NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14223, 20 November 1909, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Bee-kahming is very much on the increase >.' - at Greytown. ■:-,-', '-~ -y-'■■). "" :/'..'.' -' •" Mr. A. C. Jonassen, recently fishing at the mouth of the Rangitata River, landed w a trout weighing 141b. . : ',. i Mr. C. W. Palmer, New Zealand secretary of the British Navy League, lectured at FeUding on Thursday night on the objects of the league. A local branch : - was afterwards formed. ■: -.- < ''-\ By a majority of five to ; four the Feild- ;'-. ing Borough Council has resolved to au--V thorise a Wellington architect to prepare y-. plans for a municipal opera house. The. s :> plans are for submission to the ratepayers. K' Inspector Gillies, in charge of the Canterbury police district, states that, from a p;. police point of view,, carnival week passed C-, off most satisfactorily. The large crowds i} visiting the city were excellently; behaved, j " and there was no serious crime of any j £* ' ■ort. -" ' ,_ -'. ''/ b' ..In the Police Court, Wellington, yester-! ;£'; day, Thomas Higgins and John McCarthy, &-'. both young men, were convicted of assault- |; ing Charles Heron, fracturing his jaw, and '.'•• causing other injuries. ...;Higgins was sent r;" to gaol for 18 months and McCarthy for , nine months. • , . „ . f' - Very high prices were realised at auction r - in Dunedin on Saturday for the supply of Central Otago strawberries and cherries ':v " which came forward, The fruit, packed in -H. pound boxes, arrived in fine condition, and :;'■■'/ as a result strawberries brought up to 2s f' 9d per lb, while the cherries went as high as Is 7d per lb. , ..'' ■!;:'/■ The chairman of the Defence .Committee ■-" of the New Zealand Farmers' Union states ; > in a circular regarding shearers' unions: "", '..'-.■" At present there are sufficient funds in W hand to deal with any immediate dispute; ;" v but the executive considers that shortly % -'. a small levy of 6d per hundred sheep will !'•> require to be made to establish a fund to ;;. * meet all expenses." . " A meeting of the Native leases Committee was held at Greymouth on Thurs- ' .' day evening, when there was a very large j\- attendance. The deputation that visited Wellington presented their report, and it was unanimously agreed that the committee strive to get the wishes of the J/.', deputation carried into effect and the Borough Council be asked to confirm them. There is great interest in the' movement to get the native tenure altered in the • town.