SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 197, 18 August 1908, Page 2

SOUTHERN NEWS.

(By Telegraph. —Press Association.) KAIKARAI 13 AXD. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) DUNEDIN. this day. In consequence of the City Council's refusal to permit the Kaikorai Band to give Sunday night concerts in aid of I their visit to thp Ballarat bands competi- j tion, two offers have bei'ii received by the ' band—one from the No-license party to give a series of Saturday night entertainments, and another from the Rev. Thomson to conduct divine service on Sunday nights. Both parties undertook that no reference would be made to licensing matters. The latter's offer was accepted. It is understood that Mr. Thompson guaranteed £120 towards the_ band's expenses, which assures their making the trip to Ballarat. NOMINATED IMMIGRANTS. WELLINGTON, this day. The steamer Oswestry Grange, due to arrive from Liverpool about the bp-1 ginning of next month, is bringing 57 nominated passengers, including eight domestic servants, seven tanners, and several farm labourers. A mother and | her two daughters, who are domestics, have declared that they possess capital i of £1100. and they are booked for Auck-j land. . I KILLED BY FALL OF EARTH. CHRISTCHURCH, this day. By a faTl of earth to-day a man named George Castles, working at the excavations for the new city reservoir on the Cashmere Hills, was buried, a bank of earth falling on him. He was dug out within ten minutes, but life was extinct. MISCELLANEOUS. DUNEDIN, this day. The Acclimatisation Society ordered one hundred little owls, and has been advised by the High Commissioner that sixty-five were shipped by the Aotea, due jst- Port Chalmers on Siturdav. The balance will follow in a week or two. Frank George Melhop, who was arrested at Waihi. pleaded guilty to four charges of indecently assaulting pupils at the Mornington School, and was sentenced to two tears' hard labour. In the Police. Court to-day John Purcell was sent to gaol for twelve months as a rogue and vagabond. After a long spell of dry weather, steady rain set in this morning.