NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8272, 3 June 1890, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

jfew programme v. M night "SSSTlfiinP of the Supreme Court *TlT"Sfl Export* ton. Wostport last **k amounted *,40M Gerald and BerKe Wj nrwra. House on Friday mgnc. £E« ii»'le Lord Fauntleroy Company The Little J>oro for Hobarb ia led from t ph J "Chums." any Lge to-morrow four houses closed task J c J W ere withdrawn. meeting• for City Mrthwas held yesterdsij. All the appUvisit to , ouiit[ i k-.»;.iiHii and was heartily the native pah, Jvaiapoi, j received by the natives. . Cross cruelty to animal; complained of in Gross crucltv to am"'"- t . respect of bullocks conveyed by tram to , Addincton, Canterbury. Takapima annual licensing meeting yesterday. A renewal of the license of the 1 like Hotel was granted. Contain Falconer, electrician » the Torpedo Service, arrived in Auckland yesterday on a tour of inspection. On the last, 600 wethers for turnip purposes changed hands at Rangtora at the excellent price of 17s per head. James Clarke, labourer. To Arena, and Robert Stuart, blacksmith, have filed petitions to be adjudicated bankrupt*. The , « Mararoa again broi«j the record on the passage from Cisborne, which she accomplished this trip "> '-°> a?"I*-1 *- Mr. and Mrs. A. Kidd o the Com Mrrial Hotel, returned to Auckland yesterday iftor a Pleasure and health trip South. _ The Carterton School Committee has mBtructcd that no home lessons shall be given to the children of parents woo object to th Mrs. Baeyertz, the diverted .Towesw. has finished her Christchurch mission. There were 60 poisons in the inquiry room at her last meeting. William Roberts, for obstructing a constable while in the discharge of his duty, was yesterday lined !<• and costs at the Police Court. . , . . The jubilee of the introduction of Methodism into New Zealand w» 1 be celeMethodism into New Zealand will be celebrated all over the colony at the end of next month. , , At Napier last night, on second production of -Dorothy, hundreds were unable to gain admission. A most pronounced success was scored. . The Wancanui Cricket Club wish to secure a ground near the centre of the town, the racecourse being tonnd rather too far off for practice. At Ashburton the Rev. A. M. Leattte, M.A. (Presbyterian) lately married his deceased wife's sister. The R-v. Dr. Llmshe celebrated the wedding. . The estimated cost for construction only, and exclusive of land, of the Seaward Hush Railway from its present terminus to the east bank of the Mataura is AVi.jOO. George Chines, an old offender, was sent«nced"to three years' penal servitude for stealing a saddle. He hid only jus: been released after serving a similar sentence. Mr. Mackenzie, M.H.K.. thinks the cost cf elections this year will be greatly increased. He also says that Sir Julius Vogel may be expected out m a tew mouths. _ ~ There are upwards o! tiny children down with influenza at the Orphan Home, Farcel!. Under the kind and able treatment cf Dr. Loom, the little one- are recovering very fast. Mr. A. H. Cunningham died at Langiora early yesterday morning. i tec-ease 1 was an old resident, and highly earned. Ho was for many years a nie:.iber of the Education Board. Captain Baldwin left Chrtstehurch for Wellington on Saturday night. He is sole proprietor of the " New Zealand Times," nrhich will be run on bnsme's principles, irrespective of p«rtv. It is thought by Mr. Bruce, M.H.R., that when Mr. Stevens comes out he will choose the mgitikei electoral 3in place of the Manawatu, and meet Messrs. Macarthur and Arkwright.

The; Taranaki News is of opinion that farmers will be somewhat discouraged .at the prices quoted for butter—from 3d to 5d per lb. Never before in Taranaki has the staple product receded so low, especially at this season of the year. The Chtistchurch Press .-ays:—"lf the Solomon Islander* have a good deal yet, to learn from the missionaries, it seems that they have acquired nearly all that European traders are able to teach them. They are keenness itcelf in bargaining. Mr. Justice Couolly strongly animadverted yesterday on the conduct of a dealer ■who bought a saddle worth pounds from a stranger at eleven o'clock at night for ss. He told him he was fortunate he was not in the'dock with the prisoner, as it was men like him who made thieve?.