LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10227, 9 December 1904, Page 1

LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. Tli© speed of a motor car, according to Mr Kirkbride, M.H.R., is an element, of danger fraught with serious possibiiiities to residents m the country. Speaking on the subject of the regulation of traffic at a local bodies' conference, "Mr Kirkbrdde said he thought motor cars required attention. These cars, he declared, were m J the habit of flying along couutry roads §■*- al a rate of 25 or 30 miles an hour, and ' as many of the liorses were not usetl to this sort of thing 1 , a serious accident might happen if some steps were not taken by road boards to restrict the speed of cam , The Chairman of tlie conference said tliat the Mangere Road Board had already taken the matter m hand by framing bylaws to regulate motor car traffic. It was decided to ask all road boards m the country to make, similar provisioiL^when dealing with the regulation of traffic generally. ' THAMES, last night. Rose Maud Williams, aged 15, a daughter of Thomas Williams, farmer, near Thames, while returning fromi schocil! with her companions, w«ut for a bathe m the Kauaer&uga stream. She got out of her depth, and was drowned before assistance was .available. An electric lighting plant and X-rays have been installed m the Thames hos-. pital. NAPIER, last night. A sharp shock of earthquake was felt here at 10.39 to-night. The direction was from, south to uorth. The shock !Sasted several seconds. OHRISTCHUR'CH, last night. >£«w The wool sales were continued to a hour this- evening. Prices did not /vary from those obtaining eaifier m the day. The top rates r<ea,l!i.so<l were: — Mer. inos lljjd, luilf-brsd ll|d, three-quarter-bred Hid, crossbred lOfd, Leicester lOJd, pieces to 9|d. Best bright wools were higher by id all round than last Noveuu ber sales. Heavy wools and badly grown lots were unaltered. DUNBDIN, last night. The ratepayers of Lawrence rejected a proposal to borrow £5000 for electric lighting and electricity for lighting and motive power. The polling was : For the proposal 42, against 105. The Home for Aged Poor was formally opeued to-day at Anderson's Bay by Bishop Verdou. It is to be conducted by Little Sisters of the Poor, sis of whom arrived a few days ago. The funds were collected by Miss Mulhollaud, and the property purchased by Bishop Verdou. At present the wing for women only is opened. At a meeting of the Cat'tins IlaaSJvyay League a motion was carried that m view of the dearth of employment amongst set. tiers m the district, the Cabinet be urged to a-t once put m hand the formation ■V* work on tho section recently surveyed. ' W-* At the PaKce Court to-day, George A.a a boardingnouse-keeper at Port Chalmers, was charged with keeping liquor for sale iin a no-license district. The premises, which were formerly the Provincial Hotel, were raided by the police on November 19, when considerable quantities of beer, wine, spirits, etc., were found. Mr A. Hanlon, for the defence, raised the point that prohribiticta had not been duly determined m the district. The appeal was now before the Privy Council, and .if the convictiou was recorded he wanted to be m a position to move to have it quashed. If the appeal ease went m the direction he thought it wouW, he would show that, except beer, ull liquor had been m the house for a considerable time, some of it before Neil I went into the house. The police had failed to find any evidence of a sale, and when the raid was made they had to wait until Neall returned from Dunedin, where ho went daily on business to get tlie keys to get into the bar. After hearing the evidence, Mr 0. C. Graham, S.M., said the evideuco of defendant was not satisfactory. He j^ave it m a lie.sitating, prevaricating m-ahner. He would inflict a iiue of £5 and £2 19s costs.