GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13750, 15 May 1908, Page 7

GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

[by TEtEtaurir. -press" association".] CJisborne, Thursday. The officers of the Roads Department have received instructions to proceed immediately with the raiding of the Arai settlement. A handsome clubhouse, which has been erected for the Cosmopolitan' Club, was formally opened this evening. Mr. A. ]<•' I), Kramer, M.P., in the absence of the Hon. J. Carroll, who was detained in Wellington by imjKirUnl business., ■ assisted at the functionNapier, Thursday. At an inquest at Meanco, touching the death of John Tracer, an old resident, who died while staying the night at ? neighbour's house, the jury returned the following verdict, "That deceased met his death from 'enlargement or fatty degeneration of the heart." . Fjsixihico, Thursday. E. A. Barton, plaintiff in the case, Barton v. Jensen and others and the Bank of Australasia. in connection with the winding up of the Hawke's Bay Timber Company, has received notice that the case will commence on July 1 before Mr. Justice Cooper. The case is' a long standing one, and is exciting a great deal of interest. Chiustchubch, Thursday. Mr. John Duthie, of Wellington, who is visiting Christchureh in connection with the contract for supplying pipes for the city water supply scheme, £tates that 300 tonswill arrive by the Corinthic by the middle of June, and a further large quantity in. July, besides valves and hydrants. The municipal baths were opened to-night in the presence of an attendance of about 1000 spectators.