SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 4, 5 January 1910, Page 4

SOUTHERN NEWS.

; (Br I DREDGER'S LOXG JOUBMJV I WESTPOBT, ttta aaj. I The Westport- Harbour Board's mI "thousand-ton dredgir£' **Eneei 'Waii,'p .vifled frtmr. Scotland, on Monday fox s<« 9 Zealand. - : *>y 3 POSTAT/WrTrrog T7r» saif '■ 1 WELLINGTON, tMsaay I : .The Post Office is not satisfies* *ttl motor-cars, which have been ia aatfcl some time, as breakdowns are tew U>m quent. The secretary has- aBCtSaSSHH . that further experimenting ]n:>«tka>l tinued, and the cars disposed ot „. ■ NAPIER WOOL SALE." 1 JkAPTER, Wa;if I The. '.catalogues for -to-morrow's" *•■ sale exceed Bales," establishiigtl record offering for this district Mafl experienced considerable difficulty iapavl ing all arrivals, owing to the lae*;3s|j|B' accommodation. To suit the-conv«na»B of buyers, the sale was postponed aaK . LARGE ESTATES. o 1 WELLINGTON, ta& fa- I During December the estates at-WB deceased persons were certified for itHfl -duty, the largest-being that otjaWMß Bcok, Xapier. £24.500. The cbirf *■*■ land '"■ : estates- arer - Duncan »:CH£I|P.S £13,655, John Hall £11,876, Joseph I**! £5219,. Emma Matthews £4763, J*aJa»M Lean f4549, Luke Ballard £4250.A***! F. Mason £2909, Marianne Gnii**a*B £2862; Charles PL Hffl £2194, F.' tStU £1635, Win.iam Syinons £151 ft ~ Jaa«iJa*B Intosh £.1509, Alfred Andrew*. IMftß John' Pidgeon £756;■' Eleanor Fitapatrijß £741, Louisa M. WrfghtTf 689. Lesa**B Breqmen £616, John Hancock £545. -' I BICYCLE THEFTS LN CHRISTCHB**I CHRISTCHURCH; thii J* I The "flatness Of OhristehuTcfr; aad»gj ' of' Canterbury suits cyclists "«ertapi« and about 30,000 of these daily in use. The show that during; 1909 upwar*..•j bicycles .were reported - to . haW>c£||r|a "stolen" in Christchurch alone. Tw..*M chines ranged in value from-,£5 and, faking an average value °f this..means that' £4000 wortirof j&jfM were .misappropriated The s pTopwJPH of "convictions for theft to "the nB of bicycles reported stolen has beea'v«OTß small, owing to the fact- that who steal bicycles-in Christchurch rareWH retain them in their possession for mPflB than a very brief period, leave them somewhere in:-ih*"SW*Jffl or in a paddock rather.than run the ri>t| of criminal prosecution.': Tons;' awie W.K half the, stolen bicycles, have, be*« ■*' * turned to the owners, sometimes- w ' -w a few days "o|--tte;taeft, and not for a considerable time.. ; M