NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 220, 10 June 1908, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(nr TELEGi:.\ru—rp.Esa -—-— ? PRICE OF MEAT. THE POSITION IN AUCKLAND. ' . .. , , Auckland, June 9, A Dimcdm telegram states that there i! a probability of an inerease in . the price ol meat 111 that .city after a couple of mouths* Inquiries made irom butchers gc to show that there is. at. present no sign ot an increase in this city. On the othei hand, they are inclined to predict a decicasc. ihere has been so much grass aftei the drought that fat stock is now plentiful! Durmg the drought stock in the districti which supply Auckland with meat could no* ratten, -and some fat stock had to be im«' ported. The result is that now there is i good supply of fats in the district available for consumption. On the whole it is not, ii tho of local butchers, correct to sai that there is a shortage of tat stock in thl North Island.

DAIRY REGULATIONS. A CHRISTCHURCH CASE. Ghristoiiuroh, June 9. To-day a very interesting case to dairj* men was heard at the Magistrate's Court, ho fore Mr. H. W. Bishop, S.M., when Dr, Levinge was charged with haying used 3 dairy, the floor of which was not constructed to the satisfaction of the dairj' l inspector, and a stockyard, the condition of which did not satisfy him. For the defence a quantity of evidence was given' to the effect that the dairy was kept in first-class condition, and that the prosecution was the outcome oj a grudge by the inspector against defendant. A conviction was recorded, • and defendant was lined £6 on the first charge, so as to giv* him an . opportunity of appealing, and 20s on the second. ■

WEST COAST HOTEL BURNED. „ , , „ Westport, Juno 8. .Corby's Hotel, at St. Helens, near Se<3 donville (Wolters, licensee), and an adjoin in?- cottage were burned down at 3 o'clocl •' < this morning. . . . 1 , A female servant was badly bunted..:/ , ' OTIRA SAFE ROBBERY. . Westport, June 9. I'rancis Healy, alias Heenan, alias Waist ' arrested for alleged complicity in the Otir) safe robbery, was remanded to Greymoutlii THE CLEMPSOX CASE. Invercarglll, Juno 9. A petition is in circulation requesting tin Minister for Justice to remit the sentence o'. ' three months' imprisonment passed by Mr. Justice Denniston on Clempson, a respectablo married man, who altered a school certifi- ' cate, making it appear that he .passed tho ,' J fifth standard, when he held, only a fourth 7 pass, in order to get employment on tho ( railway. ' , ' AUCKLAND TOWN HALL! ' J, Auckland, June 9. ' The Town Hall Committee of the City Council again met this afternoon to consider the tenders for the new Town Hall. ' After further discussion ; the committee decided that in their opinion the tender of Messrs. Ferguson and Malcolm was tho lowest for the whole work. Reports were received from the city engineer and the architect, and resolved to consider the whole matter at a mcetinn; of the committee of the whole to be held on Thursday noxt. FINE OF £40 AND COSTS. . , Invercargill, June 9. x ) Richard Whittingham, a brewer, charge! . '} with receiving an order for a keg of bee; in a No-license district, was fined £40 an/ . costs. The Magistrate stated that, ho' in ■' tended dealing severely with such cases.

A; CONTRADICTION. :'v Auckland, June 9. - Mr. J. T. Arundal, at«presont in Auckland,says there is .no truth whatever in the report of a serious outbreak ,of beriberi :at Ocean Island, as cabled from Sydney on May 29, though there has been a good deal of ; mortality among Chinese coolies oh Pleasant Island, 160 miles from Ocean Island, which is leased by the Pacific Phosphate Company from the German Government. There liavo been several deaths; but nothing like three or four daily, and several of these have been' due to causes other .than beriberi... ' MINING IN WESTLAND/ i : Creymouth, Juno 9. . During the Premier's, visit to the coast tha Toaroha water-power scheme for tho develop- . meut of the vast undeveloped field of mining in Westland was brought under his notice. In anticipation of a visit from ; the engineering commission, which Sir Joseph Ward promised to send to report on the water power scheme, the Westland Goldfields Syndicate are undertaking a preliminary survey for tho \ purpose of definitely settling the height of the pffectivo head as well as the length of-, tunnel and penstock required. The Westland County Council are about to proceed with the survey of a practicable wagon t road for heavy transport to tho foot of? tha Toaroha canyon. , ' ;

BIBLE IN SCHOOLS. . , Auckland, June 8. At a moefcing of.tho Auckland Presbyterj to-night, a resolution was carried approving generally of the Nelson system , of • Biblri lessons in. ordinary, but not in legal school hours, as being, in the judgment of the Presbytery, the best available system in the existing state of the.law! CULVERDEN ESTATE. Blenheim, Juno ,0. Twenty-three ' applications! for sections in Culverden estate were examined by tha Marlborough Land Board to-day. PHEASANTS. Auckland, June 9. • The Auckland Acclimatisation Society has decided to commence the breeding of pheasants on tbo secretary's property at Tapapa,