NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10046, 5 February 1896, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Rotomahana gone to Sydney. Fatal accident at Wairoa South. Manapouri left for South and Melbourne. Rabbits are increasing rapidly in the Wagga district. At Hill End, on January 22, a yean* man named Philp broke his back by falling from a swing. Since the New Year, 19,000 bales and 458 pockets wool have been shipped from awke'fi Bay for London. From all parts of the Manawatu district Come reports of serious loss to th© gram crops owing to the strong winds. A miner named Patrick Kane was killed through falling from a rope in the shaft of •No. 2 South of Gorman's mine, an \YyaA fatal fire occurred at Nhill, Victoria. A fire broke out in a cottage occupied by Mrs. Con very, and she perished in the Premier of South Australia says that the State Bank will soon be in working order, and that it will soon be ft "live institution. At Yorketown (S.A.) recently, Michael Sullivan (lied from injuries inflicted by William Marsh with a stable broom. Marsh ia in custody. _ A you nit man named Lynch was kicked on the head by a horse at Wanganui, and sustained concussion of the brain. He is now recovering. They wanted a Bible at Mungindi (New South Wales), recently, so as to put a man on his oath during the hearing of a case by the P.M. It took an hour to find it. So far, about £75,000 worth of wool has been forwarded from the Feilding railway station. There are about a thousand more bales to go before the end of the shearing season. * lb was stated at a meeting of the Wellington Land Board last week that the owner of a certain section which was then being dealt with had married hi 3 stepmother after tho de ith of his father. Thirty special settlors in the Wellington district who have not paid their rent sro to be notified that if the arrears are not paid by next meeting of ho Land Board their sections will be forfeited. The Masterton syndicate who recently sent a man over to Coolgardie are soinowhat anxious. They have not heard from him since September, and they fear that gome harm must have come to him. A little boy, six years of age, son of Mr. W. Mudgway, Oh an, fell down a dry well 20 odd feet last Sunday. The lad wag soon hauled out, and much to the surprise of all, escaped with only a severe shaking. The Maicatoku Church of St. Saviour's has recently had a narrow escape from destruction by fire. Twice have flames attacked it but owing to timely help they were extinguished before much damage had been done. A new orpan i.» being erected in the Roman Catholic Church, Kelson, by Mews. Fincham and Hobday, of Melbourne, similar, but somewhat larger than the instrument erected by them in the Presbyterian Church in that town. The Rev. A. C. Yorke, in the course of his sermon at St. Matthew's Church, Palmerston North, on Sunday last, urged parents to use their influence to keep the cheap and trashy literature of the " penny dreadful'' type as much as possible out of their children's hands. Although nearly 3000 people witnessed Professor Peart's dive in Wellington, the collection taken up only amounted to £11 Is sd, as against £16 odd collected in Wanganui on a similar occasion. Wangsnui wisely took the collection up before the feat, Wellington after.