NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12699, 31 October 1904, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sraz mail arrived. H.M.s. Clio in port. Manuka due : from. , Sydney. 'Frisco mail leaves Friday. ; Tarawera left for the South. Herald Summary Wcdo* ->d&y. "Mokoia for Sydney this evening. 'THe trout-fishing season opens to--01 Oswestry Grange arrived from Britain and Australia. , . . , ~ According to the official Year Book, the climate of Taranaki is remarkably healthy, without anv extremes of temperature. ' In 1893, *147,199 people had £3,966,849 in too Savins Bank of New Zealand. In 1903, 280,011 people had £8,432,958 put BW The Wairarapa- Observer states that several fanners a»ont the Carterton district intend jetting 111 patuocks of alfalfa this season. : , ' ... „ . Tablets are placed in the Napier Cathedral in memory of the officers and ran' from Hawke's Bay Who died on active service in South Africa. _ , , Some spark? from a fire ignited a dress worn by Mrs. Jason Eraser, licensee of a Melbourne hotel. Site sustained terrible iiijuries, which proved iataL • - A Japanese newspaper received by the Dooartment of Labour ttas addressed to «> Messrs. Department of Labour, Wellington, New Zealand, Australia." 'During a thunderstorm at Barmedman, "Netf South Wales, bp,id to be the severest experienced for years, one _ flash of lightwing smashed to ■ pieoes nine trees. A little girl, foul' years old, daughter of Mr 0. H. Bryant, of Winchester, Otago, broke her left arm below the elbow on Wednesday afternoon by tripping and falling at a doorstep- ! „ . ' Mr James .Jamieson, of Waterton, North Canterbury, ; has . had a record lambing percentage ' this year. He . has cut and tailed 160 lambs per 100 ewes, there being one ewe with triplets. . _ _ A lifebuoy .bearing the inscription, '* H.M.s. < Clio, - ' has been found on the beach at Orongorongo, PallLiser Bay. The buoy was lost from the gunboat dura# the recent heavy gale. . - "Last season the sub&tatitlal sum of '£8000 was paid away for milk supplied to the Opouriao (Bay of Plenty) Cheese Factory to some 35 (suppliers, and this year promises to show a marked increase. The North Ofcago Timesi states that _ a hem, the property of Mr. J. D. Fs.miltan, vas killed in a resent -thunderstorm. The 1 orse -was terrified by the loud peal, and Jolted. It died stnrtly after leing oaugh i. Eur :hev very I'meficial rail s Lave fallen :hrou;;hout the ; gricultv ml < isitricts' f Vic • •oria, again impioving ci'op • irespectf, and assuring fair yiej Is wher'i light yield). only were anticipated i fortnight ex three weekf. back. T"iero i's every pr( babiiit.y of t, good a ijgregato wodueti m.. " The Tiraaru E ; arbour Boa d is considering a scheme f>r furtler deepening the inner harbour, sihmitte^ 1 bj the engineer. Th© cost oi tin. whol:> pioject vritli a. . llickot < red go _ s estimated at £52,00), Ci'iie intention is to 'ovid 26ft ut loa* ; vater spring rices within 'be ini«.r lie rI.ciur, „ , _ '! ■ , Tlw- perl liter dan <f the Pacific Cable : llaarti. . Sonlhport, Queensland, has re- £ lived from his boird in London ;in a inowledgm snt of the pron ptir.ud shoip £ r the Comn oi]wealth officii in landing cible messages between Soßtliport on tie oie ha ad- lid v Melbourne, Sydney, aid Brisbane ou the other. 4 . , h The Victorian Premier (Mr. Boat) has nxeived a 'communication from .'ten AgentGeneral in I. on don, stating thai- there is considerable prejudice in' Londo i agjurst Australian earned goods. 3>o»d-.;>n Muv.dfacility rs put up their preso fruit a-lw jam • .in glass jars, end the inspector ;nl >Victorian exports, nugjje'sta tliiit A jst»rl.ui is K*}«Qld also adopt jar?, inirteid or tind,