NEWS IN BRIEF.

Waikato Independent, Volume V, Issue 319, 3 January 1907, Page 5

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The following is Captain Eawm’s forecast for 21 hours from y a.m. to-day:— Westerly moderate to*, strong winds. Glass little movement; rain probable. Baroness Burdett-Coutts is dead, France’s Dreadnoughts have been finally fixed at four. . John Harper, 55, 'died suddenly at Kirikiriroa. An old man named T. Vowles, was burned to death in a house at Waihi. Reported that peace has been signed in German South-west Africa. Some minor damage was done by a fire at the Empire Hotel at Auckland. Last month’s beer duty for Auckland totalled £2762, ah increase of over £4OO. The Chinese murderer Look How has been executed at Townsville, Queensland. British railwaymen are likely to make a general demand for an eight-hour day and an increase in wages. Several burglaries from the private houses of well-known residents are reported in Auckland. Henry Rowse, manager of Bennion’s Lady Mary Block mine at Croydon (Q.), fell down the shaft and was killed. W. Weston, Dannevirke, beat the world’s record in chopping 15in. log, underhand, in linin. lOsec. The export of gold for the past month was 34,8770 z., valued at £141,761, an increase of £50,000. The attendance at Christchurch Exhibition to th e en( j 0 { year was approximately 700,000: Seventy German ships’ officers have been dismissed for refusing to withdraw from their association. A collision on the Baltimore-Ohio railway caused a heavy loss of life, estimated from 15 to 40. Californian press threaten revolution if the President’s action is endorsed by Federal Government. At Mahanga, N.S.W., a man named Hopkins has been killed by lightning, and a companion seriously injured. The Victorian Premier proposes to instal a Pentridge (Vic.) for the manufacture of wire netting. Obituary—John Kirkwood, aged 68, for many years a wine and spirit merchant at Auckland. He was largely interested in horse racing. A serious fire was got. under on the Irish Monarch, from New York, when nearing Sydney Heads. Portions of the deck became red hot. • The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s steamer Rangatira is safe at Friedrich - Wilhelmshaven, in German New Guinea, with a shaft. The body of the boy Benjamin Spence, drowned in the Waikato at Hamilton on Boxing Day, was recovered near the scene of the accident On Monday. Cabinet meetings, lasting over a week, begin at Wellington on Saturday next. Matters of importance have to be dealt with. L. Gniness, an elderly man was knocked down by a train at Invercargill, and died while being .conveyed to the hospital. The provisions of the Gaming Act prohibiting wagering between bookmakers and women are responsible for §ome comical scenes at Fleraington. At Remuera, burglars entered the houses of Messrs W. Frater and S. Valle, and at Ponsonby £BO worth of jewellery was stolen from Mr J, R. Self's residence. General Booth has opened an afitisuicide bureau, and has appointed officers to'give sympathetic and sensible advice to despairing persons, thereby hoping to stem the rapidly increasing number of suicides. The statement for the week ending December 28, in connection with the University Poultry Club’s egg-laying competition at Lincoln College, shows that 1584 eggs were laid during the week, making a total to date of 39,656.