NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15097, 13 September 1912, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

'. The Canadian' Cadets return to Now -- Zealand: from Australia about October 21. V Seven men,'.arrested oil minor charges, occupied the city police cells last night. ' Yesterday,. - according .to the' Jewish calendar, was tho 5673 rd anniversary of the creation of the world.

' The weather yesterdays was a gain unsettled. Bain commenced, to fall last evening and continued : at intervals during tho night. . '

George McGurk, . a prisoner serving a senten.!* of seven years' imprisonment, was accidentally killed at the Mount Eden Gaol yesterday,; -. V \

A number or industrial cases were heard before Mr.-- C. C. -Kettle, S.M., at the Magistrate's^Court .yesterday, three ;defendants being fined £2 each. • Thcso in a position to judge consider that tho decrease noticeable in the sheep flocks in the Dominion is duo, to a large extent, to the' great- advance in the dairying industry..

A man named Albert Large was crossing Queen-street last evening, when ho was knocked down by a tramcar. Owing to the promptitude of Motorman Murphy in pulling the car up he escaped without injury. ' The 1.0.0.P. received much support from the M.TL, 1.0.0. F., in its early days in America owing to the fact that numbers of immigrants who were members of the latter joined the ranks of tho former. The 1.0.0.1?. is still, however, independent of tho other -body.

The export of coal from Newcastle during the month of August to places beyond the State shows an increase of ']21,656 tons, as compared with the quantity for the corresponding month last year. Of" the total quantity 221,804 tons wore sent to Commonwealth and New Zealand ports, and 272,893 tons to foreign ports. '

A meeting of tho recently-formed Christchurch women's branch of the Reform League was held last night (says a Press Association message). It was decided to apply to the New Zealand executive for a charter for the branch. A message was sent to Mr. Massev congratulating him upon attaining the high position of Prime Minister, expressing appreciation of what ho had done, and hoping that ho would continue in ofhco for many years.