NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8273, 4 June 1890, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

JUS. ■*<!»»«.»» crentog in .the "SfSte Richmond left for-Te Aroha yesterday morttiny- {orme< ] f or quartz A companyl»f so Wfidd. ™f rfrfrf IS >i» Emily Hods®,., A girl of I ®J®*f' 1 ' \Y ark worth. has aiStie of the Thames police o to Taj , a force, is about to be t-ra» na^ otl j v™ ,T V McArthur were pass.«. M««w» tn^ineytet TtS'tion i, again called design competition announced bv the bun * YriSS Ss until eighto'clock ,„V Siht. »n<l >i» I* resu, " ell at o'clock this morning- is receiving Th» fa-lv closing movement' is ieceivui„ lhet • n'! Rom the labour unions warm support irom i" c lb «SSv' th. District Grand Lodge, E.G. (Masonic), last mght. The business was formal. The ordinary monthly inspection parades of the City Guards, Victoria, and Newton Rifles were held last night. _ Vise Reeve, well known m musfca circle,, find her sister. Miss J. "Reeve, leave for-Christchurch to-morrow. Mr \V. H. Vines and party have le,t the North Shore and have taken up their quarthe Carlton, City Road, bymonds-brigant-ine Clansman, wrecked _at Gis borne recently, is afloat again. having been repaired by Messrs. >iccol and Son, and made as good as new. Sir George Grey will proceed to Vi ellmgton on Thursday, to complete the preparabron of several measures which ho intend, to brine before Parliament. _ We are informed that were are ~2 applications for the post of secretary of the Auckland Club, the position being tendered vacant by the resignation of I aptain Olw"e. . From Wellington, at live minutes to one pan. yesterday. Captain Edwin sent the following Every indication ot frost tonight, aud for poor tides tor --t hours from nexjn to-day. , e Alkcedsheep-srealing ease at the Supreme Court, yesterday. The highest value placed on the animal to 7s, but toe prosecn.ion *riH cost the country from i->" to ill 0, and the -prisoners were acquitted. A gold watch was presented by the choirs' of the Howick Roman Catholic Church to Mr. dames O'Hailoran. their leader, on his marriage to Miss Hosian, Drganist-at the Panmnre Church. At Middlcton Beach, two miles trom Albany, Western Australia, a bottle has been picked up compiling some remarkable documents, including cheques .-.and letters to one John Shaw, formerly of bombay and Madras, and latterly of Perth, "Western Australia. It is behoved the bottle has been floating about for lo > eat s. A narrow escape irom a serious accident occurred in Queen-Street on Mo.ida\ e\ening' to a little girl or about seven years or age, named Crawford. She tried to cross in front of a tramear, but as knocked down by the horses. Ihc driver shopped the car "just in time to prevent the wheels going over her body. iV». Lew is and MackelliK-, who were passing, examined the child, and found no serious injuries, and •6he~was taken home by the police.