NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10384, 8 March 1897, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sodthebs polo teams arrived. Anglian from Sydney to-day. Tasmania arrived from South. It is alleged that bread short m weight IS being sold in Wellington. # The number of lady cyclists in the Wairarapa has increased very largely of ,a There has lately been a falling off in the number of deaths from cancer, in New ZeaThe Lake County Council has prohibited the employment of Chinese on county conThe Danedin Agricultural Hall 13 to be opened on the anniversary of Her Majesty's accession. It has been decided to hold a social on the 29th instant at New Plymouth to celebrate the battle of Waireka. The capital of the Federal Coffee Palace Company in Melbourne is to be written down to the extent of £109,900. At the licensing poll at Dunedin 713,, men and 7450 women voted. The number who voted for continuance was 789j[. It is stated that never in the historyof Masterton has there been greater animation in the building trade than at present. It will be unlawful to sell liquor between the hours of noon and seven o clock in the evening, on the day of the Licensing Election. , , Our Mangapai correspondent records the death of Mr. T. Cunningham, an old and respected resident, from injuries sustained while engaged quarrying. The Melbourne Board of Health has decided to station at the Heads a medical man expert in the detection of contagious diseases at a salary of £600 per annum. The Pabiatua School Committee has sent Home for 300 metal tokens struck in commemoration of the Queen's record reign, for distribution amongst the school children. , ... Human bones have been found by two prospectors whilst taking the dirt out of an old drive at Avoca, Victoria. A sovereien, dated 1850, from the English Mint, was also found. ~.ii There were four prisoners in the lock-up last evening, namely three persons on charges of drunkenness and Johanna Mary Wrighb on a charge of drnnkenness and Obscene language. The Victorian railway revenue lor tne first seven months of the financial year shows an improvement of about £100,000 as compared with the corresponding period Df the preceding year. Ou Monday last Eva McHardie, the eldest daughter of Mr. H. McHardie, of Levin, had the misfortune to break her arm through falling from a horse which she was riding on her father's farm. A man was brought before the Fitzroy (Fictorian) Court, the other day, charged with stealing a pair of hnndcuff?. He had been arrested, and had made his escape with the " mittens" on him. The drought is causing serious inconvenience in the goldfields districts, and in Lawrence, the reservoir having been completely exhausted, people are borrowing water from their neighbours. A man named Joseph Barrett was taken to the Wellington Hospital the other night suffering from a broken leg. It is believed the accident was the result of a scuffle. His right leg was broken just above the ankle. The Southland News reports that a survey party has discovered a pass from the south-west arm of Lake Manapouri to the head of Smith's Sound, along which it has blazed a track. The distance does nob exceed 18 miles. A man named Hansen, engaged on tne Tokomaru Bridge contract, met with an accident by falling off the scaffold. The injnies consisted of a very severe cut of large extent on the bead, and one of his shoulders was also hurt. According to Mr. Wilford Badger, there are 545 barristers and solicitors registered in New Zealand. They are distributed as follows :-Wellington, 130; Auckland, 116 ; Canterbury, 101; Otago, 76; Hawke'sßay, 31 ; Southland, 29; Taranaki, 25 ; Westland, 20 ; Nelson, 11; Marlborough, 6.