AUCKLAND

Otago Witness, Issue 2685, 30 August 1905, Page 30

AUCKLAND

Percy Daw3on» charg&l' with . misappro- | priating moneys belonging .to the Auckland Kaeiuf- Club, -was .brought- back, from ,Fiji Ihy the^-Tiiviuiii'ofi the 22nd, in charge of a 3fijian constable. - _ ' The price of meat was discussed by me Trades and Labour Coun-cil on Wednesday ' night, it being eta.ted" that meat is dearer in Auckland than in London. The. council . resolved tbat.-aa it was said the Auckland Farmers Co-onerative Society was prepared to sell meat at London .prices, to urge the society \ch establish depots in the city. The late acccuntani of the Auckland Racing Club-P. A. Dawson,—who was krresied at Fiji on a warrant' charging fum wilh stealing £500 of the moneys of the club, appeared before the stipendiary magistrate on Wednesday. Tlk> Crown I Solicitor mentioned thai- tho amount involved in Give alleged defalcations was £2000. and applied fcr a weeks remand, - which was granted. Bail was allowed in two sureties of £500 andjiccused in' a similar amount. "Ex-consrable Hutchison, who retned from .the Police Force on superannuation in •December, died suddenly at his residence, Paruell, on the 22nd mat. 'The late Mr D. L. Nathan left to the 'Auckland Jewish Synagogue £500, to the Auckland Jewish Benevolent Society £400, fco the Blind Institute £250, to the Benevolent Society £250. Employees in the firm's service for over five years are also recognised, the amounts varying according to the length of service. In the Divorce Court en Friday decrees nisi were granted as follow: —Ada Mary Collins v. Alfred Collins, for desertion; jTohn Samuel Brighouse v. Lillian Harriet Brighou&e, for desertion. Further particulars of the recent volcanic eruption in Savaii-show that the residents of Soflu were awakened by shocks of earthquake, ond reports like the firing of heavy guns. Thp whole place was lit up, and «, fresh crater had broken cut. the flame 3 shooting t<p about 400ifc at intervals of 10 seconds, throwing out huge stones and lava. Ko damaffe to life or property followed. The well-known Maori chief Rapana

Patena, of Rangitikci, died suddenly on Sunday from heart disease.