NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13048, 13 December 1905, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

-■ - - if ~ ■ "\"/' : '--' '.■■>.■ ■'■■'.. "Cr'-'' ■'■ '■'■■ : a---. "Frisco man arrived. . Manuka" left for- South. _ ,- Navua arrived from Fiji Sierra for Sydney to-day. • ..>... Hauroto left for the Islands Star of Ireland arrived from New York "-!.'-" and Australia. •, ■' '"■':"'. : '"' ' "I am-looking forward to seeing light ' railway lines through the country, electrified to act as feeders to the main lines, said Mr. T. J. Mcßride at Christchurch. Surely" this is a New Zealand record. An election address given by Mr. MeGrath, a candidate \ for Napier, at , Clive, the- other ' - ■ night, lasted exactly 10 minutes. Water has been struck on Brenda stat'on, the property of the diocese of New- " •' castle, New South-Wales, at a depth of ■ , 2115 ft...' The supply is abundant, and the ' . water rises to a height of sft 3in ; above the casing. , , Writes, a visitor to Wellington:—"l have never heard so much foul and ob- . " . acene language -used in public, within earshot of women and children, in any of - the countries I have visited, and they number nearly the whole of the civilised world." —Post,..- ■' *' '•• On arrival" "at Wellington on Wednesday (savs the Times) a third-class passenger from London by the lonic was' refused permission" to land,, on the ground that be was -• ' aelieved to be suffering from phthisis. The passenger is being detained on. board the lonic till Saturday, when he will be sent back to England by the Gothic. "It too bad—too bad altogether. Igo ' to take r a :walk round the-old place; that gone away., . My.father, my grandfather, mv grand-grand-grandfathers :• they all • buried there—they take them all; away. Too ~ ' bad altogether.", 'Such was ih> plaintive -■ wail of a Maori woman on the reclaimed ' land near the railway station, New Plymouth, on Saturday last. v ' •• A rather remarkable mirage was visible from the " Timaru wharves at about ten o'clock the other morning, when, on the • shore in the direction of Orari appeared a vast rectangular mass resembling a group of enormous buildings, giving the impression that a 'modern Tower of Babel had been erected. A terrific boiler explosion took place at j a mill at Greenock, "South Australia, the other morning. The boiler of a 50 horsepower engine was Jilted s ft, another boiler was shifted 20ft, and a huge chimney-stack v>;V, was levelled.: to the ground. Parts of the '- : " machinery and buildhig were hurled a considerable distance. F. and P. Lancko and ,-" ' F. Roethel were working at the mill at the time. The Larches were uninjured, bub Iloethel sustained a compound fracture of '¥: : v: lie left leg. ■■-■■■ • Ferry steamers will ruL excursion trips to St. Heliers Bay at a-quarter to eleven a.m., and two p.m. to-day. ; . Serge hall curtains, special line at 12s od per pair.— and Caughey, Ltd, ■>- Kid and suede gloves, from best makers, all shades ;and prices; silk and.imitation suede gloves, all colours, is to 2s 9d.— See window,' McCullagh and Gower. . :'■_ Special' value in brown Turkish towels, extra large and heavy, Is each— and , Caughey, Ltd. ; : . Wildman aa,< Arey's Xmas card emporium is open'inside Victoria Arcade, Shortland-st.'.; For' Christinas: All-wool French blouse ] delaines,"- - special value, Is Ojd yard; also, ' just received, new ' costume ! drills in blues, i •'. •, pinks,'- ,103 d per yard.— and ... -'- Caughey, Ltd.; dress department. '.' : Thousands of ladies' belts: Every style and wenderful value.John Court, Queen-j ■ : street /-..-. . .Cretonnes -for .covering purposes, tapestry li§ji|effects, B£d per yard.—Smith and Caughey. To-day Messrs.' Baker Brothers will offer by auction 537-acres -at? Ararimu- South, in the fp§||lestate|of Wm. ;Coughlan,i deceased■';'. also ; ■'.;."".:-.;dwellings- at Esplanade Bead,, Eden; Flower-street, Eden 'Terrace, i Queen.-street, '■" " Onehunga, and a building lot in Sale-street, .; ?,.'.(•' ''' './"- ' '-*■■,■'-'■.:' :'■'■■■'■; ':'■'■ : ' . ;."- '•'■:- . .-,.'