MISCELLANEOUS.

Colonist, Volume L, Issue 12159, 6 February 1908, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

Wellington^ February 5 | |Sixfcy Wellington shopkeepers have notified the Labour Department of their intention to observe the hnifholiday on Saturday. Peter i'oitz. an eiderly cabinetmaker, was found dead this morning in squalid premisds, which had been occupied by the deceased for some ; time. At; the Supreme Colirt to-daj Adeline Francis pleaded guilty tc a charge of having forged the ac knowledgment of a receipt for a re gistered letter containing £2, anc was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Auckland, February 3. Evidence of the raipd increase ii the value of property in the environs of Auckland may be gained fron the fact that a property of 388 acrespart of the One Tree Hill Estate has been sold for £78,000 by Sir Johr Campbell to a Wellington syndicat* which intends to subdivide fo: building purposes. Lyttelton, February 5. Seven firemen from the steamei Papanui, charged with broaching cargo and stealing nearly JG6S worth were further remanded till Wednes day, when the boat will arrive here. Three men have confessed.