NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13926, 7 December 1908, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Five persons charged with drunkenness, one with theft, and one suspected of lunacy, occupied the police cells last night.

A ; clergyman' who solemnised a wedding at Masterton a few days ago found (says the Wairarapa .Daily : Times), directly after the ceremony, no less than seveninfants in the same house waiting to be christened.

::•;"_ Sir Joseph Ward has sent-a congratulatory i cable message to , Mr. A. F. Wilding and Mr. N. E. Brookes, complimenting them upon their victory in the Davis cup at Melbourne and on the fine Jesuit achieved by. their combination. •

A proposal is afoot to celebrate the success of the Opposition party in the Taranaki district. The; suggestion has: been made to hold a great gathering at Hawera to ; congratulate Mr. Massey on the triumph of Opposition candidates.

The Wellington city tramways during the four-weekly period ending November 10 earned £10,510. This is van . increase of. £1213 as compared with- the similar period last year. -/The passengers carried numbered 1,651,734, an increase of 142,057.

. During the week the old mine on the west, bank of the river (writes our Himtly correspondent) lias been very active, flames and smoke being emitted from the disused shafts and workings. The flames illuminated the neighbouring country the other night.