NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11597, 11 March 1901, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

* ■'CUptain Furr? a* tie Opera House to-night. About 5000. people attended the Premier Bicnic on Saturday. .. _ ■„ . F The criminal sitting of the Supreme Court should close to-day or to-morrow. • ■ '■•'- New Guinea: missionaries are extending their operations into the interior of the conntr%he Anniversary Regatta on Saturday ■ proved successful in spite of repeated postof the indiarubber trees las developed into a popular industry in New Guinea. „ , , ' ~. The majority of the leading public men in South Australia are candidates for the Federal Senate. . . North Smithfield mine, Gympie (Queensland), has crashed 102 tons for 28390z gold at last "overhaul. It has been decided to procure a new vine range at Nelson, and also to carry out extensive improvements to the drill-shed. The Federation Commission has completed the taking of evidence in Auckland, and the members sail for Sydney to-day. The Ponsonby Navals elect a lieutenant at a meeting to be held after the Government inspection of the company this even-

sjjcr The fine return of over a hundred bushels to the acre has been obtained from a 50-acre paddock of oats at Weedon (Canterbury), by Mr. P. Manion. The Victor Ludorum trophy, competed for at the Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycling Carnival on Saturday afternoon, was .won by J. Campbell. ,'.""",, The Primate (Bishop Cowie) admitted two (Maoris to the Order of Deacons yesterday. The ceremony, which was at All Saints Church, was an interesting one. _ < The freezing works being erected for the Nelson Fishing Company, at Nelson, are almost completed. ' The freezing machinery will be landed early in March. The heading of evidence in the * ran Kim Road tragedy was completed at the Supreme Court on° Saturday, Millar, the accused, being acquitted on the ground of insanity. • 4. blackfellow's stone tomahawk, found an "the ranges near Lawson (New South Wales), has upset the former records of there being no tribes in the district in the pI Mr. aJ W. McLeod, late of the Manawatu 'Company's service, claims that during the 15 years he was with the company he established a record lor railway engine travelling In New Zealand, hi.,'.total mileage having been 540,000 miles. The Blenheim Borough Council has decided to raise a loan sufficient to wipe out the whole of its present liabilities. ■_ he Council hopes thus to effect a saving in interest of £80 per annum. ww, nt • The largest mob of sheep ever landed at kyttelton°was brought from Napier the other day. It consisted of 3246 animals, and ma transported and landed without the loss of, or even injury to, one. _ Typhoid fever is prevalent at Mount morgan (Queensland), the hospital being full of patients. Influenza is also prevalent, and the condition of the town is once more serious, owing to the scarcity of water.