NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13839, 27 August 1908, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The occupants of the police cells last evening numbered three, one female being apprehended for drunkenness, and two males for theft. The huge whale recently stranded near Okarito, is a record one for eize, and weighed nearly 165 tons when first washed ashore. One of the jawbones alone weighed a ton. . Messrs. A. and D. Macpherson, of Dunediri. last week shipped by the Norfolk 10.000 ft of timber, chiefly red pine, for 'Vienna. This is the fourth lot the firm has despatched, similar shipments having . been sent from Bluff in fulfilment of Austrian orders. , The death is recorded of Apaekari Tao- : tao. widow oi the late Mawhene Hohau. and a well-known and .respected native of the Hutt district. The late Mrs. Hohau, who had reached the age of 87, resided at ": the Lower Hutt for "nearly the whole • period of her eventful life.- . " , At a meeting at Green Island last week, , Mr. T. Mackenzie was asked his opinion of Home Rule. "Well," replied the candi-,-date,' "like most married men, my wife exercises strong home rule over me.'"; ■ ; ' "'Well," v persisted '"■: bis ' questioner, ,: What does your wife think-of Home Rule'.'" "She has every confidence in it.'- -'•*'-; ' \ •:",':'.During the past season the Fisheries Dp-, collected 1,055,000 eggs from the Hakataremea and Opihi Rivers in Canterbury; and distributed them amongst the various acclimatisation societies. The demand was grater than the supply by 85.000 eggs. 'iTie amount charged the societies for the ova. was 5s per. 1000. . V