NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9117, 27 July 1888, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

At a Southern rink the other evening a man fell and broke his wrist.

Bread is now being retailed in Wellington at from 2d to 2|d the 21b loaf. The total indebtedness of the Australasian Governments is about £167,000,000. The report of the Queensland National Bank for the half-year shows a net profit of £54,302. - j - '

An average of 3000 sheep are said to be killed every week in Auckland, and 150 bullocks. It is stated " that another party is being formed in Queensland for prospecting in New Guinea.. - ; ! There were three persons in the lock-up last evening, for fighting in the street ana drunkenness. The timber trade in Marlborough is exceptionally brisk just now. Several new sawmills are to be erected at once. Two or three Southern papers have written leaders on Professor Thomas' views on technical education, and praise them highly. The Christchurch city authorities are taking steps to prohibit boxing matches being held in the buildings licensed for public entertainments. It is said that a play, founded on fact, is being written by a well-known Napier gentleman, the substance being derived from the Renata will case. The death is announced of Mr. Robert Savage, of Melbourne, who arrived in the colony a few years after Mr. Henty, the " oldest Victorian colonist." Sir Henry Parkes, in reply to a deputation, said that the Government intend to invite Parliament to erect a statue to the memory of Governor Phillip. Captain Edwin wired at 1.40 p.m. yesterday as follows :—" North to west and southwest gale soon, with more rain, Glass fall, but rising twelve hours." In the Warialda district, during the last month, they have destroyed 8212 kangaroos, 28,263 scrub wallaby, 5653 rock wallaby, 1583 padimellons, and 94 dogs. The late Mr. Henry Anderson, the wellknown Wellington journalist, - leaves a widow and seven daughters. His life was insured for £500 in the Government Office. Major Dane has been delivering a series of lectures in Sydney, among them the one on " New Zealand, the • Wonderland of Oceana," which was first delivered in- Auckland. - ; ;

A resident of Devonport writes complaining of two nuisances existing in that locality. We would recommend him to bring the subject before the notice of the v local authorities. At -the inquest on the body of Holt, the shepherd, found at Leslie Pass, the verdict was : " Died from exposure while wander- - ing about in a depressed state of mind through excessive drinking." .The "land boom" in Melbourne continues. Some property at the corner of Flinders and Spencer streets, which six months ago was sold for £82,000, has just changed hands at the sum of £105,000. The Eden Terrace Road Board have had

to sue for overdue rates, and yesterday they had five cases of this description before the Resident Magistrate, five other actions having been settled out of Court. Referring to the Kauri Company, the Wellington Times says : — The inauguration of this vigorous enterprise manifestly means the initiation of a final' clearing off' process —it means the beginning of the end, go far a3 the kauri is concerned. i On Monday evening' the Auckland Literary and Debating Society will hold its ' first debate in the St. James' Hall. " Federation " has been selected as the subject of the night's discussion, and the question will be introduced by Mr. E. W. Burton. A West Coast paper, speaking of the probable increase in the mining industry through the working of the auriferous beaches, says that the ground taken up for ' this purpose and held on special claims or * licensed holdings, extends along the coast for 150 wiles. - • At the Franklin Road Primitive Methodist Church yesterday evening, the Rev. C. E. Ward delivered a lecture on the subject of " Orangeism." There was a moderate ; attendance. v Amongst the audience, were a . number of Orangemen in regalia. .The Newton Band were present, and played selections of music during the evening.