NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(nY. TEIjEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

-— '. AUSTRALIAN' GRAPES

'•/. DUNEDIN PRICES. '/ punedjrii 'February 20. . Three hundred cases of Adelaide. Riapo* shipped per Moeraki arrived at. Duneum. m excellent. condition. yesterday' morning.; .. In the "morning some auctioneers sotd thc'grapcs afc.from 3ju. to .id. per pound, : leaving the shippers an - actual '.-loss of '. Id.,' per pound. Grapes:' were for .' sale {at' somp .-. shops ; last night at 6d. per pound.' /The prices, realised early were, from .sd. to. Gd v per; pound,'], with fine choice cases at : 7d.' .Shippers'promise to supply the Dunedin market at'&d. per pound wholesale,- provided tlio* Id per duty is removed, but not Jb£horwisb._. ilr. T. James, who came ■ iii. the Moeraki, will''.tour tlio' Dominion to supervise the shipments of his firm, and will probably -appoint ;. as agents: one. firm. in. each centre.: '.A/hitch occurred...owing, to thi~. Goveniment/cortificates not being to hand, and' onlv 50 ; cases wcro allowed to' go into store till the afternoon. / ' Believing tlio > certificates, to have been .'posted, those coiicerned telegraphed to' Wellington -to he 'allowed to land the grape's.' After a . long delay it' transpired., that,the necessary documents had been all along' in the possession of oiio of" the ship's officers.

DEATH OF •: A MISSIONARy'S '.WIFE;

> Dunedin/February 26. 1 The death of. Mrs. - Peter Milno, wife of the well-known Presbyterian < missionary., to ■ the New\ Hebrides, occurred; here to-day. Mrs. Milne, shared her"'husband's', labours for many years in the Islands.' A short time since sho cam'o to Duneclift to make' a> liomofor , her family: On Monday she-sustained aji attack of Island fever, but as this was no'now. oxperiencc no alarm was felt: . .Yesterday she .became: unconscious, and - died this'afternopn! : . - v- ; DESERTED WIFE'S CLALM. Duncdln, February 26.1 v i Somp. months ago a plasterer fell fronWs building in Dunedin, and-was 'killed.-.'The .Arbitration Court' awarded: £3SO 'as'comppri..; sation,-and:directed that:t^o.: ; nipney ; was ,to , ; beodevoted by the Publiq .Trustee "to , tho, • deceased's, illegitimate child,/ agccl;six, and,its mother.,, claim ' bebn-.lodged on behalf of tjie dcceascd's wifo, whbnj,{,he' .deserted in .Victpria'- somp-years /. ago, j,and a crippled child., J./In-view -or, the', r circumstances or the case,.|tlie Public Trustee nitends/.to bring tho application - before the Arbitration Court for a.decision.; - c.-P^LLDiGHOUSB 1 BURNED.' :. . AucklanclSl' , obruary 26. \ A six-foofeed house in: 'Jermyii- 1 owned 'by. JV' Reid, arid occupied' by a carter named Ililliam, was • practically gutted -' last 'night: The' occupants were,'riot at/home; at tlio timo. th6"fTro was discovcrod." and nothing was' .saved. The house. arid®'furniture: were. - insured, the latter for . £100 -in tho New: Zealand Company.' V /'.///

TROUBLES' >bann3virke,iiFebruary 26.' . The Mayor-(Mr.illlcis) addressed, a crowded ' meeting last night>mi the rograding'of High. Street, and the' deadlock. .MoSions were' car- i. , t ried as : follow;—(l)nEnddrsiii^'the' l Sla,vor|s ' action,- and thankingMiira stand • . in tho interests of tho, borough. '< (2): That .■ regrading bo abandoned, and Councillors . asked to .resign. . (B)^.That .(ha-'/'work ;of the ,-r borough bo "proceeded. iWith.r) iThe "meeting v was ■ thoroughly,! in ' favour of: tho. speaker. •. NEW THEATRE AT Ci.'RISTCHURCH., Christchuroh; February 25. The Mayor of'' 'GhristeMtali' ? formally, opened tho Christchurcli ..Theatre in the presence of'an immensij-itteiidance or tho public, '.every seat' being''occupied,' re- . ■ served seats having ! been l6t'| I 'dfiVs'*- before' hand. ' Tho chief of AustralSs^" ll eutr<ipreneurs (Mr.! J. C.,..Williamson)' -bad:;;th'o. - pleasure, of opening tlie new ;.hu'Ming'with • theVßlue' Moon, .Company.' (• The Rational. Anthem ; was sung by : the company, \whfl were greeted with prolonged cheers.' 'The-Mayor' then, advanced to the stago,' andhbriefly declared ' tlie theatre,; opened.J .'iHe.jconßCatu-.-.,,: lat'ed the'proprietary, on their r.enterprise>Jn. •building so magnificent a theatre.!' Mr. .Williamson's representatives, Messrs. 1 , [R. Stewart and 11. J. Bracey _are unanimous in saying that : 110 theatre ; in' Australia ;cau ' givothe new ono points. •

ROTORUA CARNIVAL '' " Rotorua, 'Februarv.2s. : The attendance ; at the carnival grounds continues satisfactory.' "At'"£he" display last night,'the were a.'grand' ; spcfcta'cle.' There whs a processiop' of boats 'on .tlie' lake, all brilliantly- lit: v Excellent :entries( ; havß been received for the; Oddfellows'? spbrts to- v morrow alternoon and for' l - the .reiStta on Saturday 'next. Entries haveVbeefi'lrßceiycd from "SVestiEndJ Auckland, inata, North"Shore;' and.- ; Light rain "fell .to-day, but it jis up;"-'-./ • - - ir-->r.-''-"' •, . : '.- Rotorua,. Februaryi'26..; •There whs a good- attendance ;at:thgJcariii.val grounds to-day," when : :the- Oddfellows' , sports' were /.hold;.;. Fortypounds; dis •' jtribiitcd yin prize-motteyi and great l interest 'was-taken in the baby show; the prizis'being silver, 'cups.. ,'A ; -" Maori"' child namedtlb jraira won' thejcup,,and a European .child iiNankervis) also won a cup. Finc • and visitors, continue to'flow- into tbs-iiowii.' POISONED;THROUGH EATING,*,SHELL. ... X FISH. <.<*.<'' . •; • Auckland, .; A few davs.ago two voung ladies (ono'bemg .. , a ' resident of' Paero'a) who"' -were eailiOTlgVat Tapu, 'were :.taK«h^aolontly..ill r --,toft-alaaiwngj symptoms' setting in,-'medical, aid- was^summoned; from' Thames. - Tho resident surgein; • on ( arriving about' two/o'clock; olfvlWday morning, Xfoujid the cause of ;• oning, ' through' eating'-'sb'cjl 1 . lodged.'oii the - Sop of ' some ; rocks >jiud< had 4 ' been exposed to .the • suhV..' -As., the.Result of his'efforts-both \voung : ladies are nqw lipwer,,,! tlibugh. .for a little ' time";. their:orondibioir;, caused a good deal of auxlct-y. ' '.V •. * '.•' -''.'v.-.-' f ,j PRICE OF- MILK.:- '/' ' • ' - .'Auckland,. ~, ■At a meeting of members of tho]Aiii;]uanq , Milk Vendors' Association- this v iveijuig,,;. it was decided that no rise-.in the TCtaibjpr}co of-milk take place at present, .aheyollmymg resolution . qucncc-of the scarceness of milk-it iwSnggested -that-tcmporan licenses be rented to fanners for two months to suppl^li^nc.ed; milk '.vendors' \ot registered miilk. suppliers:NEWS IN 15RILF ', r ■ ■ -v i;. ■'• Timaru, Februarv."2s. - \ "Tho Timaru Borough Council.rcceiVcd-mn« - tenders'for' the erection pf-!a'.libr'ary ; for-Hyhich Mr " Carnegie bus granted' £3000.', Tile > tender wa5.£294.0,". and the proposes to'-accept this; v ~, J . Duncdin, I'oui-uary' 25. i- For Exposing, liquor for/ sale Pearson," a' AVaip'ori. hotelkcepcr, i ps fined. . forty shillings and costs'; at'-tho .-Magistrates'^;■ Coiirt;'to-day.' Two . Waipon ynjsidontsnand residents were each fined/five shillings for'being on licensed prcmmcA- . , ■ Advice deceived from Hobart. to-dSy'.states that tho >D'ominioii athletic team .was; Wet .on irrival by several ot the lasmama. A.A.C. aiid the Premier. The New /ealandeps;.a|-o quartorcd at Prftssland House most comfortable.- The track-js not of the, best, being hard land, in places uneven.."'. ••- r - Duncdin, l'ebniarv r2C." Messrs.- Noves Kros. have issued .ar-wnt for £ p 023 against tho City Corporation urising out of'tlio AVaipori operations. Tho ease is sot down for next.siti-mg.s of the Supremo Com I • .Gisbornc, February 20. The ;.-Magistrate;''' 'dismissed -iiiforma'tions\ against two . local persons ' for not . reporting ailcged."accidents, on the that Sootibn. 30 of 'the'". Factories Act. was inoperative, no • uicdica:! authority having b'ce)i:*appaiiit<xl for ' this-district. -.v. . - .* . .. ; ;' Talhape, February 2(5.. '-At'tlib'.S.M... Court . this nioriung 'a ;l(\caj.: -. carrier-pleaded guilty to eoiiveviiiß liquor to . a Maori ptf at while artuigi--'was in progress: • Htt was fined -10s. aud' costs ' "r : -v-..' ■ . :'