NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11366, 8 May 1900, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

■ v ■■■■.. ■ ■ • 'Faisco mail due. ' .■■/■■• ~ : Mararoa left for Sydney. ■ \ r ''|S § , Waihora for the South this'atoSNitt 1 Ovalau for the Eastern Paciff** . . Only four bankruptcies have : S!ji I in Napier since the . %'p' V There is an epidemic of whooninfr among the children of the Wyndhim j- <$ -• ? at present. 7.7 i a * ara Qlß wicfc -; -t A jockey named C. William, wast , '•• ; in the hurdle race at Deloraine fT.J,, >» ' and died from his injuries. ■*.." atu »),? ; . ?.1 Owing to the plague scare in Sydnnv ' ' hotel manager says that he had-itf 1 ?» - : ■ :? tors less this year than in 1899. '■. -TV*77; 7 There was a heavy fall of "snow '. ■ hills around Mangaweka on Saturdw l 8 ''" t; and a heavy frost in the township * <.K ''■•■■ !- A man named John Smith was nin by a tramcar in Melbourne the otW ».'!* - ;:* and terribly mutilated. He s £$& 1 | to recover. ..-,• "Med '•*. y' At the Nelson District Court a V,." ; ' •■:■■ was awarded £20 and costs against P?, 1 * ' i (lant who accused him of keent , iMfe | | improper purposes. :■"''*7.-.' j"' The total world's produce of Ko ld f , ■- V K past two years was: 1898,13,988 k?*' ' ■ and 1899, 15,175,1840z (fine) «hff H ■' : ' crease of 1,186,4170z. WUl B a .«•' ,7 The chief officer of the steamer a~ ■■''■'■ I was fined £10 in Brisbane for ne ß E aIU V }i draw up the gangway between the 8 ° B and the wharf at night. ° Vess «l . :: |J Recently Cyril Victor Gillett. five *, ; ■ of age, residing at Mummell, i n the CT 1 burn district, gathered mushrooms M' ; U cooked and at, He shortly ifi** C |. A fire occurred at the "Coolgardii. mi ~'' f Australia) telegraph office recently ■ T ' '}- despatch and operating rooms n& * ' y pletely gutted, two of the ten inZ ' • being damaged. . "wmmenti. :- }7 The arrests made by the police in At'"'.' ! ton appear to bo chiefly for' dnmV. -■''" ' During the .last month the anS&S M 14, and, wifh one exception (theto ■**'■'- I all for drunkenness. {m \*K -\' I There wero in the lockup k & \, even!i.;- /!' man on a charge of drunkenness, and 7 * ! f named Arthur McLean, on a charge nfrt ' ; » ' kenness and resisting Constable Motto!??'"'' ' tho execution of his duty. %; v 1 j;' Exports of butter from Queensland tmul ; : ' year represented £49,189, as against fiff i« ! in the year 1898. For the M hi? ' | of 1899 the exports of butter repSenW value more than double those of the col : : ' ponding quarter of last year. *" r ;'. \ ; Tho Customs statistics show that the mi * of exports from Queensland during the ter ended March 31, amounted to £2 llfß' ■ against £1,874,904 during the sameSlast year. The imports for the ouarbS- ■ £1,830,465, an increase of fiife. icorresponding quarter of last year. **■'■ ■ ' The resignation of Dr. G. Pcarce W' win medical superintendent of the M +■' i land District Hospital, was read at !*-"■' terday's meeting of ? 0 Hospital and Citable Aid Board, and accepted, several 2 * ben expressing regret at Dr. Baldwin',? ' cision to sever his connection with the 'Mi The following is the state of Her WJ& ! prison, Auckland, for week ending May 5., i On remand, 2 males; awaiting trial i I males; sentenced to penal servitude for life : ' 2 males; hard labour, 135 males, 9 females' • imprisonment, 2 males; default of bail 2 •' ! males; received during the week, 9 mala l ■ • female; discharged during the week, 9 malt! ' I l 2 females: Total in prison, 148 males 3 \ } ' females. ..',. :' j.: The other night as a gentleman was wait • Y ing along Yurong-street, Sydney, he was 1 - | seized from behind by the throat by one man • while another took him by the shoulders and •' arms. A woman then went through"tie, /li pockets of the assaulted man, and abstracted . i a purse said to contain £13 in notes/gold, • I and silver. With their plunder the assailants '\ made off, leaving their victim in an almost ' ' helpless condition. -. ■";. • '■' ■ 7 I