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North Otago Times, 29 May 1908, Page 4

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Per Press Association. • , ', ' . *DUNEDIN. . y -'' :: ' "■ May 28. ■• - : Tho .Supreme .Coutt 'Wna ociMpied all day with vtho .elmrgo ci roanslu ightcr , i against Josoph Coddoi, resulting.from '..: Iho collision in.tho lowor.luuijor ov April 18th. Tho case,waa not linish- i";;' ctl'when ilui Court rose, , Slocic■•Exchange. sales: Golden Bod lfy Oil, Rise and Shine ,(3 parccH) tSOa Gd. ' ,• Tlio British football .team arrived in, . Dunedin to-night, and were enthtisins-' lically welcomed ,by a large crowd oh tho platform, oulsido tho station and along (ho streets. Tho footballers met at Chrislchureh by Mr Gctnjfr Thomson, as representing 'Zealand Rugby 'l at Palmci-stofl by Messrs J. ll'iitcM- 1 ""'"' son, president of tho Otngo Rugby Football Union, P. Priest, vice-presi-dent, and J. Duncan, of tho .''commitIfo, Tho visitors wcro mot nt.Uuriwlin station by drags, and drove to 'their liotols amid cheers. This welcome was .purely, informal. The ollieial welcome takes place; to-morrow. «'•At present tlio ivmllior imlifnlions am favorablefor Saturday's match. . - - 'lt is understood.Hint tho Liberal n»d Labor Pcdornfion of the Rruce' oloclo- • rato will meet immediately after' the Tunpeka by-election to select a rhndi•late to contest Rruce. At preset the selection lies botween Mr JffijMig Mackenzie and Mr Mosley. the Rtuee County Council. . .WELLINGTON. ■' . M tt y;;23.

Mr G. 11. Sclipleficid, of tho i New, Zealand Times staff has been appoint- •"" cd London correspondence editor of (he New Zealand Associated Press, which comprises the New '(Zealand' Herald, Evening Post, Christehur,cbPi'o33 nnd Otago Daily Times, Colonel Collins, Executive Officer of the Now Zealand Riflo Association, speaking at the Rifle Club dinner, said the Commonwealth Council aw Rillc Associations of Australia intendcd to mako 190!) a memorable year. Arrangements were being made for & second Empire Match,, and. there was a' prospect of the Empire being represented not only .by the. Mother Country, but-by several ..units of Canada. Colonel Collins considers thai New Zealand should bo represented, ami istent should'bo taken.to induce lepresenlnlives of the Empirfcwho visit Australia, lo p,\lpm! their visit to New' Zealand. AUCKLAND. " May 28. The finals for the North N'cw Zealand Coursing Club meeting wcro; Maiden Stakes-Mr MncCrendy's Sunflower beat Mr'-Sparks' Equality. Challenge Stake-Mr Harper's Doii beat Mr Gordon's Mikado. The overdue scow Mnrot'o has arrived at Raglan from Wanganui, She was delayed by tho very light winds. . . -. . CISBOIiXE. . ' . May 28. An enthusiastic public nieoting was • held Inst night, when a resolution was passed congratulating the Ministers ou the completion and'opening of Hid extension of the railway to Waikouhu, ISH miles from (iisborne, anil urging the more rapid construction of the line to enable it to tap the timber forests at Motu. The Hoim*. M'fiowan at- < tended the Hon. J. Carroll being absent owing to indisposition. The Hon. Mr M'Gowan said * these could not be carried on without ' money. He, however, would be prepared to fight for a fair sharo for tho (Jisborne railway. He defended . tho Uovornmcnt's prudence in adapting n,-»-. moderate borrowing policy, and mentioned the fact with pride that for tho present railway construction the Covcrnmenl did not need to go to, the .01(1 Country for a single shilling,,: lie recognised tho need for more ndecmato rolling stock, and would make representations in favor oHhc lino being supplied with a more powerful engine than the one which had failed to \r,ML llie train up n slight incline that dufk (ill sonic people had got off to relieve tho load. WESTPORT. '•"' May 28 Mr V. T. M'Xnmai'n, of Murchison, j prohibitionist mid .liberal, will conies! the P.ullcr seat ngainst Mr Oolvin. Tho toion Company have dcfvflf to launch tho Tnviuiii through|thc wl'W'j) breakwater into tho Duller river. Tho defenre in the Boiirke murder case, proceeding to-day, is that the two accused men were not with Connelly, who so graphically.described tho murderous assault, They have evidence to prove an alibi. lIOKITJKA. . , % 23. Ihe local polico have been advised that tho Otira Railway Station mh was blown open last night, and ovpi .CMC! stolen. WEYMOUTH. May S3. The details of tho (Mini robbery show that the slationmnslei' left .-tho station at 11 o'clock last nkdit ami relumed nt 8 to-dny, so thai tho robhery took place between then, An 1 entrance was effected by Hie window, mail bags and moss being used n> deaden tho noise of the explosion. Tho amount missing is £lOl. There is na duo to tho perpetrators.' The police ore investigating the matter. NAPIER, ■ %'isThe Colb'nial Consignment and Distributing Company cable the followinj report; " Frozen meat market shows a furiher fall in values for beef and Canterbury mutton. To-day's '((notations: Canterbury mutton, lid ; Napier, Wellington nnd North Island, Il.Jd. J.nmb, first ((iiality, 5Jd; second ,-pmlitv, ii;<| Reef, hinds, Ifjd • fores, lij-d." As a resultottkp visit of MrPryor, secretary oflf- v .Employers' Fedcra. tion, to Hastings;-ofhngcments wf-rc made for tho formation oi a s|ron« branch of (he Federation there. ' PALMERSTON NORTH. : , ! MavSKJ Tho Palmerston Xorlh electoral ■ rrtlls nw Wng purged by the ajjcntsolh? ho-liconso' party, and up to date' m objections have been lodged agniijst names appearing on the. rolls, \°l Apparently (ho aimless wanderings of tho electoral boundary line have produced ' remarkable results in Palniwstoiuplcctorate. Longburn, within four miles of I'nhni.'rsloii, which was .previously wholly in (ho Palmerston electorate, fis now divided, hnli the township bring <q| attached 'to the Otalci electorate, which ' is across the river, and rims up io Kilzherborl bridge, within n milo'i o? Palmerston. The ludicrous' effect arrived at is best ■ shown wlien it is pointed out that Messrs It. S. Afirh- i liam, J. 0. Bntcliclor, A. E., Russej), C. J. Monro, and many other'fdttltVfi identified with tho history of PalnfeH ston, but living in suburbairrosidenfW, arc now members of tho olakfc cJaJtorate. Runuylhorp, another township a few miles from town, is split ioto threo portions, belonging to tho Pjlmers'ton, Oroua and Manawalu electorates. Tlfo' actual,effect of the readjustment will considerably reduce tho area of th« Palmerston olectorntc, and the picturcsfjuo results from the alteration of the boundaries are sure to ,croato resentment when the position is fully 'Comprehended by the electors, ■• '