NEWS IS BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10594, 8 November 1897, Page 6

NEWS IS BRIEF.

Te AnAU gone South.'. ; . Mararoa arrived from Sydney.. . Waihora arrived from the South. . } . The Waihora leaves for Sydney this even., . '"iTeavy westerly gale plowing along the ' There are 90 inmates-in the Wellington benevolent Home. '. On the run across from Sydney the Mar*' roa averaged 14*3 knots.■ -• The llararoa made the passage. from Sydney in 3 days 14 hours. , , A number of lady missionaries left Sydney by the Tsinan, last week, for China, Milk fever is the disease which hag been causing mortality among the Motueka dairy cattle.' \ V ' • The number of tons of coal used by the New South Wales Railway Department annually is 300,000. ' : , : There was only one bankruptcy registered in Wellington last month, as against four for October of last year. Tho South Australian Government has decided to spend £20,000 in improving the Adelaide Railway Station. A public meeting is to be called in Hawera to form a company to start the baconcuring industry in the district. At Bundaberg, Queensland, a puntman named William Johnson fell between tho steamer Karaweera and the wharf and was drowned. There are some splendid samples of wheat and oats in the Penrith district, New South Wales. The wheat is six feet high, and oats.

seven feet. , ' A drastic measure for the suppression of juvenile gambling has been introduced in the South Australian Legislative Assembly

by the Premier. ■, Owing to Tuesday next being the Prince of Wales' Birthday the ordinary meeting of the Harbour Board has been postponed until Wednesday at 3.30 p.m. The Pahiatua correspondent of the Masterton Star says tuberculosis seems,to be on the increase in that district. Eight or ten beasts a month are destroyed, there.. A deputation from the Clutha River Board intends to ask the Government to grant assistance towards the building of a new steamer, the cost of which is estimated at £5000.

The P. and 0. and Orient Companies have agreed that Victorian fruit exporters should be allowed to enter the cool chambers of the vessels, to see that the fruit is properly packed. A young man named Buer had the misfortune to let a tree back upon himself at Wairaka, in the Rangitikei district, the other day, breaking one of his legs above the ankle.

A Presbyterian minister named Greig was lost for six days in the bush near Bombala, New South Wales, bub when found by a search party he appeared little the worse for his privations. The amount realised by the Salvation Army by the week of self-denial contributions for the Dunedin district was £407, of which the city branch raised £320, the South Dunedin branch £55, and the North Dunedin branch £32,

Disastrous effects on the season's early crops are feared, it is stated, in the Reefton district, owing to the prolonged spell of bad weather. Vegetables have been a luxury for months past, and are nob procurable locally at any price. Cabbages and cauliflowers have to be imported from Nelson. -

On Tuesday, the 9th insfc., Prince of Wales' Birthday, the hours of attendance observed at the principal telegraph offices throughout the colony will be from nine to ten a.m., and from seven to eight p.m. The telephone exchange will remain open as usual.

A large number of pickpockets are at present on a visit to Wellington, and have alroady made their presence felt. The police are cognisant of the movements of these gentry, and are keeping a strict eye upon them. A woman who came across from Sydney the other day is said to be particularly deft with her fingers; she is fashionably dressed, and is now making a tour of the colony. A bicycle accident occurred on Lambton Quay, Wellington, on Wednesday, when a Chinaman named Jo On Lee, who was driving a vegetable trap, ran into Mr. A. W. Stevens, of tho Manawatu Railway Company. Mr. Stevens escaped with a few bruises, but bis machine was damaged. The Chinaman is alleged to hare been ]on his wrong side. 1 .■ i,l n The Wyndham Farmer relates that the dogs of the late Mr. Mitchell stayed on the bank of the Wyndham River, in close proximity to where the body was found, during the twenty-four hours it lay in the water. Evidently the faithful animals had seen their master disappear; They have even kept faithful vigil since, and cannot be persuaded to go away. ... Last week a child fell into a creek in the Marlborough district and was drowned. His mother saw him fall into the water, and rushed in to save him. Notwithstanding her efforts, however, a moment or two elapsed before she could effect a rescue, owing to the child becoming washed in under a log. Prompt meaps were taken to restore animation, but unfortunately without avail. ' ' ■ -