GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13011, 31 October 1905, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

[Br TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dtinscik, Monday. Hknhy Johnston, fireman on the steamer Invercargill, dropped dead in Princes-street this evening. He' had been suffering from heart disease. The fund for the erection - of. a medical ward at the Dunedin Hospital is making good progress. Up to the present £3619 has been raised out of the £4500 required. John Blackwood, aged M, was found dead in a house in Union-street early this morning. Death was apparently due to hemorrhage of the lungs. The Tourist. Department has made ar- ' rangements for the erection of commodious ! diningrooms an Beech Hut, on the overland route to the 'Sutherland Falls and Milford Sound. A party of workmen arc on the way to erect the rooms. Ciiristchtjrch, Monday. The entries for the Canterbury Metropolitan Show exceed those- of last year, which were a record, by 175. The increase is notably in sheep, which, compared with last year, have increased from 683 to 758. Cattle number 217 against 241, and horses 494against 522. Mr. W. H. Bishop, S.M., gave his reserved judgment to-day in the case of Hughes v. • Johnson, wherein the. plaintiff, a married woman, claimed £200 damages for injuries received in consequence, of a defective bridge which crossed a small stream in defendant's public pleasure gardens at Opawa. Judgment was given for the plaintiff for £100. At the Kaiapoi Magistrate's Court to-day J. G. Syvret, a prohibited person, admitted the charge of having received whisky procured for him by a friend, and was fined £5. Accused had been previously convicted three times this year for a similar offence. Feuding, Monday. The ceremony of blessing the foundation of the Roman Catholic Convent was performed by Archbishop Redwood yesterday in the presence of a large gathering. The amount subscribed was £400. Lovely selection of new dross goods, delaines, voiles, etc., special value, at Hushbrook and Bfidgman's, Queen-street, just above the Grey statue. Every ill, the result of cough? and colds, cured by Pynol. Everyone recommends it.