NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11580, 19 February 1901, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Throve Tuesday. Elingamite left for Sydney last evening. An infantry corps has been formed at Levin. Supreme Court criminal sittings open on Monday next, at ten a, in. The Zealandia, which arrived from bydney yesterday morning, brought an English mail. The American mail steamer left Frisco on the 14th inst., for Auckland, one day late. . , . The warships Mildura and Archer were out in the gulf off Coromandel Harbour, at gun

of the New Zealand University opens its sittings at Government House tomorrow at noon. A number of spurious half-crowns are in circulation in Sydney. The coins are in tin, and are cleve* imitations. . Officers of the Imperial Contingent enjoyed a day's deer stalking and rabbit shooting at Motutapu yesterday. The collections at the military display by the Imperial troops, at the Domain on Saturday, amounted to £215. . A caretaker at the Alhambra Music Han, Sydney, was severely injured by falling a distance of 40ft through a skylight. H.M.s. Archer, a sister ship t-o the Porpoise, now on her first visit to New Zealand, arrived from Wellington last night. The appointment of Sir. Cuddon as manager of the bowling team to visit England, las been confirmed by the bowlers of New South Wales. _ . A petition for an inquiry into the working of the opal industry, has been forwarded from White Cliffs to the New South Wales •Minister for Klines. . Colonel Crole-W says that it only Costs the Imperial Government £200 a day —the Britannic's charter price—to keep the Imperial Guard in the colonies. The Queensland sugar crop for the current season is estimated, according to the Mackay (Queensland) Sugar Journal, at 97,605 tons, being 27,000 tons below the 1900, and 67,000 tons below the 1599 season. An idea of the scarcity of water in the Winton district of Queensland, may be learned from the fact that during last year the railway authorities had to cart 1,906.800 gallons, or 8172 tons to supply the travelling public, and starving stock along the Hughen-den-Winton railway line. "We fall in line with that." exclaimed several of the members of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board at yesterday's meeting, on Mr. John Gordon moving an amendment, after-a somewhat divided discussion. " Pro glad to see that you fall in line sometimes," replied the mover. The following is the state of Her Majecty's Prison, Auckland, for the week ending Saturday, February 16:—On remand, 5 males; awaiting trial, 25 males: penal servitude for life, 2 males; hard labour, 150 males, 16 females; received during the •week, 32 males; discharged, 31 males : total in prison, 182 males, 16 females. A man named George H. Williams had lis left arm and left thigh injured a few days ago by the bursting of an emery wheel at* Lucas' foundry. Christchurch. He was taken to the hospital, and attended to by Dr. Hall, who found that his most serious injury was a severe cut on the left wrist, 1 and that apparently ncp-bories were broken, j As an indication of the literary tastes of j the public, the return showing the number j of books, periodicals, etc., issued to subscribers of the Invercargi'l Athenaeum during the past year is instructive. Art and manufacture account for only 30, theological and controversial 51, poetry and the drama 105, essays and speeches 195. philosophy and-science 280, history 338, biographies and j letters 553, topography and travels 928. j newspapers and periodicals 4989, novels and i .works of fiction 17,709. .