ROWDYISM IN DUNEDIN.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1305, 7 December 1911, Page 4

ROWDYISM IN DUNEDIN.

POLICE DRAW THEIE BATONS. (By Teleera oh.—Press Association.) Dunedin, December 6. There was a recurrence this evening of tho disorderly street scenes which have prevailed during tho past four evenings. Sacks and garbage were thrown in all directions, and a large body of police who were on tho scene were frequently hustled by a crowd numbering several thousands. During the evening four arrests were made, and charges of throwing missiles will be preferred in three instances, and in the fourth a charge of assaulting a constable which consisted of striking him with a wet sack. On the occasion of the last arrest a largo crowd followed the polico to tho, station, hooting and boohing. The I>olico" drew their batons when the proceedings assumed a threatening aspect. Stones wero thrown, one breaking a window of the polico station.

The New Zealand Loan and Afcrcantilo Agency Company will hold a stock sale at Levin on Friday next, December 8. Elsewhere in this issuo Mr. T. Mandeno Jackson, auctioneer, Auckland, advertises particulars of 7GJI acres of dairy laud for salo. Kadi new moans of ewift travel enlarges tho boundaries of lifo and shrinks distance—the aeroplane most of all. The dogroo to which it has bocomo an accepted fact in modern life may be seen by the suggestion of a European aviator that direction pointers bo placed at suitable intervals through all tho Continental countries. His idea is to hivve huge arrows laid down, of such a size that a person a mile in tho air can distinguish tho points Of Iho compass. Interesting statistics on the French sardine industry show that there arc 200 factories oil the French coast engaged in canning tho fish; 14,000 women prepare the fish as they come from the uets, and 2500 men a.ro employed in canning them. The average annual production of tinned sardiues is 20,000 tons. About 12lb. of tin is used on overy 100 square yards of tho sheet irou from which the tills axe 'mads.