NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 641, 19 October 1909, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

; ;.,IBj .i'clteraoh.-l'r«»4 ijjoplatluD.l ■ , : :;■;;' DWELLING; BURNT.; :';;''■ ; : : ' >";';; ■''■'.- :, '. ; ;'.' /^Christchurch,:October 10/.: ; At B.a> this. morning, a six-room'cd : dwelling at' Papanui,' • owned' by Mrs. Kate .'■' Hannibal, v/as destroyed by fire;; The house was/insured, in the Now Zealand-Insurance Company, for .£2OO, and /furniture for £50. ' A defective chimney. ;is-believed ,to; have been 'the'cause of the outbreaki'.; : : K '/■;■■>..• ,'■.' .-'.' ,■■. •;-.;'.• '', ; . : /'■ ;;LAND; FOR SETTLEMENT. ,' : ' .'.';■''•'•.■' '■" .:■"• .Christchurch, .October.' 18." '' The Commissioner: of. Crowd lands anticipates that -the. Tyvil Estate, between' Baukside aud Bakala,' will be'available for, ballot- early in December,;"The , :survey of the estate has been completed,'and pjaus are now being,madt. ;'::;.: NELSON LAND VALUES. .■.'■.•■•■•' ■, ; •'■ W'^' : ii. '''' ' Nelson >''October.'iß'' : ' As indicating the movoment in land : values locally,: the sub-division .of Green's Estate, known as the Sands, an cxteneipn of Taruha suburb, which was advertised last Wednesday in 132 lc-ts,:was disposed of, with the exception of 19 lots, ; by noon-torday, the prices ranrinK from je-}SO to JJ4O. ' ■■■ ■ ■ , - ■ ; . ■!' '.. : :.■:.■<.- V:-: i"" ■;'' ■ : ■:.■'■•.-■ 5: S.S:,WA|TEMAtA-ANp;.HER CREW;: ' ; t ' iiv ■« v - t'' i 9 hl^ tc, " ,ri!,, ' October 18; ■.''■ . In the Magistrate's Court this morning the case of Maxwell t ■■?.: the Union Steam Shin Company,,a,claim for JC2S ,wasee and for alleged wrongful: dismissal from the Waitemata at Newcastle, was again adjourned sine die , so that application might be made to the Sunreme Court to have heard by that tribunal, Ihe papers h»yei been sent to Wellington, tat the formal order has: not been received. ■ '..'',;.;;■; ' EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.' ■'''■: : m '" i.'-vl'-,'- .'•■'•'; • -Hasllngs,".October : '"iß. : ' Shocks-of- earthquake wore, felt at 11.26 on Sunday'.night. ... . ■;.'. >' ' , : : UNIVERSAL;TRAININGi. • j. . ■ '-■'■' ' - ; ' ' : Christchurch,' Ootober 18 The Christohnrch City Council nnarimonily iiml ; n ? fo »o w !?e resolution',.this.evening -.- Thai .(Jus council >pf-opinion -that the time, has arrived-.wh«n universal mijitary training VjioujJ be adopted in the Dominion.'' Copiesol the. losolntion are to be sent to the Prime Minister, 'and to all municipal councils in the Dpminion. . '~'... ■'•.., ■:, ' ~-■-.