MISCELLANEOUS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 1, 2 January 1906, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

Auckland, December 31. -i A somewhat serious riot occurred-.-in the city on Saturday night. It ' arpse in connection with the pay;ment for a meal, at the Zealandia ' 'restaurant. The fight caused a grei.t ' crowd to gather, aud the windows of the restaurant were smashed with stories. Six arrests were made. The ( crowd followed the police to the j station/and broke one window there, j but a water hose W3B turned oh ' .them, which CBused their quick dis- .' persali ; Wellington, December 31. i Play .-at the New Zealand lawß tennis tournament was eohtinued on ; Saturday BftßHiOßfl, and until late in tho evening. The finals were de- 1 Cided of the Men's Combined Cham- ' pionship Doubles and the Ladies' Championship Doubles. In the former, Parker and Swauston beat Diokie and Wallace. In the ladies' event. jJfiissos Lowdrell> (Taranaki)-' and.Cainpbell (Otago) beat Misses 1 JMunneley and Ward. . The Men's Championship S ngles ; jwill be played on Monday^ when ! Laishley meets Parkßr) and Bwanston meets Dickiej and the winners play tptt for thbch'ampibnship. i i- ' ■■; Auckland, December 30. A bush fire occurred,on Mr Hanna's property hear Whitianga, Mercury #iay.- Mr A,. McDonalQ, a bush contractor,' has hao a party working in the bqsh for some - months past. pharle^s.Davis saw the fira? starting, and. he; saved the men's , swags by sinking -them in. a creek. Mr McDonald? and his men saved a buEh shanty, but a quantity of kauri logs was destroyed. - The amount of damage done -is not yet known. ( Westport, December 30. j A fire broke out this morning in a • blaokamith's shop owned by Mr Mo • lntyre, and occupied by Mr rf.Sinitb, - pnd completely demolished the building, and tho adjoining building, oc- I Oupied by Messrs -Carew and Hay, J i was also guttocl, anu somo prepared ' timber was destroyed. The fire aiso ' | caught the side of a cettage owned ' and occupied by Mfs Quigley, and | aid ic damage to the extent ol £40 21 f3 ?; Tho inau rfuces were £100 in • the Manchestor on Mrs Quigley's 'hous'a and furniture; £100 on Mr Molntyre's building and plant. ■j.urtse carriages owned by the Mancheater Carriage Paotory Company (as far as is known uninsured) were ? Blso co npletely destroyed. MrMcliityre's loss is estimated at about £150 over the insurance. ' v London, December 30. The Orient liner Omrah struck on the edge of a reef near Plymouth, • and returned to Plymouth. Her ! passengers .returned by train to London, ■ ' ;Obi'tuary— Charles Yerkes, known " ' in connection with street railway { operations, and who gave the finest • telescope in the- world to the Yerkos • Observatory, Wisconsin, in America, i ] New York, 3L ! Mr YerKos bequeathed to New York ' , City his art gallery, worth £800,000, , with an endowment Of £200,000. : . Auckland, -Deoembei-31. I , 'The volcano at Savau(Samoaj-JB =! still active. Greatrdamage has bebii^ done to the plantations in the vicin-j! ity. The lava from the volcano has : \ now reached the ; The natives •' are leaving the district, and going '-i further down the coast. ■• \ In consequence of a communication received from the Auckland policed some unclaimed luggage landed at ; , New .Plymouth .^from-'the-steamcr - Rotoiti this week was searohedj with • the result that a quantity of jewel- l'.| lery supposed to. have been taken) from various Auckland residences') during the holidays ,was discovered.' Wellington, December 31. ' . . Messrs Burgess,. McCarthy, and ' Riddell, S.M. 's, have been appointed ' as a Commission to hear any petition ' ( for an inquiryj into the conduct of * tho local option poll at Invorcar»ili. I'J The dispersal sale.'of the Welling. !', ten Park stud took place to-day, I ) wnen the brood mares, yearlings ; , aad stallions realised a total o 9,731 P ine ?.^ n n on Tilir^ "" *«» yearlings brought 26Bo guineas. Three stallions" realised ; 97o ; guineas, and the brood J mares 6080 guineas. The highest ' price paid was for the brood mare ' Jb ormula, full sister of Multiform, E going to jMr q. r. Donnelly, of ] Hawke's Bay, at 1050 guineas. The : ! chestnut filly by . Hotchkiss— Miss Delavali brought the top price of ] yearlings, going to Mr W. Ryan, for an Australian sportsman, at 305 guiners ; while Mr G. G. Stead paid 300 guineas for a Menschikoif-I'ro- i . blem colt. The stallion Seaton De- j laval went to Mr E. Coleman, at 500 guineas. i ' ===== l