NEWS IN BRIEF.
Eight persons occupied the police cells last night, the majority having been arrested on charges of drunkenness. .»; -- •: Mr. Samuel Ford {Waihi) received first .and second prizes for the best baker bread at the recent Auckland Show. . .., l
Mr. A. C. Gribble, of Kingsland,- won the' first prize and champion tor .the best Berkshire boar at the recent VA. and 1. Association's show. ::' . ;-'
Business i? reported to be very dullion the West Coast of the- South Island. The weather is as unfavourable there as that " experienced in other parts of the Dominion, . ,"■•■•• 1 An examination of candidates who wish to obtain plumbers' licenses tinder the City Council's regulations is to be held at the Technical College to-day.- Only, two applications have been received. ; '~,~
". At Rangitata one night last week lightning struck a wire running -.-.through j a corse fence at Mr. Taylor's farm. All hands were soon out. but it took four hours to get the fire under control. Over a mile of gorso fences was'destroyed. v •
A short , sitting of, ' the Waitcmata Licensing Committee took place : yesterday morning, presided over by Air- E. C. Outten. S.M. The only business transacted was the granting of the transfer of the licence of the Warkworlh Hotel from W. H. Gaw to Alfred Holliday. "":
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14853, 2 December 1911, Page 8
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