BIRKENHEAD AND NORTHCOTE ITEMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 252, 22 October 1907, Page 3

BIRKENHEAD AND NORTHCOTE ITEMS.

■Mr W. Charxnan presided"at'ttie , monthly meeting of the Birkenheail and Northeote Fruitgrowers' Association, , held, last eyen r Ing,"' f£ the Methbdlst schoolroom at- Blrkenhead,'and tliere was , a large , attendance of members. A y petition' praying that a conditional license, should 'be/granted to. the ferry steamer'Takapuna fQr passengers and cargo daring the fruit season, was .read an.l approved." The .petition will be forwarded to the • next meeting of the Auckland' Harbour.; Board: A resolution expressing surprise.. at aNew Wales Association congratulating the New Zealand Government on allowing: ;grapes; to be. importert Into the Dominion was passed, it being u:iderstooil that the Importation of grapes would be ■ allowed : from South Anstralin on!r. • • - ' •. An Interesting address , .on fruit culture was crreiiibyvMr W. A. Boucher, Government. Pomologlst, and he secured at the close a hearty , vote of thanks. -• • Mrs W.: <J. -Treacher, .of-Blrkdale, has' left for Sydney, where her husband is lying dangerously ill , in one of the lospitals.