NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9189, 19 October 1888, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

■''X.X. ——. ■' '" ♦ '1,■,...'.-■<. I" '■-:''' j . Jhe weather has been . beautifully fine, •luring the last few days- f •■•?•■*-' ■-.-;, ■■:'■■ ei~«* I A nee mill is to be established at Strafe jord, near Cairns (Q0- *< , ' , j„xt«ii /sf : Mr. F. l Lawry will address the electors of '»' Franklin North in the Panmure Hall on ' Saturday next at eight o clock p^.£^w; It is stated thatthe New ZeaW government has generously given " Comm ndant [ H. H. Booth a free pass over the New Zealand Railway lines. .»., . v„ , • The average attendance at the Art Gallery is nearly 600 visitors a week, «nd the 1 ; collection is much / appreciated. _Among : the .visitors - yesterday - was the , Mayor, of : JDunedin. '• • ; v According to the laws of New Zealand a. ■X : man may marry his deceased wife's sister, .//' - but may not marry his • deceased brother's wife, although not otherwise related, as the „ latter is illegal. . . • There was only one prisoner in the lockup last night, charged with stealing a coat. At the ( station there were ; three children from Coromandel, to be committed to the - Thames Orphanage. '- . ~ < A correspondent , in a Southern * paper offers to take up 20 shares at £1 each if a 'company is formed to supply the public with bread fof:< a satisfactory quality, ; full weight, and at a reasonably price. The Evening Post pi edicts a strong effort will be made next session to reverse the ' unwise and cheese-paring legislation '. ' - which the ; present Ministry ?' initiated as ' • part of its policy when placed in power." | Speaking of the Railway Board, the Post says: "The Ministry j are determined to make appointments which they know will excite a storm of v public disapproval, so strong that they wish to put the evil day off as long as possible." The Waikakaho goldfield, near Mahaki- , pawa, is not a poor man's field. .The creek : working is very rough, boulders as big as a two-roomed cottage having to be shifted in some places, and the report of ; dynamite charges is to be heard at intervals all day.. A cabman named James Orange, while in • i"' state of intoxication; drove his cab over ■1 precipice into J; the Yarra River at Mel-: bourne the other night into 26 feet of water, ISText morning when ho regained his senses he found himself lying high and dry on a ~ ledge of rock. ■'.'_'■ ■ In response to i-. an advertisement inviting applications for the position of as- v sistant storeman in a Wellington firm'? establishment, about 60 persons . attended j ', at.the firm's office next morning, all solicitous for the billet. The remuneration offered was 30s per week. . 'A start has been made at the Western Springs in the matter of boring operations, with a view of tapping any subterranean springs which 1 can be diverted ', and the water impounded at the reservoir. .-The boring is being done Under the supervision of Mr. Errington, C.E., the Waterworks Engineer. - The watchful Mongolian < has nob been long in finding his way to Mabakipawa. Three natives of the Flowery Land made their appearance on /the field last week, 'and! have established *■ themselves on s the •outskirts of the township, where they are regarded by the European miners with no friendly eye. The Canterbury Agricultural. and Pas- . toral Association have resolved to ask Mr. ; Meadows, the English butter expert, to act as a judge of dairy produce, and to ask some of /the leading 'makers of separator butter to exhibit at the, next show, which takes place on the Bth, 9th, and 10th of November.