NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13234, 20 July 1906, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

liAET Curzon dead. - > *< . Heavy rain fell last night. attempt on life, of Grand Duke Vladimir. V Education Bill finally passed House of ,' . Commons. V' • Three thousand five hundred Zulus killed • in the war. ' • , '•{ , The murderer Brown describes how he killed his victims. - A movement is "on foot to erect a crematorium in Wellington.' f/ 4 , ••' Fears for the safety of Commander ! 1 Peary's Arctic expedition. It is proposed to erect a new' moteorolo- . , gical station in Albert Park. - v ; • j The oitv jo being -.asked io purchase a" pub'.ic park in the Ponnonby district. ; ' Heavy floods • have interfered it It the ■ railway traffic in the • f>»:iawnt*idistrict. ■ ] The City Council has deferred the question of, workers' dwellings for a month. i;;'• i ■ The wrecked schooner Ant pa has been i explored, but' no more bodies have l>"eii '; ' found. ■■ • ?■ .: Another battle in (iuaieniaia. and S:i.lyadorians victorious. DefEated army SiilVcin •v:enormous losses. , / ' " A member of the Victoria College Count i'. (Wellington), says "we are simply -going , mad about athletics in this colony.*" The ketch Sir Henry has been wrecked in the vicinity ,of East . Cape, the "captain 1 j ' and crew (four .'ill told), being -drowned. • The text of the address of welcome to > be presented' to ; Sir Joseph Ward on his y;M; v.: .arrival,in Auckland is published in (his is--i-v.. sue.' ' - ' .' *> , ■■ ' - •i. •• More cars are being constructed 'for the f ' ; Wellington tramway service. V The ' bodies };, of the. car,3 are in future to be made in Wellington. •' t The police and station ; hands who are chasing thie Maori outlaw in the Poverty Bay: district are having some very trying . " experience?. ' :' "■ ' Tho city engineer (Mr., Bush) has been instructed by the City Council to report V upon the city*., drainage'.; question at the earliest ; possible date. i, A meeting 'of representatives of Tara- , \ i)tiki dairy 1 companies ' have carried a •• • resolution in, favour, ot having a represen-' ' tati.ve on 'the Home market. ' ■ , . The City Council has decided to enforce ; , the tramway deed of delegation by giving y; . the Tramways Company 60 days' notice to provide sufficient cars to cope, with the ' traffic. ' - . A Departmental Committee in England fisi; lias reported that the smoking habit is causing deterioration in the physique of RV;', ( boys, and causing diseases in them from ; . which girls are free. §i§ An important, question as to the power v ',M ■ of the Arbitration Court to make awards " ■ affecting employers beyond the territorial j/;,' limits of N-w Zealand is being considered by the Supremo Court at Wellington. "Assuming that for each. member three other persons besides participate in these .* if J benefits,' over 185,000 persons may he re\s.: ■ ganded as sharers . iii the beneficent work ' • performed by these fraternal associations," \ ; /- 1 says , the registrar, of , Friendly Societies, in his last annual report.