NEWS IN BEIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15234, 22 February 1913, Page 8

NEWS IN BEIEF.

Three men arrested: on.Elinor , charges, I occupiedc tile city police call* lost night, ... A milil shock of earthquake Was" felt" in '■■ Napier at 4.19 p.m. yesterday'.-HPrcsa Association.) y -~.*, ~ Firing was continue /■ ye».ter& ; ,j' at Fort Caniley.with the neuiiarii; t/11. bin guns. ';•■-" The"camps' breakup to-day. -_ *T . .: ' The Mayor (Mr. C.,; J. Parr) will ,pen ; ihe^Bociety'-bf Friends' new adult*-school- I ■'-!•". k house lit Mount: Eden: at 2.45 %*& to-d&y* The,coDiiiiiwioE ppbLnted to allocate tL j '';. cost of. the f «r«eti6i»Jo| t.WM&ngsre Bridge -". - met .yesterday, -and' *'•*'*• -".xi. .for,- three. -weeks - " ' '' . ' ' , ''- :v The" barometer.■*.:.a*last.'wreting, and". , ; the \ mdicatidna weje' for. continent' un- ',.." settled- ■ weather,* * possibly .. ,with : heavy. showers.' -- ■-'-•'' »-■''- : -: A' project.to. amalgamate the (suburbs on. ; ' the"- other side « the harbour)' to form Greater DevonpbrV' is favoured by th? • Walternata Chamber of ;Ck>niiaei:ce./..■ :; ■-••' ':..; The foundation-stone of-the new Presby- ,.. terian Church. at ; . Mount Albert hi ip be 1 ',___. laid to-morrow- afternoon by Mr. .""./•■. C. Enirican,' who some time "ago donated the : i site!- '" .. . -.•■ '. ' ':. ■.:".'.•: *''.''."''' •. " '■■ "j ■•, «: ;h v ■■ The new • pilot boat Waitemata, with the j _.o acting-harbourmaster (Captain H.H. Ser- /"' geant)- on board, has recently completed a. trip as far as Tiritiri, to inspect all,the harbour lights?" . ' v. An a mark of respect- to Captain Scott the Devonian Society's garden party on be- }'/-;. half of the benevolent fund, advertised to ■ take place Hobday, has. been postponed tintil March!. ">'.'■ ■■■■■■■ Automatic telephones, have, proved no ''■_ ; ;■ satisfactory in Geelong (Victoria) that the ' i ' Federal Cabinet has decided that in all ;■■.;■■.■■■ future renewals' t l fc.e switchboards will be '■•\ ■-.■"on the; automatic ' principle. ; ;; :\. Fresh regulations have just been gazet- /.-_ ted in'connection with the Post Office Sav-' vjings' Bank. Provision has been made for the 'withdrawal of ' deposits by telegraph^ %(:£' 'uubject to certain ; regulations.;•• - - A Ma'.ri lad- named PaJekttDia, a' pupil at St. Stephen's Native College, met -with. a painfal Siiciuent yesterday, his elbow be- .•■■■■:■ ing fractured. He 'was attended to by - Roberton, and wits then admitted to i;:''the'hospital, j - :^ : ; ; v A: meeting of the Christchurch Fire ' Board, yesterday completed arrangements >."-:• for the- conference. of delegates from the ' fir* boards of the Dominion, which opens '•in that city on Tuesday morning.— Association.) ' .. A change of venue from Wellington to v . "Auckland: has been granted in the Supreme .' Court case,; the C. A. Edgarton Manufac--r "^: turing Company 'v.. , Macky, Logan, and % •". Company, arising out . of; ah alleged in- ':', fringement of ;' a trade : mark.—(Press Association.) ' •'*""' . '' ' " ' ■-,-. -M The -four ■ vessels recently .purchased .by the Union Steam Ship Company from the Houlder line are, according to the Dunedin correspondent of a, Christchurch paper, to remain in the direct trade between England and Australia. It is also stated that the steamers are' still" to carry the nag of the Federal-Shire line. "