NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13583, 12 September 1908, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Thk police cells were vacant, last night, a ?tate of affairs which has not existed tor some weeks past.

The Union Company's steamer Takapuna brought up from the* South an unusually large number of passengers yesterday, the list totalling 181. including 120 of the immigrants by the lonic from London.

Sheep-stealing appears to be becoming unpleasantly prevalent in the Hawke's Bay district. At Ashcott one settler is offering £100. and in another locality another person is offering £25. reward for » conviction.

At its last meetinsr, the Timaru Harbour Board decided to spend £2000 cm strengthening the new eastern mole, by raising the height of low places in it. The mole stood tlio recent heavy seas very well, no harm of any kind resulting to it.

The Canterbury St. John Ambulance Association has received six now surgical outfit* from England for stretcher depots. A Lowmoore jacket has just come to hand, which is to be used in lifting injured people out of hold? of ships or shafts of mines.

A largo number of people in the area affected by the recent, storm in Central Ota go are* suffering from snow blindness. Many wear coloured glasses when out of doors, but all -whoso eyes are inclined to be weak are affected in a greater or lesser degree.