NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15233, 21 February 1913, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

'■'"■ m S m .X- *!'■ ' i>f " ■ '? T "■* it*""'{Tentdees are io : be,called for the erection , if a bandstand at Point Erin-Park ■ 5 - . Two persons, arrested on minor charges, - occupied the city polio© cells last night. -•, 'She united'council of Auckland City, ." (Which now' included Parnell, met for the first time- last evening. - ''■'■■■■■■ The total membership throughout the ~. world of the ' Ancient Order .of Foresters . - how stands at 1,31,869. ' ' The ciimiaal sessions of the Supreme ■ " Court will bo .continued to-day. Further civil cases will also be heard. " ,-..'■ ■-•■■■■:■ Among this names of those passing the \: Senior Civil Service, the.names, of G. , Clandge and H. Claridge should have, appeared. ...'.. ' rliog fires were raging in the North "■• Wairarapa district last week c and at the .-. beginning of this week. A considerable "'; I quantity of grass and fencing was des- ■■ troyed. I ..... :,'.;■;.-..:•■ —': '•;.•'.

- A barman-porter named JamesrQLll^ employed at the Thistle Hotel," was admitted ' ' to the hospital yesterday, suffering from "■ an injured anile,, sustained as the result of a fall. /,. • ,

' A man named Cook sustained; slight concussion and had ' his' shoulder 'dislocated «;•'-• through being, thrown off a : drag, as the result of a. collision, -with a tramcar at (IVsnganui yesterday. .;■ : >

An application by. the St. John Ambulance Association for permission to make ■ r a street collection on April 12, aid of its Station Building Fund, was granted by . the City Council last evening. -

: The scheme for supplying electricity in .'DevoripoTt, submitted by ; Mr. David/ M. Davis, was adopted (f by . the Devonport ■ ;lßorough Council last evening, provided the , details are satisfactorily i arranged. '•: 'As the result'of a fall from a ferry, boat ; yesterday morning, Walter John Fair burn,, • a" painter, residing at Takapuna^. was adjusted to the hospital, suffering : from a -v Jdisloaation and fracture of the right ankle. Tho tramway service will, as usual, ~ be entirely suspended on Good Friday, to . enable the employees of the system to at'-' ■ Jfcend" the; annual picnic. The suspension was'sanctioned by the City Council last pvening. ■ , ; ; , ; . ■

V-; Mr. H. ?:! Bevsreaux, i; of 'y-. Waihi,': ;-'■: telegraphed .the following weather forecast; to : thje ,JFarme^;':Union. yestesday :" Indication ?of Tmorispohal. : activity, 1 with heavy fpoding rains m March,- for AucJdand- pro* jvince." - , - -"::- '-;-.^

i A Ban .named Stephen ,Thomas' Collins, aged 38 years,' was admitted to' the■ hospital yesterday /nrorning',:; differing -fronv a lacerated wound on the ■ forearm. The in'jtiryV was! > received while he was working ©□/&-lift in Smeefcon's Buildings. , \ Gun practice was continued yesterday from the ;- Forts. ' This morning the new 6m. guns at Ford, Cautley.will: be fired for the first time ... under . service ~'; conditions. Later in the day Colonel' Heard will' inspect all the troops now under" canvas. • The'tram service in. favercargill, which is„ ..oVneu by ... the municipality,; has not been ; working on Sundays hitherto, but the council decided last night to give Stinday trams three months'. trial, starving from the first Sunday in March.— .(Press .Association.) The owners of the barque Marjorie Craig- have presented Captain R. G. Holmes with a handsome gold watch, as a mark of appreciation of his skill in bring-. ing the vessel into port under jury rig, after she had been partially dismasted off Adelaide. In yesterday's '■ issue the name of the captain was incorrectly given. ..;.: A. local motor-car driver has just worn cut » tyro which lias covered just upon .7000. miles, as the average tyre stands ; only about 4000 miles of travelling, it will be seen that this is something of a record.. The ear upon which the tyro was used", ; saw ..the same amount of usage over both city --and: suburban roads, as . does tho ordinary taxicab. .

An -unfortunate mishap occurred in the , lady "rider event at the Hukerenui Show • ort 'Wednesday (telegraphs our Whangasei correspondent),; -'..'. While negotiating one of the jumps'* the horse ridden by Miss V. xliifettj.of Opuawhanga, struck the hurdle; and fell, partly roiling on the rider. Miss lUsifett'.sustained , : a badly-spramed/ankle, ' - and was severely bruised, but it'is' not., ,■;;:|^^fc'fier -injuries will prove serious, y. \ V.' !s>• .'rjt>r »-" '"<*>* .--»?'■ ■•;'■'.,'"".■.';