NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1212, 22 August 1911, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

IDy Telegraph—Prcsa AeßOclatlon.l 4 DUNEDIN REPORT ON BUTTER, ETC, Dunedin, August 21. Tho feernlary of the South Island Dairy Association advises (hat in both the cheese and butter market prices for tlio export of tho season's outputs arosiall advancing. One of tlio association's London agents cables that choose, whito and. coloured, is quoted (it Gss. per cwt., with the market strong. Mr. ■Scull says Ih<i price of cheese in London to-day is tivo shillings per cwt., over what it was last' August. EGMONT HOTEL ON FIRE. Hawcra, August 2L A (ire. in the Egmont Hotel this mora, ing cjiiistvl damage to tho extent of about •fSOI). -The. Haines wero quickly subdued by the brigade, favoured with good_ water pressure. The damage is covered in tha Phoenix and Sun Ulliccs. . A BUSHMAN KILLED. To Kuiti, August 21. Albert Fenton, aged 22, a liushmun, was killtxl on Saturday by a falling tree. His mato working a few chains away, found him lying by an uprooted t.reo which had evidently been brought down by concussion from tho treo he had bcon felling. GOLD MEDAL, AND AFTER. Cliristchurch, August 21. At tho Supreme Court this morning William Allen, who pleaded guilty to the theft of t £2S from the Westport Coal Company at Uaninm, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Allen was given a good character, and tho police related that he had oncc been awarded a. gold medal for conspicuous honesty, in these circumstances the application for probation was likely to be successful, but tho Crown Prosecutor sa.'d tlio defalcations amounted to a oonsidcrablo sum, and tho Judgo declined to grant probation. TOWN DESIGNING. Cliristchurch, August 21. At the City Council to-night the Mayor strongly urged that an. emphatic protest should be entered against tho proposal in tho Town PJanning Bill giving tho Government: power to over-rido local bodies' decisions. No action, however, was taken. THE OPIUM VICTIM. Duncdin, August 21, At tho Polieo Court this morning, Percy Georgo Gardiner was fined JE2 and costs on a charge of smoking opium. The police found accused in tlio act yesterday jn a Chinaman's house in l NorthEast Valley. Accused, who is a' young married man with'two children, admitted lie had been addicted to tho habit for ten years. OVERTURNED. Ghristchurch, August 21. A motor-car with a driver and four passengers overturned on tho Sumner Road yesterday and tho passengers had a miraculous escape, The chauffeur was pinned under tho car but fortnnatelv it swung hack and released him. The others wero thrown clear. All are suffering from shock, but their injuries arc not serious. 1 BRIEF MENTION. Palmcrston N., August 21. Sonsa's Hand gave two pertormaneeJ 1 to good houses to-day.