NEWS OF THE DAY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5573, 19 September 1889, Page 3

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Tri[)i)H has abolished slavery. There are four newspapers in Iceland. There are a million widows in England. Two tlax mills arc in active work at Tiniroto and Whakakai. India produces 1,400,000 tons of coal yearly. The light from the Eiffel Tower has a range of 127 miles. An Early Closing Association has been formed at Dunedin with 190 members. The Doncaster Stakes resulted : Davenport 1, Lord Lome 2, Workington 3. Eight highway robbers were executed at Pekin on April 20. There are 22 Protestant places of worship at Rome. The world's output of tobacco is increasing more rapidly than either wheat or maize. The petroleum pipe line in the Caucasus surmounts a height of 5,000 ft above tho sea. There are 31,877 officers to 150,000 population at the headquarters of Mormonisin. French, Aiistrians, and Italians in London frequently purchase snails for food at Co vent Garden market. From coal tar 150 colors are obtainable, and they are supplanting vegetable and animal dyes. The aged Empress of Germany and the Sultan of Turkey were the only two royal personages who contributed to the relief of the Johnstown suil'erers. The theatre in Chrisfcchureli is being greatly enlarged and improved. Dunedin theatre, ditto. A Rill is now before the House of Commons limiting the height of buildings to t>Oft, instead of 55ft, which has been the maximum allowed hitherto. There are indications that each of the prisoners' arrested in connection with the Cronin assassination is willing to confess — that the others did it. A Nelson young lady named Miss Doyle, whilst visiting some friends at Colliugwood a day or two ago, prior to her marriage, fell down dead. The Colonial Bank has declared a dividend ftf 7 per cent., added LIO,OOO to tlie reserve fund, and carried L 4,000, 000 forward. Belgium, of all the nations, has tlie greatest density of population, the largest diversity of occupation, the most uniform distribution of wealth, and the minimum of pauperism. Mr Hay, Government Engineer, has been engaged lately at Wairoa in examining the river and reporting on the capabilities of the port. He has inspected Waikare Moana Lake with a view to the practicability of letting water out to flush the river when required. No one can do nothing, and no one can do everything.