SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 18, 21 January 1905, Page 5

SOUTHERN NEWS.

TelegrapH.-^ ll Correspondent) EGOLAI-I^OMPETTTIOX. CHBJSTCHTRCH. this day. •1 nubUc meeting last night decided to AP New Zealand Utility Poultry S and -greed to hold a laying cornSon at Lincoln College. The foll,minorities had consented to super--6 a the competition under the followThe Hub to defray the f erectin" additional pens and shelrfhonsrsat the College, the pen., erectJto become the properly of the Colw e irlif-n the com pot it ions cease: the hib to organise the competitions, fix L 5 and rolled them, arrange entries. nd ' provide prizes: Collepc to provide all foodstuffs for the birds, and adequate management for Ihe proper conduct of thpeompfitition: that e.rgs -atberod from the competing pen* become the property nf the College, to be disposed of regnar iy at tnarkpt rates : rhe result- lo be ■arefullv tabulated and made public in detaJl every month: entries in the first. nsta ncc to be limited to forty; the net profits from the sale of eggs after aliowm jr far cost of food .it market rates, a nd £'2'< a year lor mun.-ijremenl. lo V>e Hividod equally between the College and rhlb. %S EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT. (By Telegraph. —Prc*;s .Vs.otx-intjon.l TAIHAPK. Friday. A man named Patrick Leahy, working at Tauraasrarere. was carying a bag of jruTinnwder. which exploded, severely lacerating both arms and hands ami his 'see. He wa.s taken to Taihape for medical treatment. A TARANAKI CARNTYAI.,. STRATFORD, this day.

A pnhhc meeting last evening rirml1t decided *o hold a. carnival at Stratford in March next in race we<-k. The carnival will include athletic and aquatic sjvrrt.s. a mdliui-ry tournament. Ui-tid contest and flower show. The townspeople have guaranf-ewl t'.lOii towards oosU.