NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10409, 6 April 1897, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

i>ABUAMSKT opens to-day. Tasmania left for Sydney. Anglian arrived from Sydney. Mamari from London arrive! to-day. Deronport Borough Council to-night, Anglian leaves for the South at one o clock this afternoon. The first spiritualistic faneral service was held in Dunedin ou Sunday week. A large crowd assembled to eee the Taa. mania away to Sydney last evening. A large consignment of Firth s patent pomice was sent to Sydney by the Tasmania A woman named Sarah Shone has been committed for trial in Hobart on a charge of infanticide. An apple weighing grown at Fahiatua, was shown in a Wellington fruit inop a few days ago. The cane crops in the Cairns, Herbert, and Maekay districts, Queensland, are making splendid progress. The Otago Daily Times says that there is a large amount of discontent in Dunedin jver the increase in the scale of telephone C Ether night no less than 212 pheasants were killed by ferrets at the Wellington Acclimatisation Society's breeding grounds at Karori. In a country licensing election down South it is said the contested election was promoted in the interests of poll clerks, and thoie who participate in the expenditure of about £100, and that the ratepayers had no wish to have a contest. There were in the lock-up last evening, two persons on charges of drunkenness, and a lad named Julius llazzolini, 14, and » young man named John Leacoffsky, for theft of fruit from th« orchard of Edgar Andrews, Mount Roskill. One of the employees of the Devonport ferry Company, a man named Drew, broke one of his legs on Saturday night while walking near his house in Brick Bay. There was no one about at the time, but Drew managed to crawl to his home. An Ashburton man, against whom a prohibition order is in force, last week ordered hie dinner from a local hotel, from the footpath. He dared not enter the bouse. The landlord speedily arranged a tempting spread on the kerbstones, and the prohibit fortified the inner man while the crowd stood by and watched. The total cost of maintaining the Well* ineton Technical School last year was £2525 7s 2d, but deducting £500 charged on account of the building debt, the actual cost of the school was £2025 7s 2d. The receipts were £1320 Is 7d, leaving a debit balance of £705 5s 7d, against which, bowever, are charged items aggregating £795 4b 10d. The following is the state of Her Majesty s prison, Auckland, for the week ending April3:—On remand, 6 males, 1 female; awaiting trial, 8 males; boy, 1; penal iervitude, 2 males: hard labour, 101 males, 7 females; imprisonment, 3 males; default of bail, 4 males; received during the week, 21 males, 9 females; diecharged, 18 males, 10 females. Total in prison, 125 males, 8 females. The Patearoa correspondent of the Mount Ida Chronicle reports that a new species of fly has been very tioubleaome in the district. In shape, size, and general appearance it resembles the common house fly, the body only differing in being rather lighter > colour, with darkish stripes acrose the back. It is remarkably agile and energetic in its movements, and of a decidedly bloodthirsty lature, being in some respects worse than ihe sandfly or mosquito. PERSONAL ITEMS. _ «■ The Rev. W. Watt left for Sydney lest evening by the Tasmania. Mr. J. M. Sharp returned from Sydney

by the Anglian last night. Dr. J. E. Somervilleleftby the Tasmania last night on a short visit to Sydney. Mr. H. VV. Peabody and family, of New Sork, left Sydney for Japan last week. The Hon. Captain Morris, M.L.C., lefb for Wellington by the Takapuna yesterday. Inspector Hickson left yesberday for the North on a departmental tour of police stations. His Worship the Mayor was a little better yesterday. Ho is receiving every care and attention, but is very weak. Tha death is reported from Petersburg!., South Australia, of Mr. Ben Head, who accompanied Stuart on the latter's fourth expedition. „ The latest cablegram received by Messrs. Clark and Sons, relating to the condition ot Mr. James McCosh Clark, state that he is "ilightly improving." Mr Mark Cohen, editor of the Dunedin Star, who has for many years taken an j active part in municipal and educational matters, has for his health's sake had to give up public life. . i Mr. J. Spooner.of the Sydney Evening News and Town and Country Journal, was » passenger by the Anglian from Sydney last night. He proceeds to the Hot Lakes district in a few days. An old residenb of Narrabi, New South Wales, named Mrs. Hartley, who followed the occupation of a laundress and charwoman, has been traced as next of kin to a Mr. Hobbs, who died some year 3 since in England, leaving £55,000. Professor Thoina?, who has taken advantage of the vacation to mako a trip to Europe, arrived by the Anglian last night. The Professor will lose no time in getting to work, as the lectures on biology and geology are advertised to commence to-day. By his old comrades in the Police Force in Wellington Sergeant O'Malley, who has recently been put in charge of the Police Department at Masterton, has been presented with a suitably engraved set of silver mounted carvers, enclosed in a handsome leather case. The Rev. H. Bull farewelled on Sunday at St. John's Wesleyau Church, Ponsonby, preaching in the moruiiip from Philippians iv,, 6-7, and in the evening from Micah ii., 10, and Hebrews iv., 29. Mr. Bull now retires from ministerial charge of circuits, and becomes a supernumerary for one year on account of bis health. Mr. H. A. Lamb, who has been connected with the Advances to Settlers Office for some time, hae been transferred to the Audit Department. Mr. A, W. Eames, of the Audit Department, will be transferred to the South Isladd, where he will take up the position of Inspector in the Department. The etaff of • the Advances to Settlers Office have presented Mr. Lamb with a silver-mounted walking stick umbrella, and a set of silver-mounted pipes and cigar and cigarette holders, all «uitably hicribed. A Waitakerei correspondent writes:—A March 29th, when Miss Alice Elizabeth Hunt, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Hunt, Waitakerei, late of Gloucester, w»e united in marriage to Mr. Charles Henry Mills of Papakura. The Rev. T. Norrie performed the ceremony at the residence of the bride's parents in the presence of about M guests. Miss Violeb A. Johnston was bridesmaid, aad Mr. Percy Hunt acted at best man. Tbe bride, who looked charming, was attired in a rich fawn material trimmed with blue silk and gold gimp; she wore the customary veil and orange blossoms, and carried a beautiful bouquet of choice flowers. The bridesmaid was dressed in cream muilin trimmed with lace and ribbons. At the close of the ceremony the guests sat down to a splendid wedding breakfast), at which the nsual congratulatory toasts were proposed and responded to. After tbis tbe party adjourned to the parlour, where a number of hymns were sung, Mies May Hash presiding at the piano. The bride received a number of handsome and useful present*. The happy couple departed by the half-paet) one train to Auckland, amidst Bhowere of rice and with the best wishes of tbe community for their future happinew »nd prosperity.