NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12547, 14 April 1904, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Taviuxi arrived from the Eastern Pacific. j,v rawer a from the South this morning. |S | • Steamer Maori left London for Auckland. >/'\ - *'»The Tapanui police arc informed that over f"fM 60 ewes have been stolen from the Conical '~'y Hills Estate. A Taieri miller informs the Advocate that scarcely any of the Taieri grain this season is fit for milling. The dredge Progress is at present removing ; "•about 1000 tons of spoil per week from J Oamaru Harbour. v" ' Fruitgrowers in the Tapanui district are suffering much loss this year owing to the W; small-bird nuisance. The oat crap in the Cluthn district is said to be averaging only 40 bushels to the acre, and 8d per bushel is" the highest price offered ?V- so far. A boy named William Hanan was shot in the left arm at a shooting gallery at Martland (Sydney) while he was whitewashing the target. Th« gold received at the Melbourne Mint during March amounted to 85,5730z gross. The quantity received during the three months ended March 31 was 265,1750z as igainst 25,2940z for the corresponding period of last year. A shilling subscription taken up on board the train returning to Christcliurch from .the opening of the Canterbury Meat Company's new freezing works at Pareora resulted in £10 3s being raised for tho fund for a presentation to the battleship New Zealand. Christian burial was given on Friday last at Win tor. (Otago) to the remains of the late Charles Alfred Print whose bones were found at the mouth of the Waian a fortnight 50. The greater part of the skeleton was recovered in the drift sand, together with portions of clothing, and these enabled relatives to make satisfactory identification. The Nelson Colonist states that recently a splendid stag, with 25 points, was shot iu the £•?; vicinity of the copper mine. The beast is said to have been a very fine one. and already the owner has refused £25 for the head. He l£- intends to ship it to Australia, where capital prices rule for this class of ornament, Twen-ty-five points are very rare, and it is believ- : ed to be the first obtained in the district. The good fortune which has hitherto attended "tho efforts of the Great Boulder (W.A.) management in the matter of borehole prospecting has been once more exemplified by the discovery of three valuable runs of ore at different parts of tho main workings. All three finds were made north of the "main shaft, two at the 900 ft level, and the third at the 1400 ft level, according to a cable despatched by the mine authorities to the London office of the company. A peculiar gun accident, happily unattended with serious consequences, occurred oil the Main District Road. Milton, Otago, last * week. A young man who was out shoot tug •with a shot-gun saw a rabbit in a paddock at the back of Mr. Martin's residence, and raised his gun and fired at it. As the shotwas being fired a young lady and gentleman were passim;, along the road. I lie Ir.dy turned to see the shot fired, and as she did so one of the pellets struck her front teeth and knocked one of them out, but did no other damage. • ■ _______