TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1916, 6 November 1890, Page 14

TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

At the City Police Court, Wellington, Ohas Cress, occupier of the plaoe raided by the detectives last week, pleaded guilty to a charge of keepin - a gaming house, and was fined £20

The Woolbrokers' Association have revised the dates of this season's sales, which are now : November 6, November 28, December 18, January 22.

The local committee of th« Now Z°aland Alliance recently sent out papers to all the electors in ti e Oamatu electorate with tbe object of taking a vote on tbp subject of tbe " Act; to extend the principle of local option," which waa introduced into the Houho last session. Eight hundred and sixty-eight voting papers were retarued, 661 being in favour of the passing of the bill and 131 against it. Seventysix informal votes were recorded. About 300 voting papers sent out were not called for or delivered in time for the vote.

Amongst the through passengers by the Alamoda for Ban Fra.iiei'-co was tbe Couutefls of Kintore, who is takii.g her s n, Lord Inverurif, to Eton School

The Mayor of Auckland hatt received a letter from Meridian Plains, Q iccnxlaiid, signed Jaiu> s Miller, in which an i artbquak« in ih- Nt.rJii Island of Nvw Zealand about the 9th November ia predicted.

The Goveninnnt have received n reqmst from areMd. ut in the north of Auckland tor a grant of laud, aud intimating his intention to grow tf», RUgur, and coff»p, providing he is jw mitted to employ cidie labour. Tdk Government replied that there was plo-ity of laud of the description required, which could be taktn up on the usual conditions, but. th' re w uld b^ ao objection to tbe employment of tht> labour proposed.

During October 94 selectors in the colony took up 15 200 acres of land The m >nth!y average for thf past y<-nr has been 140 .<-eli-et.r,rs, and the area taken up w»r 27,439 aeref .