SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 293, 10 December 1910, Page 10

SOUTHERN NEWS.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) THE WARSHIPS. CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. The warships Powerful, Encounter and Cambrian c eared the Heads at 4.30 p.m., and will carry out three days' firing in . the Hauraki Gulf on their way to AucU- i land. " i SUDDEN DEATH. CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. An elderly man named John Graham, aged about 00 years., dropped dead while working in the hold of the collier Petone at Lyttelton. The deceased, who had' been a waterside worker at Lyttelton for many years, was well known in the port. He appeared to be in his usual health this morning. He was a married man, residing at Sydenham, and, it is stated, had been receiving treatment for heart j disease. ,| FROZEN MEAT CONFERENCE. WELLINGTON, Friday. The committee appointed by the conference of those interested in the frozen meat industry, which was held at Christ-' church some months ago, met in Wellington to-day to consider various matters affecting the trade. The proceedings were of a private nature, no intimation being made to the Press of the subjects considered. FIRE IN BALCLUTHA. DUNEDIN, this day. Bell BrO£.' Bicycle shop at Balclutha was completely destroyed 'by fire. The insurances on the stock and fittings ■were £300, in the Alliance. TRAMWAYS CONFERENCE. WELLINGTON, Friday." After sitting for a day and a-half in the Town Hall, the conference of representatives of municipal corporations owning tramways and the Auckland Tramways Company concluded its deliberations. The Mayor (Mr. T. M. Wilford), in replj' to a question as to the effect of the proceedings, declared that there would be no public announcement whatever on the subject. It is said, however, that the conference decided that the conditions in the different tramway systems in the cities were such as to preclude any likelihood of a Dominion award ! being established.