NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1312, 15 December 1911, Page 10

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(liy Tclnrrnph-'PrcFo AsioclatlonJ LAUNCH SINKS, Gisbcrnc, DocvinUr 14. Tlio In it iii'h iiM'tl lof tendering Mcnmers nl. Triirnriiii rank »l lit'r miwiriiiitft Ibis morning. Slit' is likely lu biTimii; ii total wreck. • PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION. Gisbome, December It. 111'. Shelton, New Zealand ri'|ircM'iil;iI i vi' of tlio I 'mil nrcrs' As'-wiat ion, left. liDiiiliiii by tlin Tniniii. nnil is due in Ni'iv Zi'iilnnil on Janili.rv 21. It is llir usKiicinlion's intention that -Mr. Slu'lton i>liall ni;i!;r a lerliii'ihit lour «ml Uicii J'eturii to l.imilon to press lor further improvements. HEAVY EARTHQUAKE. Christchurch. December 14. A heavy shock of c;irllii|li;iko was felt at Cheviot shortly alter midnight,. Reports to hand statu that then! is not a chimney standing at Mackenzie. Considerable damage was douo tlio crockery. Later. Later roports of tho Cheviot earthquake show that tho damage was eonfiucd in tho main to houses ou flat land, and was not, bo serious as was at first supposed. FARMERS' UNION VENTURE. Hawera, December 11. Tho Taranaki Executive of the Farmers' Union to-day resolved to open a land agency business, to Ik known as "Tho Taranaki Farmers' Union I,and and Estate Agency." Mr. J. 33. Sim, provincial secretary of the union, has been appointed chief agent. AUCKLAND'S NEW TOWN HALL. Auckland, December 14. In the presence of 3000 people, Auckland's new Town Hall was opened by the Governor this attcrnoon. The ceremony was a brilliant ono. A woek of festivities has been arranged in connection with the event, CORONATION BATHS. Dannevirke, December 14. Tho Coronation Swimming Baths opened here yesterday with sports, which proved very successful. * SLY GROG-SELLING. Duncdin, Deeomber 14. At the City Court. Margarel I'arker, owner of the ex-Racecourse Hotel, St. Kilda, was fined Jii.i and costs for sly grog-selling. Four men found on the premises when the police raided them were each lined 10s. and costs.