NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9197, 11 May 1893, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Asckfsion Dat. There were only two inmates of tlie lockup last night, one man charged with begging and a woman charged wibh drunkenness. ! A safe at Warrnambool railway station (Victoria) has been rifled, and £25 abstracted. Melbourne burglars are suspected. The Customs dues collected at Brisbane lor April, including the harbour dues, were , «69,736, an increase of £10,206 as compared ttrith April, 1892. Justices will hear the' undefended cases Id the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, as Dr. Giles will be engaged in the Police Court. Inspector Hicfcson, and the Permanent Force men who have been at the East Coast over the survey disturbances, returned bo town yesterday. By alterations which have been decided upon by the Victorian Cabinet in the Defence Department, an annual saving of £50,000 will be effected in respect of tho land forces. During the recent stormy weather at Napier last week one enthusiastic sportsman who was out all night, nearly up to his waist in water, only succeeded in shooting ft brace of teal. "* The approximate amount paid in salaries ttwer £100 by the South Australian Government is close on £200,000. This includes the salaries of judges, Ministers, and members of Parliament. At the close of a temperance mission conducted at Roborna by Mr. E. Tennyson Smith, a Prohibition League comprising forty-three members was formed. Ninetyfour pledges were taken during tho mission. John Nicholson, charged with manrtaughuv in connection with the recent glove-fight, and ten others for aiding and abetting, were before the Court yesterday. The case will bo resumed at ten o'clock this morning. . . , The Nelson people are of opinion that the Education Act requires amendment In the direction of making nominations for school committees in towns and boroughs close one week before too annual meeting of householders. Upon the application of Mr. Edward Stanley, Government veterinarian, an order was made at the Sydney Central Summons Court on May 2 for the destruction of two cows suffering from tuberculosis, and which bad been seized at Flemington saleyard*. An eceeptric person by tho name of Beer, who stood for West Adelaide at the general elections and polled 39 votes, was brought up the other day at the Adelaide Police Court charged with being a pauper lunatic. Bo was referred for medical examination. That the ladies of Hobart are determined to assert the intellectual strength of ibhe (rentier sex is shown by the fact that of the 90 students who attended the second lecture of the science course, under the Un: wersity Extension Scheme, fully half the audience were ladies. A housemaid named Maggie McGrath, 29, A resident of Thompson's Hotel, Chowder Bay, was admitted to the North Sydney Hospital on May 1 suffering from cut* on her forehead, over right eye, ai>d on left arm. While shaking u carpet at the hotel, she fell through a skylight, a distance of 20 feet. . . , Archdeacon Williams, ot Napier, who has already subscribed £400 towards the purchase of a site for the erection of a f)lace of worship for the Christian Chinese n Little Bourke-street, Melbourne, has further offered £100 for every £200 locally contributed towards the cost of the building. , . At Bodalla (New South Wale*), during the last four months, 22 inches of rain have fallen, and since April, last year, 64 inches have been recorded, being tho heaviest on record. The Tuross Bridge, which was ] washed away two years ago, is nearly completed, and will be opened for traffic next J week. The retreat for inebriate*, known as Echo Farm, at the head of Middle Harbour, Sydney, has done good work during the first year of its existence, about 40 having passed through it in tho twelve months. At present none tab men are provided for, but a very large proportion of those admitted have been reformed and raised to a better life.