NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9489, 19 April 1894, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

A bed and meab breakfast can be had ab Adelaide for 6d. '■- v ■ nL . . '. -''-, The i Chrysanthemum, Show opens ,in the Choral' Hall, to-nighb. "• >■ / In Coolgardio building sites ; now fetch as high as £9 a foob frontage. :-i ; "■:•'« f-.'^ , The Brisbane, Fire Brigade Board have -. reduced all salaries and wages .by 10 per ■ -,' Over 60 inches .of i rain 'have < fallen at ; rownsville, in Queensland, since the beginning of the year. ,' • - , ; The mangosteen has borne fruib on the Daintree river for, it is believed, the first time in Queensland. '■[:.. '•::,:'» The , Grey '■'- Borough Council jis claiming £2510 'from the Harbour .'Board for land taken for railway purposes. ' V '"'■'■"'. The Westport Jockey Club Company has i borrowed £1000 from Mr. E. J. O'Conor at I S per cent., and the racecourse is now. to be completed without delay. ''- . , '■. During recent floods in, the Camooweal district of Queensland,' two men were .up » tree for five days, and a third nearly lost his life trying to rescue them. < ■?':<&■ >; -•;•-' A bicycle-importing firm in Adelaide has. been fined"£loo by the Customs, with double additional duty, in all £250, for passing entries below value. - _•; ;' Samples from prize wheab at the Chicago Exhibition have been forwarded by,J the Department of Agriculture to the manager of the Wagga (Mew South Wales) Model Farm, to be grown there. yy :' # :<■ Xx An ophthalmic complaint. is ab present very prevalent in the Koroib; district of Victoria, more especially amongst children/ Ib resembles sandy blight, being accompanied with a painful irritation in the eyes. At Gympie, Queensland; a very few days one hears of some dastardly outrage on live stock. Recently horse was found with its tongue cub oub ; then a pony with its throat cut, and now an attempt has been' made to cut bhe throat of a milch cow. , Wild dogs continue to increase, and are a serious menace to sheep in the Cannum and Kewell districts of Victoria. Great efforts are being made to exterminate them. An expert dog-destroyer is to be engaged for the purpose, and the ) farmers have'subcribed upwards of £100 towards expenses. Electrical gongs to warn travellers of the approach of the train have been erected at each end of the Jervois Bridge, Port Adelaide. Although ib is stated that they have been brought into use. people who have listened near them have failed to detect any sound as the train has approached the, bridge. ' ' -■■'• '■--■ •*■■■■'