NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8362, 16 September 1890, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Jewish holiday yesterday. Now year services in the Synagogue yesof the island steamer Richmond out on rike. , _ „ Civil sittings of tho Supreme Court commenced yesterday. The case Ehrenfried v. Gleeson was postponed until to-day. Miss Kate Howarde s benefit concert at the City Hall to-night. The Dunedin Amateur Athletic Club start the season with a balance of £10. Nearly 70 ladies have applied for the position of attendant at the Art Gallery. The proceedings at the meeting of butchers last night were of a private nature. The farmers in Queensland are offering their services as draymen and lumpers at the jwrts. The Adelaide branch of marine engineers condemn the Sydney branch for remaining neutral during the strike. A Hobart municipal loan of £50,000, at 4 per cent., is announced on the London market. The minimum is fixed at par. The Painters' Union met at the Foresters' Hall last night to discuss and adopt rules. Mr. W. Taylor presided. The Adelaide Chamber of Commerce favour tho establishment of Boards of Conciliation to settle labour disputes. It is always pleasant to record a light day at the Police Court. Two cases of drunkenness was all tho business yesterday. The Daily News is of opinion that in the event of the present strikers in Australia being successful, an incursion of coolie labour will result. The Kearney Gold field Company has been registered in London with a capital of £75,000, to work certain mines in Queens- , land and elsewhere. Mr. Tom Charter, the well - known amateur vocalist, and Miss Mabel Kissling were made man and wife at St. Sepulchre s Church on Saturday. Address by Brother P.M. Niccol oni the present position and prospects of Freemasonry in New Zealand, at St. Andrew's Lodge meeting to-night. The labour employers in Brisbane have decided to form a powerful union, with a view of protesting against organised tyranny In connection with the strike. The Auckland Shipwrights' Protection Society have decided not to allow members to work for the Union or the Northern S.S. Companies while the strike lasts. The dead body of Samuel Wright, a market gardener, was found at the bottom of a well at Kogarah, New South Wales, with a heavy chain round his neck. Mr. Meadows, of the " Wild West," was unhorsed at Parnell yesterday owing to the saddle girth becoming slack. The horse was unbroken, and a thorough bucker. The will of the late James Thompson, of South Yarra (Vic.), shipowner, was lodged for probate recently. The estate is valued at £1500 realty, and £25,000 personalty. The "Maritime Labour Barracks'' in Sydney provide sleeping accommodation for £00 men. Two of the doors are to be used as dormitories, and about 25 carjwnters have been engaged to make 500 stretchers. There are now in Newcastle, Now South Wales, in addition to the force usually stationed there, 120 of the permanent artillery, under Colonel Airey, 40 additional men having arrived with the Nordenfeldt guns. The Queensland Shearers' Union has struck a. levy of £1 per man in support of toe strikers. The Typographical Association has done the same, and hits also voted £100 on account. Other large sums have also been voted.