NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8681, 25 September 1891, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Chamber sittings in the Supremo Court ibo-d&y# ■ Somo burglars robbed a North Melbourne hotel of £14 worth of liquor. Newcastle exported 47,210 tons of coal during the week ending 12th inat. The South Australian Government propose to continue the Chinese Immigration A Ethelene Adams has been committed for trial at ftowcastlo on a charge of child murder. , ■' . . There aro 1739 boys up for the junior, and 143 for the senior university examinations in Sydney. The Public Library directors have taken the first step towards the acquisition of a museum for Wanganui. The St. Bernard dog which takes part in the performance of " Hans the Boatman/' has been quarantined in Adelaide. Several members of the Victorian Ministry have fallen victims to the influenza epidemic now raging in Melbourne. Janet Achurch was received by the Premier of West Australia and leading gentry when she arrived at Perth with her J company. .. A complimentary concert and some presents were given to Miss Wardel, for six years and a half matron of the Randwick Asylum. . , , , , v The Newton Band social took place last evening in St. George's Hall, and was well attended. A very agreeable evening was sp«nt. . . The Queensland Parliament is in com- ; mittee on' the Indecent Advertisements Bill, and have struck out the most vital clause. Melbourne dockowners protest against any reduction in the charges made by the Government for the use of the Alfred Grav-

ing Dock. A terrible blasting accident occurred on on the 11th inst. at a .brickworks at Brimswick, Victoria, one man being killed and others seriously injured. His Excellency the Governor has signified his pleasure in again accepting the position of patron of the Alpha MartiniHenry Rifle Club, Christchurch. It is believed in Melbourne business and commercial circles that the end of the present year, or the beginning of next, will see a considerable revival of trade. The thirty-first annual meeting of the Canterbury Rowing Club shows that the ildest of our aquatic clubs is in a particularly sound and flourishing condition. Among the guests at the Jubilee banquet, London, in commemoration of the 50th year of the business of Messrs. Thomas Look »nd Sons were several members of the Royal family. The Parramatta Council intend to apply to the Supremo Court for an injunction against the Government if the pollution of the river from Government institutions is not prevented. The Rev. Father Mulvihill, formerly of Hawera, returns there shortly from Sydney. He found the heat of the climate of New South Wales too much for him, and so decided to return to his old parish.

The Lyttelton Times says Mr. Perceval's appointment to the Agent-Generalship is a tribute to Young New Zealand. He is the first native-born New Zealander who will meet the Imperial statesmen and the British public. Yesterday Mr. Parker, of H.M. Customs, gave in charge two seamen of the s.s. 'I'ekoa, on a charge of smuggling tobacco ashore. The quantity was some l-tlbs. They will be brought up this morning for a breach of the Customs' laws.

The Chapel-street public school will, it is said, be opened after the school holidays. The new school buildings have been handed over to the care of the City Schools Committee, having been officially passed by the Board's architect, Mr. Allright.

The Kaitangata Coal Company has struck new seam at a depth of about 130 feet below the present working. It is, as might be expected (says the Bruce Herald), « coal of much superior quality to the excellent fuel they have been turning out for so long. The Rev. W. J. Mayers, deputation secretary of Dr. Barnardo's Homes for Destitute Children, is expected to reach New Zealand this month with a party of musical boys trained in the institutions, the object being to interest friends in the work and plead the cause of the street children of London.

The D.l.C.'rf Wellington three-storey premises were opened yesterday afternoon. The building runs through from Panama to Brandon streets, and was erected at a cost of some £15,000. In addition the company have secured large premises adjoining. The warehouse is the largest of the company's colonial houses.

The Otaki correspondent of the Manawatu Standard says that His Excellency the Governor has sent word to the ISgatihuia chiefs that he will have his son Huia specially photographed surrounded by the tribal gifts, and that he will send a framed copy of this to the tribe and a similar one to her .Majesty the Queen.

Mr. 6. B. Leitli, one of the leading Melbourne builders, who is on a visit to Wellington, addressed the builders there last night, and urged that New Zealand should send a delegate to the annual convention of builders in Australia shortly to be held, at which matters of great interest to the trade will be discussed.

There are some very discreet folk in Otaki, and to humour their susceptibilities recently a concert was divided into two parts, the first sacred and the second secular. At the end of the first part, the religious portion of the audience solemnly rose up and stalked out of the room, to the accompaniment of some popular melody.

There were in the lock-up last evening two persons on charges of drunkenness, and a man named William Brett, arrested by Constable Mathieaon, on a charge of assaulting Mr. Brister, boardinghousekeeper, Customs-street. Brett is a young man, and Mr. Brister is up in years, and lias been in bad health for some time, and is just recovering from an attack of fever.

For the past few years the New Plymouth district has produced a large number of splendid fab cattle for the Christchurch market, but now Canterbury appears to be turning the tables on the northern breeders, for the steamer Terrauora left Lyttelton for Waitara with '200 head of young stock. She has been engaged to take 1200 head in all, and these will be fattened in the northern district and be available for the Christchurch market in a year or two hence.