NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8475, 28 January 1891, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Church meetings last evening. Auckland Annual Regatta to-morrow. Two boys arrested for fruit-stealing at Ponsonby. The trade between Auckland and the Matakana district is increasing. Barque Leading Wind is being pumped out, and is now partially afloat. The steamer Duke of Sutherland is to ship 6500 carcases of mutton at Auckland. The Governor's Speech on opening Parliament yesterday had the merit of brevity. The Tarawera arrived at the Bluff from the West Coast Sounds at ten a.m. yesterday. The valuation of the Napier Borough for rating purposes is £82,246, being a decrease of £28. The yield of fruit this year in some of the country districts will not bo so large as usual. Ship Machrihanish, with a valuable cargo of wool, etc., left port yesterday for England. The estimated population of Sydney and suburbs at the end of last year was 383.000. Mr. and Mrs. Charrington (Miss Achurch) and their theatrical company left for,- Sydney yesterday. Cargo steamer Duke of Sutherland arrived yesterday from Engalnd, via the Cape, in ballast. The Sydney representatives for the Champion Athletic Meeting are expected by the Te Anau to-day. The Tailors' Union met at the Y.M.C.A. Rooms on Monday night. The business was not of a public nature. A Scotch physician states that playing on tho bagpipes wears away tho player's front teeth in four years. The scene in the HaurakiGulf yesterday, under a clear sky, with the sea as smooth as glass, -was most beautiful. It is estimated that there are about 800 men out of work in Brisbane, those in the building trade being the worst off. The New Zealand Alliance have sent a lot of correspondence to the Government in regard to liquor traffic at Rarotonga. The Auckland Liberal Association has telegraphed to the new Government congratulating them on their appointment. Lizzie Hill, aged I'2, a daughter of Mr. Rowland Hill, Woodville, fell off a timber when going to school, and was killed. A Gazette issued yesterday mornine contains the Governor's acceptance of Sir Harry Atkinson's resignation of the Egmont seat. Mr. Ross, late Chairman of the Dunedin Harbour Board, was presented with a purse of lOOsovs by the citizens, prior to his departure North. Twenty-five inches and 779 points of rain fell in Adelaide during last year, the amount being four points above the average of the last 52 years. Something lias been accomplished in the way of burying electiic wires in New York, 3607 miles of telephone wire alone being underground there. Archbishop Carr, of Melbourne, and Dr. Higgings, Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, are expected to arrive in Dunedin early in Febuary, on a short visit. The congregation of St. Matthew's resolved last ni<;hb that the minister's stipend, after the ensuing twelve months, should be reduced to .-'-(Hi a-year. The noxious animals destroyed in the Warialda district during last year included 24,638 kangaroos, 159,167 wallabies, 1684 kangaroo rats, and 551 native dogs. St. Andrew's congregation decided that adherents not in full communion are eligible for positions on the managers' court, and that church officers are also eligible.

Native Lands Commissioners Court resumes this morning, when judgment will be given in regard to Mr. E. B. Walker's application re Pukekura and adjoining property. In the case Xankervis v. Franklin, the defendant was yesterday ordered to pay the sum due, .£.">oo. in a month, or, in default, to undergo three months' imprisonment.

•\n interesting case, arising out of the affairs of the lace Mr. John Sheehan, is pending. Evidence as to whether there are assets in the estate, is to be taken by the Registrar.