Rees's scheme for the colonisation of native lands. The statement that fifty applications for passages by the s.s. Te Anau, which left for Sydney on Wednesday evening, were rejected, is incorrect. The vessel had room for many more than proceeded by her. The result of the issue of market tickets on the Hurunui-Bluff section -of railway during the last year was, that while 7880 more persona travelled in consequence, there was a loss to the revenue of £543. "How many great jobs," says the Wanganui Herald, "are likely to be perpetrated during the present session?" Then it enumerates as probable jobs the North leland Trunk Railway, the New Plymouth Harbour, Otago Central Railway, and the Kamo-Kawakawa Railway. The Hon. SirG. S. Whitmore,K.C.M.G., after an absence from the Legislative Council Chamber extending over a period of three years—which has been rendered necessary owing to his acceptance of the position of Commander of the Colonial Forces—once more made his appearance in the Chamber on the opening dav. Contrary to hia usual custom, however, the hon. and gallant gentleman did not wear his titular or military decorations.