LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9099, 18 March 1901, Page 1

LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

{Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. On Saturday Mr Ward went to Eketahun&toopen the new post office. In his speech he stated that m 1876 there were 61 post offices m Wellington and Wanganui districts, and m 1899 the number was 254. Referring to the requirements of the districts north of Rimutaka, he stated that after next month the extra five miles m railway charges now imposed by reason of the difficulty of getting trains over the incline would be abolished. During last year these extra charges totalled £7000. f The members of the Hibernian Society assembled at Hill street yesterday morning, and, headed by the Garrison Band, marched with banners flying to the Basin Reserve, where the annual St. Patrick's Day Sports were held. The . principal handicap of three distances was won by Somers from scratch, he being first m the 220 yards and 440 yards, and third m the 100 yards. Payne was second and ( Furrier third. McColl won the halfmile, and L. Ward defeated his brother, H. Ward, m the mile run, after a good race, by a few inches. The two mile bicycle race was won by Randrup, with Burton second. In the three mile event the positions were reversed, Burton being first and Randrup second. WANGANUI, last night. An elderly man named John Cronin, a painter, dropped dead at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church during, this morning's service. Heart disease is supposed to be the cause . The Government are giving £36 m prizes for a match for returned members of New Zealand contingents at the New Zealand Rifle Association meeting. They are anxious to see large entries. There seems to be some misunderstanding, as so far no entries have been received. No, entrance fee is demanded, and all returned members can obtain a free pass from the district commanding officers. The match takes place about the 25th. The meeting commences on Thursday. DUNEDIN, last night. .It has been, decided to postpone the Winter Show till about June 25th, the date to be definitely fixed when the 'movements of .the Yorks are decided. The idea is to have the Show on the week their Highnesses are m Dunedin. A suggestion has been made to the Education Board by Mr J. F. M. Fraser, Crown Prosecutor, to bring into town on the occasion of the visit of the Yorks all school children over ten years, billeting them under the charge of their teachers m the various city and suburban schools, keeping the boys and girls m different schools