GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 19 October 1909, Page 4

GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

l'liß I'NITKI) l-UI'.SS ASSOCIATION. [ IIA.sITNCS. Oct. is. I Owing lo th" ra.iid growth of ihe| fruit. Industry the local Fruitgrowers' I Association li'tive ordeK-d liiO.lilill caei-s. I double the number its. .1 la.-t vear. I The Hon. Thomas >.!;u kem.ie is (:;- I ]iected to attend the (iawke's Bay Show ! opening on AYcilivsiiav next. | Two slight .slu.«'!.ri oi' earthtpuike Were \ expel ieiiced at 11.20 on Sunday night. CHUISTCiUUUTI, Oct. IS. | At G. 45 this moi-iiing a mx-roomc! dwelling at Paiianui, owned bv Mrs Kate Hannibal, was destroyed by lire. The house was insured in the New Zealand Insurance Company for £2OO and the furniture for £so.' A defective chimney is believed to have been the caiiiio of the lire'. CHRISTCHITKCn, Oct. 17. The Commissioner of Crown Lands anticipates that the Ewil eotate. between liankside and liakaia, will be available for ballot early in December. The survey has been compiled and plans are now being made. CHKLSTCHUKCH, Oct. IS. The City Council unanimously agreed —"That this Council is of opinion that the time has arrived when universal military training should bo adopted in the Dominion." Copies are to he sent to tho Prime Minister and to the municipal councils in the Dominion.