SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 59, 8 March 1912, Page 7

SOUTHERN NEWS.

CBj Talagfaah. —Pms* associrrina ) PAIJ£ERSTO?J RAILWAY STATIONPALMERSTON, this day. The Minister for Railways announced to a deputation yesterday that plans w«ce in preparation for extensive alterations to *;h» Pahnerston railway station. The conavftion of traffic bad been serious ' during ta<* last few yean, and repre- ] sentatkun* were made by the Chamber j of Comr-->eroe- Mr. Millar says the alter- ' -stioos i«dode an "island** platform in the-ceRT* of the railway yards, to be eoiii'i!c:«i with the present platform by orerhi*d bridge*. Aiao. that addrtionsJ buildings will be erected at the western end of the present station. BAD FOR FARMERS. TLMARL', Thursday. To-day was the wettest of the season, two inches of rain having fallen in the last 24 hours. This wiii prove disastrous to farmers having grain in stook or badly stacked on the ground. There is s good deal of grain in stook, and a considerable quantity yet uncut. CHRISTCm-ROtt HOSPITAL BLOCK. CHRISTCBURCTH, Thursday. The Hospital Board proposes to spend £304)00 on an administrative block of buildings. Sketch plans vrere approved some time ago. Dr. Valintine, in a recent conference with the committee of the. Board, however, objected to the building as too big for present needs, and suggested that some thousands of pounds might be saved. The Board, at a special meeting to-day, diacusaed the matter. One member (Mr. Turabuil) expressed pleasure that the Government had stepped in to prevent "scandalous extravagance," but he was the only member to take this attitude. The Board decided to ask Dr. Valintine to meet rt in Ohnstcharch next week to further -confer on the question. MiaCBLJ^AJfEOCJS. HASTINGS, Thursday. A property known as Becroft's Block has been subdivided into 23 business sites, with frontages to Queen-street and Karamu-road. These were offered by auction this afternoon. Twelre sold. at £•» per foot, two at £SO, and one at £52 15/- per foot. PETLDIXC, Thursday. Mr. J. R. MacLannaa'a Ara.oa.ta estate, at Waitona West, which was cut into eleven sections of 130 to 540 acres each, was .sold in Feuding yesterday afternoon. Nine sections sold for a total of £48,634, at an average of a" Li an acre. I