NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11162, 7 September 1899, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Tb A vac from the South to-day. Waihora left Svdnev for Auckland. Measles are still very prevalent in Mas- * Supreme Court, criminal sittings concluded yesterday. . There were four persons in the lockup last evening on charges of drunkenness. Kakoorlie mining dividends have aver-s-ed £130. a month for some time past. "Nelson. ? although generally known as a sleepy place, boasts oi a female cabdrßepresentation at the Earl's Court Exhibition cost the Victorian Government £10.000. ~ Gf'or'rt Woodward has given the most encouraging reports of the Albany (West Australia) coalfields. It is stated that a large amount of English' capital will shortly be invested in golddredging in Otago. The Queensland Government has decided to station inspectors of meat at all the large towns in the colony. The one-man-one-vote franchise will probably be used in Victoria for the first time at the Federal elections. A B:'l to provide for an accident provider, fund for miners is before the New South Wiles Parliament. A firm in Greymouth is sending Home for the nece.-s.ry machinery to manufacture tins for the I?>'J season catch of whitebait. A proposal to offer a bonus for the discovers oi mineral phosphates, was recently made in the South Australian Parliament. An industrial dispute was filci yesterday by the Auckland Industrial Curriers' Union against scvtnl employer?, on the usual (jt estions of hours and wages. At a recent meeting of the Transit Com-m:--ion. in Sydney, the question of the bctt-.T protection of omnibus passengers in wet weather was discussed. A request to the Queensland Treasurer fo: a reduction of the excise on cigars manufactured in that colony, was favourably rev ived, and .% rebate was granted. Two thirty lad; at a fancy dress ball at Foxton took'a drink of methylated spirits in rni-' fo- lemonade. Under medical treatment they came cut oi the misadventure all ri.'ht. A proclamation has been issued prohibitin.' the i:-e of rising nets in the rivers Murrav. I)-»il:n;. I'mwon. Murrumbidgee, and Lac!;! in i.Vew South Walesl, from September 1 to February 23. The New South Wales Legislative Council heve ordered a return showing the number oi actions brought in the Supreme and District Courts under the Employers' Liability Act since the passing of the Act in 1836. .A sneak thief broke into the house of a widow at Kuripur.i the other day during ht-r absence (says the Daily Times) and, after i »nsackin.' even' room, got away with a j'.im of £1 12s, which was placed in a drawer for safety. The want of water is being felt on the West Coast. One paper states that i'or a we-k dozens of j.r-ople have been carrying water for household use. It is asserted mat it is the 'ong-«t '•pell o; diy weather experienced for about twenty years. The largest and most valuable diamond yet found in New South Wales was unearthed in the Stir mine. Inverell, last month. Its weight is carats. The gem is iw-colcurvd. brilliant, and of even quality, and valued in a rough Kite at £60 A petition is being numerously signed at Stratford in support of the action of Mr. Byrnes. M.H.R. for Egmont, in asking the Government to at once 'ake the necessary steps to acquire the native land required for the Stratford railway route to connect with the North Island Main Trunk railway. The usual monthly meeting of the Auckland Xcv Hebrides Missionary Association was held in the Y.W.G.A. Rooms yesterday afternoon. There was a good attendance. The ladies sewed industriously, as the societv wishes to hare a box ready to forward to the Islands by the middle of November. It came out during the hearing of a case in the Hawera Court that if a constable's uniform is torn while he is making an arrest or doing other rough work in the execution of his duty, and the person who did the damage is unable to pay, the constable himself has to bear the cost of repairs or reinstatement. Surely (observes the Hawera Star) this is decidedly unjust to tne constable.