NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 100, 21 January 1908, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

" (61 TBLEORAPH—riIESS ASSOCIATION.) '.*/< y. » T __ 'PRICE OF TIMBER. - NO INCREASE'AT AUCKLAND. i 1 " Auckland, January 20. i ' With reference to the telegram .V" . lmgton that the price of timber was abn\U i to be increased there, the President of -tin., ~; ... Auokland ■ Sawnullors': ; Association ; (Mrj, j, /~, states that-there; is at present no.m-- .. ;,v../'. (jention among the . millers, fSO far as .he lj :: v ;i; • , qwafe,. to increase 'the. priQo of timber: in .? v Auckland; "I. do not really think,- there.- ir . ■. any. likelihood 'of it,'-' -he tid4s. ;-,-s ; . . kauri at. present is listed at. .20s. per 1011 ft., butt builders are given. a>lo.-per- cent, 'dis- .•: • , couAt 1 ' i '■'•i r - ■. : vrh'. : : .'.{v. : ;'■ LYTTELION HARBOUR BOARD THE ANNUAL MEETING. ? . Chr|stohurehi' January; 20.■■ \' 1 The - statutory: annual imeeting of the Lyt telton. Harbour .Board was hpld'to-<lay..'Mr.. . ■ Laurcnson, ■ M.Pi,..-the.-C|iairman,-«in an interim statement,; said the treauVrcr's'statement .of receipts .and ,expenditure . wiis on the table; j The - Government auditor ; had conuneucod the? audit- oE the Board's'ac- ; counts-that day.y-The accounts showed that , .- i the Board- commenced the /ear with-a pash . balance-of. £47,839 and closed with a, cash balance -of '£47-.fio3r : Tho cash;;;'rcceipti' ' • amounted to i £60,272, "including' £35()0.. tor ■ , the-sale, of>'.the tngsLyttelton,; and. the ; ex- :' penditure .to £00,608' Isij.2d.,- of .which .. £30,860 ' was ; ordinary espenditurei' ■ and' ; £29,747 was for harbour works, and-»a large portion .of the cost -of "the. now.; tug'.boat. l'ho. cash abcount .for thc'ycar' 1907-showed a. .surplus? over- the; previous • year of about ; ' ■ £2478. : Untii tbfr. returns; of. tho outstanding recoipts and- liabilities ;were> completed,.'the actual; earnings of the year, would notr;be " available, but. full'. information .would 'be placed--before the Board a't the adjourned , annual meeting oil. February 12.•..> It was | - agreed •to adjourn 1 tho» annual meeting .* till 1 j 2 p.m. on - February 12. . ■< . ; ' : i . " V.'. ; ' ' VISITORS FROM NEW SOUTH WALES- ■ Auckland, -January 20: : ' ' . . Tho party of-New South -Wales teachers, • who havo been travelling through the North Island during' the- past month, returned to y Auckland from -Rotorua. via the Thames, on Saturday: evening; and-left for Sydney, by* tho Mokoia..-to-night. ...flier •ha.re>jspeiit .■ thoroughly enjoyable holiday; and speak.in. high terms of tho, hospitality which they have received in the; Dominion. ■. - . THE WEATHER. _ i i ' ; ■■■■'.■ .'i -• Auckland,-' January ;20.; •.< - ii Auckluiid is having a hot spell; as.is,in« ..; dicated- by tliq following/reading • supplied - liy tho local observer. ■ Mr.Chccseman, ThursQay,vJamiai ! y , l6," 77.5' degrees; Friday, January; 17, 70 degrees;' Saturday, January; ~ 18,- 7j) .degrees ;. Sunday,., January ~ljs; „.73.0 degrces; Monday,. January 20, 75 degrees. ■ * IMPROVED' RAILWAY EQUIPMENT, j • Dunsdln, January 20.; ' ; The railway'-equipinoht r, for:Dan£din-,l}iia. increased and improved by • tteintroduction. of tho new electro-pneumatic'signalling ; and ■intc/lockingv?ystemi'whicli-\vas'.put;.iijto r . ' use works smoothly. TJlie system as/installed.' at"- Duriedin, '.the' first' railway, cehtrb;'iu. Ne)vj: Zpaland; to ;.bo, .so equipped; ' -7; represents of . lal»\ir ; i and increased , 1 :' power., of the- system ; is- oompressed-'airj ; coii- , : , J '. r trolled- by electricity from .the .Waipori' sup-T\ ply. _ The principal-adyaiita'ge;/of the; are'close coricentration.'of: lorer^ ! in.'the;lock- '* irtg . accuracy of signalling, ; ( and saving ' <jf labour. - J ' ' ' . Auckland, January-20. , i There _ are close "on ,'400" niSii* femployed;al tho "/Newmarket : Railwa.y workshops at| ipresent, and the ac'cumulat-ioh'of wbrk, princip- • - ally :Vopairs,' is:..receiving-. attention -night and • day. There is a great demand for triicks,for ' s ill lines, au'd every endeavour-is-being; made ■ to equip t-ho J . service, with this necessary roll-!. . v.; ing .stock. : One of the twenty 72 tons balance comp'oifnd iocomotiycs which nre-beiiig'itiade by Mossrs. Price Brog., t of .the Thames,,,to the prder of the Government,', is at present ;beirig'■, :* v riiii between Auckland and Waikato ,for general traffic. and Is. said to be giving evei-y . satisfaction. An- • Additional■ - oile will - be placed on the lines £very : month ..until' the ! • brdor. is completed. Tluiti already in use is i spoken very'highly of by railway; men,, and the splendid workmanship reflects credit on' the firiit concerncd.. Hie engines, which ,aro to work, the steep grades on the Main Trulik line, > are now being' specially' manufactured in Addington workshops. . . ! ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIPS. ' ' - ' Dunedin, J<anuary 20. : The Otago Centre of the NJZ.A.A.A. this ivoriing selected tho following.to represent Otigo at 'the New Zealand 'chaimpionsbip fleeting-at Wellington, on February • ID." M'Farlane, G. A. Kdddell. J. Mljachlan, F. v Miice, J. Beatson, J. F. Frew,, and_. L.,/ ? Skiiuier.'; It /was ' also decide'd to send ' » strong "protest- ingiiisf Jtlie /recerit 1 ameqdr inents in rules alfccting amateurs passed by tjb'N-.Z.A.A.'A.. Conncil. ;

> SWISIMING BATHS.' : .' -\ | ' BJenhoim, ;janTiaryj2o., : .< I *At-'a I public meetingto-.iiight, the Mayot presiding, the establishment of. public swimming baths was strbrigly urged, as the outcome of the jury's recommendation in ' th'i recent bathing fatality in the Opawa river. A committee was set up to carry out the . project, including, representatives of the Borough Council. Education' Bonrd, 1 and goncral public.,, Borough' Councillors .' expressed'sympathy with tho movement arid ' gratification at the' enthusiastic hiitufe of , the meeting, but'thought fiinift would- have to bo provided'" by."'public .subscription/'' .'A list was: opeiied in the -roorii .'and aßqut '£25 • Subscribed.' . , . -■ " ■; : " .WAIROA NEWS/ • ' . / / Wairoa; J,iniiary. 20. ; 'Jjast- week at Frasertown' a Native .found a pearl in a-pipi; 'This is-believcd to'.bcth'e Krst.caso of thp kind on recorjJ. , '-,A''meeting at! Frasertown' oil Saturday . formed.: a, strong, .branch, of. . the Farmers' Union, anil struck a levy to fight the sharers in tho; Arbitration .Courts.. A meeting jfifa also lield to "start' freezing: works at Waikokopui.pr .Wairou. ' A-strong committee was formed to .collect- data,- ' It is'reported 'frpjn'Mbhaka' that a. quantity . of ;empty cases',"Barrels, and cases of'fruit, etc., aro floating near tho'siirf, as if cargo had been thrown overboard or a vessel had ■ been wrecked. • . LONG PIGEON FLIGHT. ' , • i . Dun-edln, Jaiiuaryi2o. Tho Dunedin Homing: Club last.week held • the record Dominion fly for one day, viz., from' Napier to Dunedin, a distance 0f.'554 miles. Mr. Finnegan's Apres Aloi completed the' distance in 14hr, 59min. Throa other birds reached their lofts the same day. Thirty- v seven birds, representing twelve 'lofts, took part in tho fly.

PALFREY ESTATE, UPPER HUTT. Messrs. Ilarcoiirt and Co. are advertising 8 sale by auction of the above estate, at their rooms, Lambton Quay, on Friday next, January 21, at 2.30 p.m. The Palfrey Estate "is situated in tho centre of the Upper Ilutt, and ' offers an unusual opportunity to investors and others to acquire level building sections," of which none lias a less frontage than GOft. Many sections have frontages 'to the main •road! The estate is within easy reach of tho city; either by the Main Ilutt County Road, or by the railway to Upper flutt station;-, which adjoins tho estate, where all trains stop. The Upper Hiitt lias grown so much lately that steps are, being taken to form''it into a borough. The I'alfrey Estate is close to the racecourse, golf links, anil ride range,' while shooting and. trout fishing can be obtained. The. Education.■. Department, has acquired three acres in the centre of the.estate,' and is about to erect the new Uppev Ilutt. schools. Exceptional terms are offered,, viz., II) per cent, at time of.:sale, 5 per cent, within, three, months, balance at three months' notice, bearing, interest at per cent. Mr. C. Benzie, of. the Trentham Hotel.' will drive. intending purchasers over the estate,