NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 243, 17 September 1912, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

! LAST NIGHT S NEWS. j The Christchurch City Council ■ last night, on the motion of the I .’i.ari;r, agreed to the following moi tii n : "That th : s council uiges upon <the Gevcrnintni the importance of ‘ bringing down a Town Planning Bill i this session if possible.” I At a meeting of the Dunc'tin Teni- ■ pcrance Reform Council last night. \ a protest was made against the petiit : < n from the Wine-growers’ Association presented to Parliament by ! .Mr. 11. Al. Campbell a few days ago. i The c> un.cil center ds that Ine proi per policy would be to encourage : the growth of table grapes and the manufacture of raisins and to repeal the existing law giving pr.vileges to wine manufacturers and sellers.

Considerable damage was done on Saturday evening by one of the most serious thunderstorms experienced in Auckland for some years. The downpour was accompanied by a hailstorm which sounded on the houses like a discharge cf musketry, smashed windows and ruined gardens. Some of the stones were reported to be as large as pigecr;,’ eggs.

rttavy rain commenced to fall in the Invercargill district yesterday nirining and continued all day. The Diet: and Alataura rivers arc swollen. and unless a change takes place there is risk of floods. The stranded Star of Canada at Gisborne is assuming a very disabled and desolate appearance. Yesterday the captain’s cabin, the chart-house, wheel-room and part of the flying bridge and hurricane bridge were brought ashore in toto on a lighter, and will be sold by tender.

At the Gisborne Supreme Court yesterday. Philip Francis Allpress, for attempted indecent assault, was found guilty and remanded for sentence till to-day. Robert John Eglinton was acquitted <m a charge of committing mischief by destroying four dogs valued at £25.