NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11201, 23 October 1899, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Suez mail arrived. Talune arrived from Sydney. Waihora for Sydney this evening. Another splendid return from the Waihi Mine. Further haul of picked stono from the Bunker's Hill mine at Coromandet. The Queensland National Bank prosecutions cost that colony £5768. Queensland butter has realised £5 16s per cwt at the Grocers' Exhibition in London. South Australian volunteers for the Transvaal are limited in ago from 21 to 35 years. They arc boring for coal at Te Puna, in the Bay of Plenty district. Prospects are favourable. The Queensland Premier states that that colony is entering upon a new era of unexampled prosperity. The Timaru Herald understands that the Rev. W. Gillies will resume his tour of New Zealand in the interests of the twentieth century fund after the general election. The cricket championships in the various grades were continued last Saturday afternoon. The scoring in several instances showed improvement on the opening day. The Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club inaugurated the season with a most successful cycling run on Saturday afternoon, over 100 Indies joining in the procession. The Lyttelton Times states that the wheal and flour sent from Canterbury this season represent two and a-half million bushels of wheat; the oats half a million bushels; the potatoes 19,000 tons. There was an amusing scene in King Wil-liam-street, one of the principal thoroughfares of Adelaide, the other day, when a swarm of bees settled on a tramcar. A number of peoplo and passing horses' were stung. When addressing the Mangorei farmers recently, Mr. Ruddick, the chief dairy expert, mentioned that present indications do not point to the Argentine Republic becoming a formidable rival to this colony in the dairying industry. A telephone exchange has been opened at Stratford, with over 50 subscribers. Bureau connections are established with seven sub-stations. Excellent signals were made between Strathmore and Opuuake, a distance of over 100 miles. While walking in Wellington somo time ago somo poisonous substance entered the eye of Mr. F. Mowlem, iun. As a. result (says the Manawatu Daily Times) one eye has had to bo removed entirely, and doubts exist as to the possibility of saving the sight of the remaining one. The Christchurch City Council has given notice of its intention to borrow £35,000 for the purchase of a central yard, erection of bridges, etc., and paying off the overdraft. Thy money is to be raised by a special recurring rate of 2d in the £ on all ratable property in the city. An exchange says that owing to weakness of eyesight, Mr. John Gammell, of Invercargill, is unablo to act as examiner in connection with tjie Queen's scholarships at the Victoria University College, and Mr. T. W. Rowe, M.A., public librarian in Wellington, has been entrusted with the duty.