LATE TELEGRAMS

Waikato Independent, Volume V, Issue 321, 8 January 1907, Page 4

LATE TELEGRAMS

BATHURST BURR PEST. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Dargaville, This Day Some thousands of plants of Bathurst burr have made their appearance in Dunedin earth ballast, which has been used in road formation close to Dargaville. PROFESSOR RUTHERFORD LEAY- , ING CANADA. Auckland, This Day. Professor Rutherford, of McGill University, who visited New Zealand recently, has accepted the Chair of Physics Manchester University. FARM LABORER SUICIDES. Wellington, This Day. A farm hand named Albert Edward Newdick shot himself at Upper Hutt yesterday afternoon. Deceased was aged 34 years and leaves a wife and four children. He came from England about twelve months’ ago. POOR HARVEST IN CANTERBURY. Christchurch, This Day. Harvest prospects are not bright in mid-Canterbury, The crops will be very light. The pastures are completely dried up, and the root crops are not promising. TRAMWAY TRAFFIC. Christchurch, This Day. From December 24th to January 2nd the tramways carried 501,889 passengers.