NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9078, 3 January 1893, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

9* Kooti, in bis present visit to Awahuri, .is accompanied by 145 followers, having *??ith them 200 hv-.sea. i • J Seven nuggets of gold have been token to Hobarb from the King River, on the west coast of Tasmania, two weighing upwards of 4oz each.

Mr. T. Tallis Trimnell, organist of St. Peter's Church, Wellington, who recently underwent a serious operation, is making a very satisfactory recovery. Some days ago John Allan, a miner at Home, Rule, N.S.W. picked from a heap of ■tone close to the puddling machine, a nugget of gold weighing 25£oz. The hard work of last session had a bad effect upon Mr. Scobie Mackenzie, who, according to an exchange, has been laid up at his home on the Peninsula ever since.

Anthrax in a virulent form has broken out among horse stock ab Warroo station N.S.W. Seven horses which became affected have already died, and 30 others show nyraptons of the disease. A chairman of a school committee in the Wanganui district, some time ago married the teacher, and he is now in the unhappy position of being consulted by the Board as to the advisability of dismissing his »wn wife from her scholastic position. The Dunedin City Council received 91 applications for the position of Town Hall messenger. The office is one to which a salary of £160 per annum is attached, with £20 to the messenger's wife for cleaning the offices, and with house, fire, and light. While playing in the intercolonial crickeb match in Melbourne recently, Moses strained the sinews of his leg, and had to retire from the field. Later in the day he came to the determination to give up cricket altogether, bo that the present will i rob-ably be his last match.

A mild form of influenza continues prevalent in and about Timaru, bub inland a severe type prevails, and nearly all hands on some of the Mackenzie stations are laid up with it. One death in Timaru, thab of a middle-aged woman, is attributed to the epidemic. Mr. Josiah Thomas, a justice of the peace at Broken Hill, has had his appointment cancelled in consequence of nis rebellious utterance during the late miners' strike. He was afforded the opportunity of resigning, but declined to do so. The many friends of Mr. E. D. O'Rorke will be glad to learn that he is rapidly recovering from the effects of the injuries sustained by him whilst playing polo recently. He was able to put in an appearance at the races yesterday, where he was warmly welcomed by his wide circle of friends.

The Offensive Publications Act of last lession came into operation on January 1. It provides that persons exhibiting or distributing, by sale or otherwise, indecent pictures or literature are liable to a fine or imprisonment ; also advertisements relating to certain diseases are to be illegal and subject to penalties.