NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14326, 23 March 1910, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

TAk steamer 3lanuka will leave Well - ton to-morrow for Sydney,' instead of on \ Friday, as usual. English outward, mail" will v, close at, 8.45 p.m. at the' Auckland post office to-night.to connect accordingly. j A commercial' traveller, 'named Nichol- . son, aged' 51, was found dead /with a re- :.'.',-■■• . .volverf bullet in his head.at Hobart (Tas■f,fW,; mai.ia) last week. He ■■■ had ! suffered from ■- ill-health . lately, which preyed ion his mind. - | ' .'.. - Patrick O'Byrne, a contractor to the Maldon shire, was i leading a 'horse at Baringhup (Victoria) jlast! week, when the , animal was frightened,", and pulled 'away, . with the ~ result that O'Byrne's thumb, ■v. around which the rein was twisted, was ■ pulled off. ! !,: . ' , K ' ". , '"^ ' ' In order- to commemorate Lord Kit- ':(■:'.'-'■;■■. chener's visit to New Zealand, the Hon. D. Biiddo has 1 " offered to the! Kaiapoi /■/;/-. school - ii, prize of £1 to the school. cadet writing f the best essay on the FieldMarshal's visit,;and £1 as an essay prize for the, girls. -. ; /?//. .;--> ,'■■'•;■('-. '• :':• -•• Roy Greerislade,"' 14, residing at North ■ Botany, near { Sydney, was , out shooting :'.■:•- " with boy named James Tafr, on Sunday week, when he was .accidentally shot. It ; appears - f that "both boys were armed with pea rifles.'- Taff.'s rifle, accidentally went .• off, , and the bullet entered Greenslade's 'v:.. rroin. .-The' boy died next day. : V' The Waikare salvage ; party have not yet got away from Invercargill to Dusky Sound, owing to stress ;of. weather. Ner , gotiations C or -i,he 1 chartering of: the tug ■' ■ , Theresa Ward ; have, fallen through, and .'- . the -party 5 have decided to wait for favourj able weather hind make the trip in the ketch 1 Anno. Tbpy have been waiting '11 .days already.-;,' f, ,- " . The Mayor of Devonport (Mr. W. Handley) last night congratulated Dr. W. G. i Guinness on his election ;to the s Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, and expressed his pleasure that the borough now had its represenfa^i^e^^onT'Uie';*;■ Board. He ; mm ■ added jg that since his election to the Coun-'ifif-/cil '&; between \ £7000 /and £8000 / had been • used for charitable] aid purposes, and he felt it.was :time the Jborough had: adequate representation. ~■"-. ...