NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11368, 10 May 1900, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Herald Summary to-morrow. ', ■"> ■; Te Anau from the South to-day. •«•"*%■ Ovahu left for the Eastern Pacific - Virginian quail are to be liberated it Woodville shortly. . ipj&j The traffic bridge over the Waihoa'u Shaftesbury is now finished. '~ '■■%■?!■::*■ There were three prisoners in the fe last evening, all on charges of (lrunkerinejj.l- - body of a male infant was fomj floating in Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney, tt, other day. The Australian socialists, at a conferees recently, adopted a fighting platform for the Federal elections. -. : '" v .'.?•£ The canteen-keeper at the Easter encamp, ment at Wanganui was fined ssand costs for supplying liquor to civilians. V : .:,',ii Three hoys, all under eight years of j» went bathing in the Yarra (Victoria), K i one, Cecil Veith, was drowned. £;iMi

Some vagabond went into a paddock at Alma (Otago) and made an incision in tie neck of a valuable horse, severing the jugular vein. ' :U: ■;,

It is estimated that Fitzgerald?' circaa .took away between £300 ana £100, as tie result of their one night's performance at Paeroa. . /%,;.{-'

A watchman on the ship Loch Torridon, in Melbourne, was wounded by a bullet the other morning, by a man who'was pilfering on the wharves. ■ .

A stabbing affray took place on board tie Italian barque Elisa Antonia at Newcastle, recently, the mate being stabbed in two place! by one of the seamen. S ■ §0, The Postal Department has advised tie Feilding Borough Council that £300 would bo the cost of a suitable clock, with hour bell, for the new post office. , j '■& As showing the great fertility of the Whitaupoko soil, it may be mentioned that from a single root of Jerusalem artichokes, in Mr. W. L. Bees' garden, no less than 401b of the tubers were gathered, filling a large clothes basket. I •# ; :vfl&.

The stormy weather at sea last week drove large numbers of seagulls on to tie land, and in the borough paddockt on tie Avenue Road, New Plymouth, and even in some of the streets, scores of them were lobe seen. •.:'

Two Hobart boys were discussing the much-vexed Boer question one day recently, taking different sides. After a wordy warfare, a pugilistic encounter ensued, with the result that the pro-Boer youngster had his nose broken. • |

A son of Mr. Job Viles had a narrow escape from drowning recently whilst attempting to ford the Rangitikei River, near Bolls, He was washed off his pony, but managed to reach the bank very little the worse for his immersion. > i'

As evidence of the large number of shark? that are at Napier just now, a fisherman at the port, who set a small net just outside the pier heads on Friday, caught between 30 and 40 sharks of assorted sizes, averaging from 3ft to 4ft in length. . ;. Owing to the dredging boom, it has been found necessary to substitute a quadruple telegraphing instrument for the duplex machine formerly used in Greymouth. Th« quadruples is similar to those in use between Christ-church and Wellington. A boy named William John Pallister was accidentally drowned at West Wallseml (Net: South Wales). The child was playing about an uncovered underground tank, in company with another lad, when he fell in, and was drowned before assistance could be scured. An old man named Randall, between 60 and 70 yean of age, was found recently at Bendigo' in a deplorable state of filth, and died soon after his removal to the hospital Nearly £40 was found in his tent, mostly tied up in small parcels, and dispersed over the premises. It is stated (says- the Nelson Evening -Mail) that the Government has some idea of establishing an experimental orchard in the Nelsoa district. A resident has received a communication from the Agricultural Department stating that an expert will shortly visit Nelson in connection with the matter. ' ■■■ When hearing an application for a judgment summons at Wellington against a man who had made arrangements to take over a hotel, Mr. Haselden, S.M., said that he would not grant a license for a hotel to a man who did not pay his debts. "A man ™ did not pay his debts was not fit to be a licensee,' said the magistrate, who also happens to be chairman of the Wellington an/ Suburbs Licensing Committees.'