NEWSIN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9539, 4 December 1889, Page 6

NEWSIN BRIEF.

IPhb coal export from Gieyiuouth last , fceek amounted to 2883 tons. An asphalt footpath has been laid down in the Symonds-street Cemetery. The other day the thermometer stood at 110 degrees in the shade at Broken HilL The station-masters on the Victorian rail--toays are to be uniformed at a cost of £10,000. At the last meeting of the Christchurch British Israel Society a paper was read on •^Tarshish." The Buller and Inangahua Rivers are lower than they have been known to be for twenty years. Mr. Turnbull, M.H.R., has had a ohange for the better, and hopes of his recovery are now entertained. The Victorian Government think of appointing a royal commission to deal with the charitable institutions. The s.s. Kaiser Wilhelm, the largest merchant vessel that has visited Australian .Waters, arrived at. Sydney the other day. TTbe Hon. Captain Russell will occupy Ufie residence in Tinakori Road, Wellington, formerly occupied by Sir Julius Vogel. An important discovery of a seam of black coal, first-class in quality and four feet six iDchee wide, without a flaw, is reported from Foeter, in Victoria. Thomas Brooker, while bathing at Lismore, New South Wales, on a recent Sunday, sustained injuries while diving, which proved fatal tho following day. It is reported that a slight creep has taken place in Thomson's Tribute colliery, near Glebe. Tho miners have been prevented from entering the workings. The Victorian railway revenue between July 1 and November 14 of this year, was £1,184,892, showing a deficiency of £60,000 as compared with the corresponding period nf last year. In the Victorian prorogation of Parliament speech the hope was expressed that the colonies would be able to join in a more complete organisation without sacrificing any of the resulte already achieved. By becoming entangled in the knives of a teaper and binder at Murrox, the three-year-old daughter of a selector named Fair•weather was eo much lacerated about the legs th&t amputation was necessary. William Perkins, of Wortley Road, near Inglewood, Taranaki, died suddenly on Monday night. He was heard to moan during the night, and his wife got up, lit a candle, and found her husband dead. ' The supplementary waterworks at Reefton were completed on Saturday last. This gives the town a never-failing supply of water for both fire and domestic purposes, at an elevation of ISO feet down town.

A Waterloo veteran named Jeremiah Brown is an inmate of Owens District Benevolent Asylum, Kew South Wales. His age is 97 years, and at the age of 22 he was in charge of troop horses on the field of Waterloo. TheTiraaruPresbyteryyesterdayaccepted the resignation of the Rev. G. Barclay, of Geraldine, the pioneer Presbyterian minister of South Canterbury, where he has been 25 years. The reason he gives is overwork in too largo a district. A man named William Elliott attempted to commit suicide by jumping from the Victoria-street bridge, Melbourne, into the Yarra. He was rescued by a blacksmith, and lodged in the lock-up. While there he made a second attempt to kill himself by battering his head against the wall. In the hope of securing more efficient and economical destruction of house refuse In Sydney, the City Council instructed Mr. Richards, the City surveyor, to prepare a report on the subject. This report has been submitted, and Mr. Richards recommends the use of Fryer's patent refuse destructor. The following is the state of Her Majesty's prison, Auckland, for the week ending November 30, 18S9:—Awaiting trial, .16 males ; boys, 2; penal servitude, 41 males, 2 females ; hard labour, 63 males, 15 females ; imprisonment, 1 male; default of bail, 8 males; received during the week, 11 males, 3 females; discharged, 16 males, 4 females; total in prison, 131 males, 17 females.