Interprovincial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 4, 24 January 1907, Page 24

Interprovincial

A bush, lire at Granity, near ..Westport, extended - -to three residences at two o'clock on Saturday morn— 4ng, and completely destroyed them. " The owners were -Messrs. Moriarty, O'Rourkc, and 'isavcry. Two of them were insured for £200 each. ' "

Mr. M. Gilfedder, the newly-appointed Native Land Court Judge, rep "esen ted the "Wallace constituency in -the House of Representatives until defeated by the present member (Mr. J. C. Thomson)." At the last election he > unsuccessfully contested the Wakatipu- seat. , •"■ Mr. • Gilfedder studied law after Ms retirement from the political arena, and after' passing, practised his profession at Invercargill for several years. -- Several- prominent Wellington citizens have expressed a desire to tender Sir. Joseph" Ward a banquet pre--vious to his departure on the 26th inst. for England. In the meantime the Prime Minister has been communicated with, and, 1 if his arrangements' will permit, the function will take place- on -the evening of Friday, the ' 25th inst. Should a favorable reply be received a meeting, of" citizens, interested will be convened- at an ' early dale.' - -

The executive committee in connection with "the "annual concert on, Rfc. Pal rick 's Day, for the benefit of .the Nazareth Home, -Christchurch,- have' arranged that it shall be "held on March 18, in His Majesty's Theatre. This year St. Patrick's Day falls oh Sunday, hence Ihe necessity "of holding the " concert oai the 18th. It is expected" that the programme will be even more attractive than on former occasions.

At the Magistrate's Court, Wellington, on Friday, the manager of a large city _ grocery-;estalblish-ment was fined £1 with costs for selling "adulterated milk. The circumstances were that the Health Department had examined a sample of condensed milk which had been bought the defendant. The "brand on the tins set out tha>t the contents were condensed from- the 'purest 1 mii'lk. The department wishes to ensure that ih'e condensed mi\k_ shall not, be sold,- or if it is sold that it shall be placed before the public as milk condensed from skim milk. 'The defendant explained that he had " never suspected - that there ,was anything wrong with the' milk.- On hearing the . result of. tlie department's ■ analysis he shipped large "supplies of the milk back to the manufacturers

The Premier gave a member of the ' Evening Star ' staff, an interview on his way to Christchurch, on Saturday morning. As to the Exhibition, Sir Joseph said that, with a view, of giving country settlers an opportunity of visiting it at the lowest possible cost, cheap excursion trains ' would be. run. - The fares to Christchurch by,. i(hese trains would be : — Prom Oamaru, first, class" 12s, second class 8s 6(1 ; from Palmerston, 14s Gd and 10s 6d ; from- Waitati, 16s and 11s 6d ; from Dunedin, 18s and 12s ; from Henley, 20s and 14s, from- Mil lon, 21s 6d and 15s ; from Clinton, 23s and 16s ; from Gore, 24s 6d and 17s ; from Inverca-rgill, 2jss 9d and 18s 6d. -Xhes fares from other stations would be on a similar low- basis • . Cheap .excursion holiday excursion " tickets would also be Issued up to the closing of tihe Exhibition, so that settlers would be afforded an opportunity of visiting the Exhibition at a minimum cost. — . . "*■--.•

The re-opening announcement of the Sacred Heart Hdgh School, Barbadoes street, Chrdstchurch, conducted by thio Orddr of Notre D.ame des Mis'sfions, . appears' in our advertising" col unins. 1 In addition to the higher' subject studies 'therein mentioned, the . Sisters give a' complete course in technical education, the pupils being • trained in' all branches of useful and .domestic science, cookery', dressmaking, etc., in fact equipped in as thorough a manner as- possible in all that will stand them in good stead in after -life.