NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1295, 25 November 1911, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Tcletraph— Prcsa Association.) —fr • ' ■ GOVERNOR'S TOUR. WEST COAST ARRANGEMENTS. Grcymouth, November 24, Tho following arrangements for the reception of his Excellency tho Governor on Saturday liavo been made. Tho Mayor unil councillors and the chairman and members of tho Harbour Board and County Council will moot the train at Stillwater, and accompany tho gubernatorial party to the Post Office Hotel balcony, where an address ot welcome will bo presented fo his Excellency. A guard of honour will bo formed by tho Territorials, headed by tho Battalion Bund. If approved by his Excellency, a drivo to Point Elizabeth will be ay. ranged for Sunday afternoon; also ft visit to the Stato and Catholic Schools on Monday morning, with o public reception afterwards by the Mayor, and a complimentary luncheon at Keviugtons Hotel, Subsequently Lord Islington and suite will proceed to Hokitika, via Kumara, by motor-car, thenco proceeding overland to Christchurch. COMING OF S.S. TAHITI. Dunedin, November 24. Tho Union Steam Ship Company has received advice that Hie new steamer Tahiti is. duo at: Sydney to-night, directfrom England, l.ho voyage having occupied thirty-six days. The Mcamcr will arrive on duo date. She carries a full complement oC passengers, including a number of Xcw Zoalanders. STORM AT NELSON. Nelson, November 2(. Last night's storm—liail, rain, thunder, and lightning—was tho worst on record, but curiously partial. AVitliiu the city area, especially in Hie Toi Toi Valley, tho fruit trees and tomato plants were literally stripped of flowers, immature fruit, and all outdoor vegetables and tho cucumber tribo wero ruined. Ilail covered the Mrrels and caves over six inches deep, and lay iu drifts up '<> eighteen inches. It has not yet meltw] in many places, and somo of tho hills are. covered as with snow, while others adjoining them 6how none.

liaiu floodod numerous dwellings eni ! - shops on the ground iloor. At tho nurses' quarters in tbo hospital the flood, mvadoil nil tho rooms, and the Waimci. Road generally also suffered severely from hall, several greenhouses baring most of tho fflass broken. The storm area eeemed limited to tho \ city, for it was not felt at. Stoto or > Jlotueka, so tho main orchards arc , safp. J Iliis morning tho woolhor is as cold a» '' in midwinter, with sleety raiu. INCENDIARY'S WORK, Whangaroi, November 2(, •• jj lour outbreaks of firo wero discovered jvithin a few minutes of each other at; half-past 10 o'clock last night, being in every instance at tho rear of largo business places in tho centre'of tho town, with the chanco of a huge conflagration, as all were doso to very inflammable matter. A fifth outbreak in stables behind the argest hotel, was detected at 4 a.m. to-day. Jhero are many indications of deliberate intention. All tho outbreaks wore quelled before (hey had time to spread. WANGANUI RIVER MOUTH, Wanganui, November il. . bounding? taken on tho bar this morning. revealed a recorded minimum depth, of twenty-one feet at average, high water, which is two feet moro than at la«f soundinMßix weeks ago. This is deemed highly satisfactory, in face of tho recent; vory heavy weather, which was expected to cause a little silting. Tho improvement is held to show that tho extension of tho moles to their full length, us provided bv tho present scheme, lms, as predicted, by Air. Leslie H. Reynolds (consulting onginoer and Mr. Howorth (resident . en. .jpneer), resulted molding tho out-gdinij current to its work- in clearing tho bar! As a matter of fact, there is now practically no bar left, the obstruction which previously existed having been almost completely removed. STRATFORD SHOW. _. . , .Stratford, November 2i. Entries for tho Stratford A. and P show number well over two thousand, making a record for Taranaki. BIG BAND PRIZES. Dunedin, November 21. J, ?■ n On $? ddci t0 llolda band contest in Dunedin about October 12, 1912 Iho authority of tho South Island Bands Association has been asked for. A featuro will bo tho pme-money, namoly-In Grade A: I'lrat £200, second .£IOO, third .£SO «*■ Grade B= First £70, seefnd .«35, third .£2O fourth £15. Prizes will to bo divided between (he