KAIKOURA.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 218, 14 September 1908, Page 8

KAIKOURA.

(From the Star.) ■•.... Friday. An outbuilding at the rear of Mi" W. Adams's soda-water factory was burned to the> ground on Tuesday night. There was no insurance on "the property. ■ ; On Wednesday, the North Canterbury Education Board, on the recommendation of the committee^ agreed to appoint Miss M. Herxiott assistant In the secondary department of .'the Kaikoura Town School.

An up-to-date fishing launch, the "Kingfisher," put in an appearance in Kaikoura from Dunedin on Wednesday. She is owned by two brothers, arid is a splendidly equipped vessel, well adapted for the fishing trade. The owners intend trying their luck in these waters.

Amuri County protests against contributing an increased percentage towards maintenance of the Clarence Bridge. The Pelorus Road Board .objects to contribution at- all, considering they receive no benefits from the bridge. " We wonder what the other "outside" bodies will object to. One thing is certain—Kaikoura's contribution is an iinjustly high one. . Weather conditions being perfect, there.was a very large audience at the Drill Hall on Wednesday evening to ■enjoy the entertainment given by the pupils of the Convent in aid of the funds of the Sistei<s. . And the performance merited the attendance; it was bright and pleasing, and was carried through by the youthful performers with that refreshing vim and zeal and enjoyment on their part that make juvenile entertainments, locally, so delightful to witness. It is a splendid lambing season locally, and a rattling good percentage is assured. Local farmers inform us that they have never known a better season; consequently, they wear a pleased expression when a reporter approaches them with the query— "How's the lambing?" Windy weather this week, a nor'wester intermittently prevailing. On Tuesday afternoon a nor'-easterly buster made things very unpleasantit was the strongest blow from that quarter for some years—and sweet dreams on Wednesday night were "broken by the howling of a hurricane nor'-wester, which ruthlessly tore off early fruit tree blossoms, and generally, played havoc with the spring growth. Telegraph communication with south was interrupted for some ihours, but the "Wind God," 'repenting or his rudeness, has been on fairly good behaviour for the last twentyfour hours.