NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1182, 18 July 1911, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

IBj Teleßraph.-Proaa AssociationJ fr— • , ALLEGED THEFT. CHAEGE AGAINST A TALLY CLERK. Auckland, July 17. At the Police Court to-day John Alexander M'lntyre, who was occasionally eraEloyed as a tally clerk, was charged with aving stolen from the. Auckland Wharf a case of cigarettes, valued at ,£36, tho property of Winstone and Co. This case has similar features to that iu which 1 Hadden is concerned. Accused was remanded on bail of two sureties of .£75 each, and was ordered to report himself to the police daily. LOCALLY-RAISED LOBSTERS. Dunedin, July 17.' During the last few; months extensive alterations have been.'carried out at the Portobello marine fish hatchery, with the. object- of coping with tho hatching of lobsters' when tho season comes along in Novomber next, and also to place the station in such a state of preparedness that tho importation of desirable species of home fish may, at any time, ho undertaken. The necessary funds for this work were provided ■by tho Government last year, and have been very economically expended. ' .waa'hi'-native gathering. Auckland, July 17. The. Native meeting wns continued at Waahi to-day. Tho wholn day was occupied in receiving the signatures of delegates of various Hapus to resolutions passed- on Sunday,- each of the series requiring signature. If possible, the preliminaries couuected with tho sale of various Inrge-tracts of'land will be commenced to,-monw. -.As the blocks in question aggregate r. some SOO.OOO acres, several days will bo- occupied in obtaining rhe sisnatures of various' owners for their , disposal. The meeting is expected to lasfc'-TCell.into-next week. CHRISTCHURCH CAR RETURNS. Christchurch, July 17. During the last four-weekly period the passengers carried on the ChristchuTch tramways totalled 1,055,090, as against 9.i3,000 for tn,o corresponding period last year. The net receipts for the period amounted to JCSO7S: . BANKRUPTCY RETURNS. Dunedin, July 17.' Tho follqwing are the- bankruptcy returns for Otago for the quarter -ended Juno 30-.—New bankruptcies—Dunedin 11, Invercargill 1; Gore 2, Oamaru 3. Assets realised-Dunedin, JCS3.VSS. Id.; InvcrcarRill, .£357 2s. Id.; Oamaru, M; Gore, nil. Paid-in dividends-Dunedin, J302 2s. Id.; Invorcargill, .£IOO 10s. 9d.; Oamaru and Gore, nil. . Number of bankruptcies unclosed at the end of the quarter—Dunedin, 3.1; Inrercargill, 17; Gore, 1; Oamaru, 3. OTAGO A. AND P. SOCIETY. Dunedin, July 17. Entries for the Otago A. and P. Society's, winter show number 1131, as against 1008 last year. The interim committee of the proposed Clydesdale Horse Society' has, since last meeting, received communications from the- Ilawkc's Bay and Nelson A. and P. Societies expressing sympathy with the movement, and promising every' support. POSTAL NOTES ASTRAY. Auckland, July 17. .At the Police Court to-day, Charles Edward Jones was remanded on a charge of theft at Gisborne of a, postal packet containing postal notes to the-value of -•• MIDWIFERY RECORD.

Christchurch, July 17. Both tho morning papers give publicity to-day to the statement that Mrs. Elizabeth Ross, a midwife, whose death is ported.at the age'-"of: , }?, assisted'at the births of'- nearly nine thousand persons riming the thirty-nine years she. wa« practising in -Christchnrch. ■ "'..""■ ICE AND SKATES. • Ashburton, July 17. Severe frosts continue to be experienced here. Eighteen degrees were recorded on Sunday morning and 17} degrees this morning. Skating on the Domain lakelets ha? been indulged in between 5 and 8 o'clock on both mornings by a considerable number of enthusiasts. ; Christchurch, July 17. Christchurch has experienced a straight week of frosty 'nights, bright days, with night temperature generally in the neighbourhood of; 19 degrees. Thursday night was comparatively mild, but on the other six nights tie thermometer has shown from 8V to 1-JJ degrees frost.