LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11087, 1 October 1907, Page 3

LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. At to-night's meeting of the City Council it was decided to seek the authority of the ratepayers for the raising of a loan of £50,000 for the extenfjio.n. ,of the electric light and power service. It was also decided to cable to Mr T. Midgeley Tay- ! lor, the well-known sanitary expert of London, inviting him to come to Auckland and report upon a drainage scheme. lie will arrive aboub June next, and the cost of his visit is estimated at £2800. The Auckland Golf Club championship has been won by W. B. Oolbeck, who defeated W. N. Heather over 36 holes. Colbeck finished with 159 and Heather with .163. The game was one of the best ever played in Auckland. NAPIER, last night. At the Supreme Court today, a verdict for defendant was given in a civil case, George Beatty v. -Koberfc Watson, a claim for specific performance of an agreement to sell land. . , The, defence was that there was no written undertaking/ or agreement to sell. • NEW PLYMOUTH, last night. 1 The finding of the grand jury in the tarring and feathering case occasioned considerable surprise. A verdict of guilty from the common jury had been generally anticipated, but the throwing out of the bill by the grand jury was altogether unanticipated. The price of mutton and bread lias been increased from to-day. The uutchers tonight decided to cease the system of hawking meat in carts. .-■• MASTERTON, last night. There were no bankruptcies in the Wairarapa duringjihe^nonth of September. There have, been niTcases 'since "Jiny ]ast. ,Mr R. Brown, for 30 years Town Clerk, retired from the service of the borough to-day. Mr W. T. Mansfield,, appointed acting Town Clerk, commences his'- duties to-morrow. . ' ' WELLINGTON, last night. The annual meeting of the NeNv Zealand' Tennis Association was held to night. The following officers were eiected: — Patron, Hi& Excellency the Governor; President,- Dr Leathern (Taranuk') ; Vice-Presidents, Messrs W. R. Hphnea (Auckland), W- Goss (Canterbury), T. Logan (Hawke's Bay), C. J. W. Gritfitlis (Marlboiongh), G. .A.. MaeQiiflire (Nelson), Dr Home (Taranaki), Rev. l)ean McKenna; '" (Wellington), Dr Mackay (West Coast) ; delegate to Lawn Tennis Association, Mr H. Wilson Fox '; delegates to Australasian Association, Messrs V. H. Baxter and Redmond Barry; i Management Committee, Messrs E. iJenniston, G.| A. Hurley, F. Laish&x, J. A. B. Howe, J. Peacock, A. Young] A. Hume ; New Zealand Appeal Committee; Messrs J. L. Freeman, H. M. Gore, E. M. Redward, A. Young, J. S. Wilson; auditor-, Mr L. J. McKay ; secretary and treasurer, Mr G. N. Goldie. .- It was resolved to amend the rules to provide that no affiliated association shall hold a championship, scratch, or handicap event unless the .New Zealand Association, has approved the programme relating thereto. Players taking part in any such events not authorised by the New Zealand Association will do so at their own risk. No affiliated association is to play a championship, scratch, or handicap event in its programme unless such events are open to all affiliated {iseociations and clubs or English Lawn Tennis Associations or other recognised associatibna. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. The angling season will open to-mor-row, and judging by the number of licenses .issued by the Christchurch Acclimatisation Society the sport here this season promises to be a most uop'i'.ir <"»ie. A large proportion of the licenses have been issued to youths. A private cable mei^age has been received in Christchurch to the effect iVatj Birch (New Zealand) was not the Birch who put up tlie second fasto^fc time, in the Warrnambool'Melbourne *oad race. The New Zealand competitor was surfering from influenza, and rode against medical advice, and finished a long w.iy behind. DUNEDIN, last lv^ht. At a meeting of the Master fcaki-rs' Association to-night, it was .?o<n r .led to increase the price of bread from Cjd to 7d per 41b loaf as from to-morrow. (Special to Herald.) DUNEDIN, last night. Dredging returns: Electric 104ozs, Sailors' Bend lOOozs, Manuherikia 77ozs, Rise and Shine 56 and 19ozs, Perseverance 31ozs, Enterprise 2Qozg, Hartley and Riley 17ozs», Sander Point 14ozs, BigneU's Notowoi 36ozs, Notown Creek 36ozs, Blackwater river 16ozs. Quotations : BLgnell's Notown, 3s, ss ; Electric, 12s, 15s; Enterprise, seller ss; Manuherikia, seller 17s; New Perseverance, Is 6d, 3s 6d ; Rise and Shine, 20s, 21s 9d. The Molyneux river is 4ft 9un above normal. The* drift is troublesome.