NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10131, 14 May 1896, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Bibald Summary to-morrow. Waihora gone to Sydney. Richmond arrived from lite Islands. Tasmania left Sydney for Auckland, Heavy easterly gale blowing along the coast. Coasting steamers all delayed by the easterly gale. Large stock of kauri gam held in store in the city at present There are about 2000 more females than males in Christchurch. The Taranaki Sawmillers' Association, Stratford, baa been registered as a toades union. Last week Ralph Mason fell down a shaft at Beodigo, a distance of 800 feet, and was dreadfully mangled. The value of minerals exported from Tasmania during April was £56,612, being £10,525 in excess of April last year. An old resident of Milton, named Frank Sheila, dropped dead on Sunday week while walking down the aisle of the church. _ A Royal Commission has been appointed to inquire into the present condition and future prospects of the MiHura settlement. While taking a load of wood into Murrurrnndi, New South Wales, John Piggott was run over by his own cart and killed Instantly. A lad named Gregg broke one of his arms, at Wellington, on Friday, while endeavouring to mount his horse. He was taken to the hospital. At Camberwell, Victoria, recently, Mrs. Price, the wife of a Melbourne solicitor, committed suicide by cutting her throne with a carving knife. The Railway Commissioners have refused to give any concessions in train fares to undergraduates of the Sydney University who attend evening classes. ; During the recent South Australian elections the female voters in the East Adelaide constituency exercised the franchise to a greater extent than the males. Two horses in the mail coach running between Mitchell and Anganthella, Queens- ' land, have been shot dead by some persons in ambush 27 miles from Mitchell. The country around Lake Cudgellico, near Condobolin, is over-run with rabbits, and is bare of feed. Sheep and cattle are being removed to other portions of the district. A shearer named William G&rdoar has poisoned himself at Longreacb, Queensland. He was formerly of temperate habits, and had saved over £1000, when he took to drink and lost everything. An instance of the way in which marine matter accumulates on the bottom of vessels is given by the fact that two cart loads of mussels were taken off the bottom of the Wairoa last week when she was cleaned at Wellington. The entries for the next local examination, under Trinity College, London, in practical music, must be delivered to the local secretary to-day, in order that the Bame may be sent home by the outgoing mail on Saturday. An old man named Henry Murphy, who was before the Bendigo Court on a charge of drunkenness, was found to have bank deposit receipts for £1100 in bis possession. The prisoner was discharged on placing balf-a-crown in the poor box. The vigneroos in the Liverpool district, New South Wales, have asked the Government to make a thorough and searching examination of the vineyards in the district, and if found clear o." disease, to grant a clean bill of health to tbo district. A younp; man named E. Tver was falling bosh at the tower Hutt on Saturday, when bis axe slipped aud struck his left foot, catting it to the bene. He was brought in to the hospital, where the wound was dressed, and he is now progressing favourably. On Saturday morning a man named C. Brian, while working on the coal hulk Woodlark, at Wellington, received a cut on the head through a large lump of coal striking him. Mr. W. C. FitzGerald sewed up the wound, and the man was taken to his borne. At a meeting of the delegates to the Auckland Football Association, held in the Occidental Hotel, Vulcan Lane, on Tuesday evening, it was decided to commence the Challenge Shield competition on Saturday next. The matches to be played are as follow:—Seniors: Grafton v. United ; North Shore v. West End. Juniors: Grafton v. United.