NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14005, 10 March 1909, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Over £100 has been collected at Gisborne for the English bread fund (telegraphs our correspondent).

The long looked for keystone drill arrived in Naseby on Tuesday (says a Press Assojiation message), and attracted a great deal of attention. In appearance it is ranch like a large chaff cutter, but very much heavier, and when fully equipped will weigh ibout 11 tons.

The Dunedin Painters' Union has passed a' resolution expressing the opinion that all assisted immigration should cease at once, except in respect to wives and children of persons who sailed from Great Britain prior to January 1, 1909, and have settled in the Dominion. yv

Crown lands to the extent of 221,543 acres are to be thrown open for sale or selection during the present month. Of this, over 8000 acres will be available in the Wellington district, 1258 in Auckland, 9156 in Hawke's Bay, 772 in Wastland, and most of the remainder, 202,122 acres, in Otago, with a small area in Nelson.

:"A-" ChristchUrch gentleman, who has recently ridden through the Taranaki, Wanganui and Wellington provinces, suggests that the unemployed problem could be solved, in part, at any rate, by sending out men to grub the noxious weeds that have taken charge of large areas of land,: especially at the Hutt and other districts near Wellington.

Following is the > state of His Majesty's prison, Auckland, for the week ended March 6:On remand, 7 males awaiting trial, IB males; sentenced "tolife, 1 male; hard, labour, 241 males, 17 females; imprisonment, 1 male ; ; default of bail, 3 males'; received during the week, 28make ; discharged, 36 males, 2 females: total in prison, 263 males, 17 females.