NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11535, 21 November 1900, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

JJfjußco mail arrived. '■■<■- Wanaka due from Fiji. ■■-/■' Tavhmi for Fiji to-day. Talurie left for the South. Wakanui left for London. Alameda for Sydney this morning, Ovalau left for the Eastern Pacific. The Ovalau took away a very large cargo Yesterday for the Cook and Society Groups. ' A man named Wm. Oswald was killed • fluxing a quarrel in. a hotel at Cudgen {New ~ |3outb. Wales). . ■'". The Legislative Council of Tasmania threw Out the vote of £15,000 in connection with free education. . *~ _ . The state of the country in the Bourke 'district is described as deplorable, owing to the continued drought. The largest shipment of kerosene which •lias ever left Auckland for Tahiti went away by the Ovalau yesterday. A boy named Percy Bradford was badly burnt at Harden (New South Wales) through his clothes catching fire. It is proposed to compensate a number ibf people at Sydney whose property was destroyed in consequence of the plague. i A species of cholera, which has been prevalent on the Richmond River, New South ♦Wales, is making its appearance in the Macdean district. x , In connection with the proposal to establish public restaurants for the benefit of the /poor in Sydney, it is desired to make it a permanent institution. • The Presbyterian Assembly, at Sydney, l decided to approach the Premier, with a •view to having hotels closed at an earlier •Siour than at present. Four persons in the same family were '.treated at Melbourne for poisoning, the relimit of eating imported lollies, believed to 'contain cyanide of potassium. - By the s.s. Wakanui which left for London via Monte Video, last evening Mr. Richard Reynolds, of Hamilton, shipped 300 (flock rams to the.Argentine. The Victorian gold yield for the first 10 'months of the present year was 33,4960z less than for the corresponding period of last vear, the total yield being 647,8700z. , The increase in the value of draught horses 'in the South is said to be partly due to the introduction of gold dredges. Several mobs recently token from Canterbury to Otago are said to have brought from £50 to £60 * act .i . Xi. A three-inch artesian pipe has just been •Sunk to a depth of 401 ft at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, and the water rises in the pipe 40ft above ground level. This is believed to be the highest rise yet obtained in the district. The Wyndham Farmer says it has the best authority for saying that a Northern sharebroker is about to proceed to London, .there to place on the market a large number of dredging claims, located principally on the West Coast, that have been acquired by a colonial syndicate. Last week Mrs. Potter, a resident of Robertson, was admitted to the Bowral Hospital (New South Wales) suffering from very severe bums, the result of having accidentally fallen into a fire-. Her injuries were ef such a serious nature as to necessitate the imputation of one arm. The North Otago Times reports that the ttaitaki River yielded a magnificent tribute to the industrious fishermen last week. Mr. W. Bruce took 37 fish. Mr. George Bruce 23. Mr. J. Sinclair 20, Mr. H. Sinclair 15, Mr. H. Mackintosh 12, and others from four ;»p to about a dozen. Altogether it is estimated that about half a ton of trout were jtaken out of the river. An enormous number of whitebait made Itheir appearance in the Grey River last Week, and so dense was the column that the 'fishers scooped them up literally by the gallon. One successful fisherman filled 20 •Kerosene tins in an incredibly short space •©f time. There has been nothing like this during the season, though something similar t was seen on the Teremakau a few days ago.

The Government Dairy Commissioner (Mr. V. A. Kinsella) speaking to a representative of the Christchurch Press, said he was much impressed with the possibilities of the Koka,tabi Valley, near Hokitika, as a dairying district. Mr. Kinsella is at present preparing a bulletin for distribution throughout the colony containing practical information on dairy work, such as pasteurising, preparation ©f cultures, etc.