NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11716, 26 July 1901, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

l^: : teßßAtD Summary. \- r ; ■'■.-.: _ •■■■'■' Monra arrived from the South. .'•'■: 'Frisco mail leaves to-morrow. .. The Waikare has left Sydney for Auckand .Manapouri arrived from the liner Tomoana left for London via the .South. ~ , . . , th Union Company's steamer Kotuku arrived from Newcastle. . , , " The mail steamer Sonoma in expected to arrive from Sydney this evening. Twelve whales have been captured by the Whanizamumu whalers this season. •-' Molong (New South Wales) farmers are Using strenuous efforts to kill rabbits. ' A fatal gun accident is reported from Glenroy (New South Wales), a boy being '^It'is stated that robbing clothes-lines is becoming quite a common practice an liltham just now. . : : , : i'm^ : ■'-" All the wholesale business people of Wancanui ' have signed a petition protesting Igainst the Shops and Offices Bill..;✓: _. ;✓: Perth shipowners declare that the interstate Commission Bill will take from them ■ the management of their own business. ; The Wanganui Rivei Settlers' Company's new steamer, which will be on the river ■'■■■:■•• shortly, is to be christened the Richard SedWanganui is contemplating the purchase of a steam fire engine. One capable ot throwing 300 gallons a minute could be landed there for £700. -~.'*, ;. The Marlborough Express states that the use of red birch sleepers on the railways of the colony has been so unsatisfactory that their use will be discontinued. . The Timaru Harbom Board decided at a Special meeting, to call for applications for the position of resident engineer to the - Board at a salary of £400 per .annum. The South Australian Government has reduced the rates for the carriage of starving stock on the railways by 50 per cent, and has enlarged the proclaimed starving stock Area. '"■■'■■ . , . /-, A proclamation has been issued in Queensland requiring persons who cross the border ; from New South Wales to bo medically examined. This action has been taken to protect Queensland against the introduction of smallpox. . ... c „i„ „ At the annual meeting of the Svdney Rescue Work Society the directoi (Mr. 'Ardil reported that 8993 beds had been •provided for women, 16,516 meals had been ierved and 2485 beds had been, provided for children with their parents. A gentleman who has just returned to Blenheim from Wellington reports seeeing, in a shop in Cuba-street, rabbits placarded, "Blenheim rabbits, prime turnip fed! . Another shop, close by, displays rabbits for «alo, and calls them Blenheim lambs! , The Colonial Treasurer of South Australia :. Heclares that other States than Victoria §1 Bhould not share the expense of brining penny postage into force in Victoria, and he denies that it is only new expenditure which •■-•: the Federal Government wish to charge to tie Commonwealth. 'r About a thousand high-side iron railway waggons of the "L" class will soon be added ' to toe rolling stock on the South Island Government railways, iAs fast as j the ships ore supplying the parts, the, work is being placed in hand at Addington workshops, M and the trucks are being constructed at the rate of 40 a week. '.- A horse which was purchased by a, number of ; Gore residents and presented to > Trooper Albert • Ward, of the Fourth Con- -. tingent, and which was subsequently handed over to an Imperial officer, was sold •v: in ; South Africa recently for £40, and that ftfter having gone through the knocking i • about of an arduous campaign. Twelve years ago a man who was under -treatment in the - "Wellington Hospital in- ";. curred a debt of £18 to the institution on 1 account of the services which 'he had re- ' ceived. He was unable to pay the amount 'at the time, but his circumstances have since improved, and he has now discharged his liability, although (says the Post) under the Statute of Limitations he could not have j ■:been compelled to do so.