NEWS IN BEIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14587, 25 January 1911, Page 8

NEWS IN BEIEF.

The next sitting of the Arbitration Court in Auckland will probably take place, in April. ';;';. ."'■"".-'':•';'.". v ; --.'';..>. /;/-:. "■/■

Five persons .arrested cm charges of drunkenness were incarcerated in tie police cells last night. '

Notice of tie cancellation -of the registration of the Kiripaka: Coal'; Miners' , Industrial Union of "Workers, is given in last week's New Zealand Gazette. The gross receipts collected at the Auck- ■ land Customshouse yesterday amounted to £5576 15s lid, including . £5565 Is 6d collected'"from -. 5 Customs duties. The lioness-presented. by Messrs. Wirth Brothers for a term to ; the Wellington 'City -Council has been installed in her "new- quarters' in r the Zoo in Newtown "Park. „ ; ; ;, ' '

Edwin Reed, storekeeper, .. at Coramba "(N.S.W-)? who was highly respected, was found shot in the temple "last week.; Death was" instantaneous. He leaves a wife and young family.

At Busselton,' (W.A.) Hospital last week William Champion, a remittance man, who came from England two years ago, died from shock and pneumonia, hav- *'"' ing cut ins throat three days before at !/■ Lennox River.. ■:.-, ■■■■*■■■■■ • , -. v - .. '< Legacies which run into five figures are not very plentiful, but, like other rare things, they do happen at ,limes.- It is reported that .on Friday last a resident of Kiwitea received a cablegram, and on opening it found that, consequent on the death of a relative, he had become legatee to a sum of £60,000.

The second consignment of meat, consisting ; of ; 4800 . carcases, = was ; shipped from the - Wellington. Farmers' new . works at Waingawa on : Saturday t last. Ij-; The works-had to' work overtime \to finish .. the week's; stock. i - During - the next fortnight 20,000 sheep and 400 ; cattle have; been booked, arid very heavy consignments are expected.

It is likely that in a few days' time, when the necessary Order-in-Council: has been obtained, the' Wellington City Council will have its new system of workers' tickets on the tramcars inaugurated. Under this a worker will be able to proceed to his work on any car before eight o'clock and return by any car ;he I desires afterwards. ■•■■"■■' ■;■?■; ■• -r ■(.■-.•■ :•.; - : >- : -; ;-.: ■,-■ ■,

E. "Taylor, a miner, was killed in the ; Broken HSU " (N.S.W.) South ; Blocks mine last week. He : was working in the north stope on . No. 2 level, when some ore blistered from the back and ; fell on him.- Ho was badly hurt, and was quickly taken to the hospital, but expired a few minutes after admission. He was 39 years of age, and married.

In reply to a letter from the Canter'bury Automobile Association, emphasi- ; sing the necessity for a bridge on the West Coast Road at Otira, the Hon. R. McKenzie (Minister for Public Works) ';• states that • the matter : is receiving the serious;attention of the Government, and he intends communicating with the association later on* the matter.