NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15325, 11 June 1913, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

.. Four, persons, arrested on minor charges, . occupied the city police cells last night. Hinrdrup's boardinghouse at Kanakanae, " "near'.G&bornc,. has been destroyed by fire. . The damage is estimated at £550, ; A After the immigrant steamer Corinthic -left Capetown on her way to New Zealand, there was an outbreak of scarlatina among ; the third-class passengers. An exceptionally ' large batch of immigrants, comprising a good number' of domestic servants, arrived in Wellington by the steamer Corinthic yesterday. A movement is on foot in Cambridge to have a poll taken on.the question of introducing the system of rating on unimproved values. *.„ ■'.--."-. - - -A' meeting of creditors in the estate of ; Jim Wong, a Chinese fruiterer, was held ■" yesterd'ayr " Proceedings were adjourned " ! until this .. afternoon.

,v>;To-day is one of the Pentecost, festivals, .«v and -the principal Jewish business premises I. will .be closed.'- A special sermon will be --preached by" Rabbi Goldstein at the Synagogue. ".

A.return setting forth the principal ex- % ports of the Dominion for the year ending VMav.:, 31 shows an: increase• of . over ...£3,(XW,000. compared with, the total - for -the-" previous-year. "•' ■ :~; •

:_:; "the application of Mr. J. R. Reed, K.C., two licensing cases, in which liquor is alleged "to'' have been supplied to" a youth .J under 21 years of age, have been adjourned ;_- until Monday, next. .•.>.': - • ';' The health 'authorities now state definitely that the half caste native, James " Eukutai, is not suffering from smallpox, but from a virulent type of chickenpox. I The patient will be well enough to leave the isolation hospital in 10 days. The member for Thames (Mr. T. W. Rhodes) addressed his constituents in the Caledonian, Hall, i Coromandel, on Monday evening. '"' There were about 70 present. Sir. S. James (county chairman) presided. - • A vote of thanks and confidence* was passed v at the conclusion of. the address.: v =*; -i-i- * A young man who met the' immigrant steamer 4 Corinthic, in Wellington,- yester- . day, expecting to find his future wife on . r board, met with a severe disappointment. He received a message stating that ; the lady had changed her mind, and had married'somebodyelse, just prior to the vessel's departure from England. ;.> - •/J ;,v A conference of officers. engaged in the administration ; .of .the defence ? system of New Zealand. being held in ,Wellington. In the course of an interview -regarding the - "~\ conference, the Minister for- Defence . the Hon ''James Allen) expressed eulogistic opinions-regarding the influence for good , likely to be exerted by the military train- ' ing system.' .'... » -^ ;•,>■ ~'.;';■".^4'"

f ["■••■' ''[if" -It's was stated, that the late Sergeant :l .-, : .Sage,'; who died in Auckland on Saturday, it , ;was the last survivor! of - the 58th Eegiilfc was stated that New "Zealand in Sage, who died in Auckland on Saturday, .was the last survivor of the 58th Regiment, which came to New Zealand in ;i . -.; -1845. A New -Plymouthtelegram ' says j 4 that is noisOy.asiMr. eWfc 1 took part iriithe same engagements -as' Sage. f ••■:■'<. . is etill; Hying' in ' New Plymouth/^-'V ■t : ; :■ •' is-, :.JS<'-'°if<- ■'■ i ' ''' *'•••■-■ ■.■.'•■v>..'.'