NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13286, 19 September 1906, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Mokoia left for the South. " Manapouri arrived from' Fiji. Mimiro.du© from London and Australia. '-> Navua loft for the Islands and Sydney. Negotiations for peace are proceeding in . Cuba. ■'"■.' The P. and 0. steamer Mongolia has been wrecked. ' Heavy easterly, weather prevailing along the coast..'" ' The native health officer says drunkenness is decreasing among the Maoris. Two' Chinamen have been fined £100 each-for selling tickets iu a pakapoo lottery. . . - > . . ".Further" severe earthquakes have occurred in • Sicily, \ and the , volcano Stromboli is active. In the opinion of the chief health officer, the -whole of our milk supply system wants rearranging. ? Dr. Pomare, in his annual report, says a homo should be established for old and indigent Maoris. The native land question was the subject of an interesting debate yesterday in "the Legislative Council. '■;,•''• .The Land A Bill 'was considered by t the Lands Committee of the House of RepreseatatiTes yesterday, morning. .; ; Disorder iin Russia continues, and '■* the cablegrams give a remarkable record of violent' deaths for the four days ending Saturday last. ' i : '; : - ' The needs of/Rotorua and other tourist resorts -were discussed in the House of Representatives yesterday, in connection, with, the second reading of the Tourist and Health Resorts Bill. The annual report of the Heajtb Department, presented to ' Parliament yesterday, contained some very interesting facts and figures ; regarding . birth and death rates, the housing problem, and other matters.