NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13766, 3 June 1908, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

■I 1.1 I <» Tkixce of Wales' Birthday. -.', - In some parts of Marlborough cull sheep can be had for taking them away. 1;' v / Lately 5000 yearling- trout were liberated in ■ Lake Wendouiec, Ballarat, Victoria. The Victorian Government's scheme for manufacturing bricks has been abandoned. The receipts from two toll-gates in the Hawcra. County average about £2 9s 6d per *-'.'- day. A special order made by the Otahuhn Eoad Board, detailing by-laws for the dis- ;?'- trict, is gazetted. .;-■- Since the beginning of the year there iK have been 18 bankruptcies in Wellington. Four of these were announced during r May. I, A 470z nugget lias been found by a party, of co-operative miners at Eokewood, Victoria. The find was made at a depth of 70ft. . Over 400 fores have been poisoned on • Cadow station, in the Condobolin distinct, ■-. •" New South Wales, within the last few y- months. \ 'The occupants of the police cells last evening comprised four arrested for drunkenness, one for lunacy, and one for a breach of the peace. The Tasmanun Premier estimates that Tattersall's sweeps, enrich the revenue of the "tight little island" to the time of between £40,000 and £50,000 per year. A member of the scientific staff of the Sydney. University is to undertake an investigation into the poisonous nature of the wound inflicted by the barb of the cat- . -..".. fish. The station of the Golden Square Fire '<- - Brigade, 1 at Bendigo, Victoria, was entered bv burglars," and trophies valued at £100, . . won by the brigade in competitions, were stolen. , " It would bo tempting Providence to atj . tempt to make a harbour at the mouth of ; . a river when nature has endowed the proJ}' : vince, of Marlborough with such a magnificent outlet at Picton," is the -candid ''. ■ opinion of the' Minister, for Marine. The buoyancy or the wool market lastseason gave several Carterton dairy farm- ' . . ers the idea-ofstaking up sheep farming in preference to dairying. The Wairarapa Age remarks, however, that ; since, the flump, in wool and the drop in the price of sheep there is not so much talk of making the change. . Some very high prices were realised at a sale. of harvest thanksgiving gifts in . ' connection with St. Stephen's Church, Opo;wC> r tiki. Cucumbers were disposed of at 10s i apiece, eggs 10s 6d : per dozen, lemons 7s 6tl per dozen, carrots 2s 6d per 'bunch, ". swedes Is each, and pumpkins up to 10s apiece. The church funds benefited by r this remarkable sale to the extent of about £45.