NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11622, 9 April 1901, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

EASTER Tuesday. . . itfararoa for Sydney this afternoon. The Wellington Anglican Diocesan Synod •will meet on July 10. The Auckland Racing Club Autumn Meeting will be continued at Ellerslie this afternoon. •■'■ The steamers of the Ferry Company carried over 8000 people yesterday on the various excursions. The Waikare -was released from quarantine yesterday morning, and leaves for the South this afternoon. . . A party of wandering gypsies has pitched its tent near the railway line between -Wellington and Kaiwarra. New South: Wales .will be represented at the Bakers' International Exhibition, to.be held in London in September. _ Ah argument between two men in Brisbane over the elections, resulted in one striking the other, who has since died. The export of coal from Newcastle for the quarter ' ended March 31, increased over ! 90,000 tons, Chili being mainly responsible. At the A.R.C. Meeting at Ellerslie yesterday Nonette won the Northern Cham- : pagne Stakes, and Rosella the Easter Handicap. ■..•■'■•:'- -■ ,■■":'.:■ ; . The estates of 21 deceased persons were placed for administration in the hands of the Public Trustee during the month of '- ; March. ' . The Queensland Chamber of Commerce re- ■ commends the establishment of the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy at Australian ports. ■X The Native Land Court will resume its ■ sitting at Maketu about April 20. A large number of applications for succession order, ■ " etc., are to be heard. The offer of ,Messrs. Turnbull and Co., Wellington, to supply the electric lighting • plant required by the Patea Borough Council,' has been accepted. The price is £600. The Bishop of Wellington has received from the Hon. G. M. Waterhouse, through Mr. W. A. Fitzherbert, a second contribution of. £50 towards the funds for the erection of the Anglican Cathedral. , The Adelaide City Council proposes; to spend £1000 in erection of an arch across King William-street in connection with the Duke of York's visit, and the Government ~ intends to spend £10,000 in celebrations. Threshing is now proceeding briskly at 'Tapanui; and the oats are said to be running very well. ' The colon., of the grain is none too good, owing to damp weather during February and March. ', During his visit to Poverty Bay, the Government Geologist (Mr. A. McKay) is investigating the petroleum resources of the district, the importance of which has been urged by Mr. Reginald Brett. y The Brisbane Chamber of Commerce proposes to bring before "the Federal Parlia- ' menb the disabilities under which British- -; owned ships labour, owing to the American navigation laws. ■ .A representative of a well-known Sydney firm of timber merchants, during a recent ■: visit to the West Coast, made arrangements for the shipment of large quantities of white pine.to Australia. ; The West Coast Times states that as a result of these arrangements vessels will probably load timber at, Hokitika for Australia. • ■" ■At Collingwood, Melbourne, a woman who applied for a pension, admitted, on being closely pressed, that she was the owner of • five cottages, which she valued at £250 each. Another applicant had drawn £200 from the bank, and buried it in the backyard before , : setting out in pursuit of a pension. He was fined £25, the Bench wishing they could ~ have made it £100. Some gentlemen well known in the Taieri : have been attempting (says the Advocate) to open up a cattle trade between New Zealand and c South .Africa?■":. It is said that dairy cows landed at Durban are worth £30. A difficulty,; however, has arisen with shipowners. ' They will not guarantee to land the cattle, and this creates a stumbling block an the way of a cattle trade being done. .On the opening day of the rabbit-buying reason at Lawrence (Otago), 4918 rabbits, -weighing over seven tons, and occupying five trucks, were handled/During the height of the season such daily consignments are made regularly. Only about four years ago the rabbits conveyed on the Lawrence line, . which is 24 miles long, were stowed in one ~„ or two crates arid conveyed in the ordinary goods' van! ■■ . .■:■• ... The following is the state of His Majesty's prison, Auckland, for the week ending Saturday, March 6, 1901:—On remand, ; 3 V males, 1 female ; awaiting trial, 9 males, 1 ;female; : sentence! to penal servitude for • life, two' males : sentenced to liard labour, 141 males, 15 females; imprisonment, 1 male default, of bail, 1 male; received during the week, 23 males, 3 females; discharged, 38 males, 2 females: total in prison, 157 males, 17 females.