SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 62, 13 March 1915, Page 6

SOUTHERN NEWS.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) .- I A FIREMAN'S DOTY. I - | CHRISTOHTJRCH. this day. . '". In the Lyttelton Court a fireman on tlie Ennerdale was charged with having !disobeyed orders to trim coal., He said.i ■his refusal Was'based the union's agreement 7 from doing such work. The bench skid | defendant should first have carried'out orders and-then complained to the unioa.s' He w-as ordered to pay costs, but no " [conviction was retarded. 77 CHEMISTS' HOURS. I (By Telegraph.— Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. this day. '" jln the Christchurch Court two chemists were convicted on a charge of" having supplied goods after closing ; hours. Counsel said as the law stood v | the Christchurch public were unable to - 'obtain medicine of any sort after 8 pjn, no matter how urgently Teqnired. The Inspector of Factories stated that.' ■■ a majority of the chemists were against any change in the regulations. FIRE NEAR FEILDING. . — FEILDING, this day.. ■.- The resid-ence of Mr. J. Campbell, man- " ager for the Manson Estate at Stanway, was destroyed by fire last night. Ptae- 7 tically everything was -reduced to ashfi. . The insurances do not nearly cover the loss, which is nearly £1,000.7 MOUNT COOK. WELLINGTON, this day. One result of the recent Ministerial visit to Mount Cook '» that proposals will be put before the Minister of Railways to enable train services to ;F*irh>; . to fit in better with the needs of travel-, lers. The advisability of increasing ae-:; commodation at the Hermitage is being considered, also improving the road from Fairlie. The Hon. Rhodes (Mm- :. ister of the IVmrist Department) j think* it may 'be advisable to indulge in skiing and tobogganing. The new bridge over. - the River Hooker has been begun, to replace that destroyed by floods. Exjieri--■- ■:■:'_/-;■ ments are to be mad e wtth asphalt"ritt ;.'•■_■ order to ascertain if tennis courts eat, be constructed. A garden frill be' aid , out for New Zealand alpine plaits,' and another for imported alpine flora. ,