NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8668, 10 September 1891, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

OsointaTKAt. Union concert to-night). Owing to a breakage in the water mains, Wellington was almost unlighted one night lately. , .. . The Masterton licensing election is again informal, and the Governor will appoint a bench. , ... Two tons of frozen sheep s kidneys were recently sent home, the advance- given on them being over £120. A Money Order and Savings Bank Office has been opened at Makaretu, Hawkes .JBay from the Bth instant. A chieftainess of Petone, Wellington, recently dead, provided a sum of £300 to be devoted to holding a tangi over her. There were in the lock-up last evening a man on a charge of drunkenness, and .Tames Neagle (arrested on warrant) on a charge of assault on his wife. - A Government paper says it has reliable information that there is a majority m Parliament favourable to granting compensation to publicans who have their licenses taken away without cause. A teamster, named Larkin, while in a state of intoxication on the road between York and Yilgarn, Western Australia, rolled into a fire, and was seriously burned. Sir Win. Manning says that the gambling which is going on throughout New South Wales in shops, especially >n tobacconists' shops, is degrading the whole character of the colony. , _ r In the report of the of diplomas in connection with the New Zealand University, the name of E. D. Aubin, who got the A.B. degree, was printed E. D. Austin. . It was plaintively asserted from the Government benches that the Government had only one real supporter in the Legislative Council. "That's right," said some one on the other aide, " one-party-one you know." " v It is rumoured that ft bank of bltickecigeu pearl has been discovered in Shark Bay, Western Australia, but the finder refuses to disclose the whereabouts of the find unless he receives a reward of £20 from each pearler. : " ■' , ' ' . An old man of 73 years blew out his brains with a revolver at Fitzroy, Melbourne. lie desired to get married again, very much against the wish of his two daughter and" son. No reason is assigned for the deed. , L The Countess of Jersey gave the first at home" since her return to Sydney on Thursday. August 27, when theatricals formed the principal entertainment. A very pretty stage was rigged up in the ballroom, the red drawing-room being supplied with seats for the visitors, who numbered about 130. A leiral action, involving the sum of £100,000, brought by E. Pritchard against Sarah Ann Cowan, administratrix .of the estate of the late James Cowan, M.P., will come on for hearing in the South Australian Supreme Court shortly. Plaintiff claims £100,000 damages for breach of agreement with regard to certain patent rights of the Jlien Electrical Company. From Ballarat conies the news that foxes are increasing in the whole of the outlying district, and many have been the complaints of their active work among lambs. They have at length, however, turned their attention to the' city, and during the past M eek heu roosts in and around Alfredtown have been particularly unfortunate in consequence of their depredations. A lad was fined £3 and costs at Sydney recently for committing an assault. It appears that when the Salvation Army was holding a service in Frederick-street, St. Peter'sj accused and a number of other lads came along, and while the members were kneeling down and praying accused threw a quantity of pepper in their eyes. One of the Salvationists stated that her eyes had suffered for some time since the assault. A mob of horses was being driven to Port Melbourne to be shipped "recently, when one took fright and the rest started towards Melbourne. Several fell in Flindersstreet, others galloping over them. Two died almost instantly of their injuries. The remainder rushed towards Richmond. One was injured by a fall, one dropped dead on the road, and another was killed in Richmond. -