SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 34, 9 February 1905, Page 5

SOUTHERN NEWS.

<3y Telegraph.—Press Association.) GISBORNE-KARAKA RAILWAY. UISBORNE. this day. The Minister for Public Works (Hon. W. ITall-Joaes) has givru insU'uetions iha; tuo section of tri- (ILsborne irsdlway to Te K;:raka (20 iui' a s) sliall be open tor truflic oa March :jlst. MUSCKLJ-AXKOI'S ITEMS. WELLINGTON", this day. Mr Aitken. the present Mayor, has definitely decided not. to seek reelection. lira Lodder, wife of the proprietor of the City Buffet Hotel, dted unexpectedly last night. Mr W. L. Kinp. of Christchureh, judge in the band contest at Auckland, passed through Wellington to-day en | route for Auckland. Sergeant Wright, chief clerk in che Wellington District Police Office, has been promoted to -a position in the Police Commissioners Office, and Constable McGuire becomes chief clerk. WOODVILLE, this day. The Rev. Hill has resigned the pas- 1 torate of St. David's Presbyterian Church to atten-d the Theological College, Dunedin. NAPIER, this day. The Supreme Court sessions opened to-day, before the Chief Justice. Edward Joseph Ross,, who came up for sentence for perjury at Da-zraevirke, got six months' imprisonment. HAWERA, this day. At the swimming meeting yesterday Moore-Hunter won the five district championships—so, 75, 100, 150 and 200 yards. a