SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 36, 11 February 1905, Page 6

SOUTHERN NEWS.

t fRy Telejrrapli —Press Association.) c i T TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. p . HOKITTKA. Friday. t .\t the West Coast Temperance Convention the following resolutions were carried: —1. "'This conference places on % _ record its pleasure tbat the Licensing Act of !ait session appears to sufil- > rieiuly safeguard the local option poll, and relieves the no-license party from j i ihf necessity of becoming a political J party, thus enabling them to conccn--1 r.ratc their energies on the achievement II of the grrai reform of no-license free ! from tho trammels and uncertainties of party politic?." 2. -'That the con- ) fereiice desires to call attention to the loose method of appointments of re- , turning officers, and expresses "the hope that the exct-utive of the alliance will take sue!) action as will secure greater care in the appointment of unbiassed men a.s returning and deputy-returning officer?." The Rev. \V. J. Mliott was re-elected president. Jn the evening a pnblic- meeting was hold, when the Revs. Trestrail and Dasrson, and Mr Bedford, M.H.H,, delivered lengthy addresses. Some diversion was caused by Mr Manille. a brewer, asking a number of questions, and defending thp attitude of the trade. 1 COACH ACCIDENT. I>UNEDTN r Friday. The coach from Roxburg-n to Alexanj \ dra met with an accident this morning. i Going down Ha.lf-mil<i Rill, something J went wrong with the check rein. Tlie j horses mad;- a sudden swerve and dTopped ovpr a stone embankment, a sheer fall of 15 feet. Fortunately there were no passengers on bnard. The '■ driver, who stuck to the coac.fr, reueivled a wound on the arm. The coach was damaged, and one of the horres had to be shot. FLAX BOURNE ESTATE. 5 BLENHEIM. Friday. Evidence was given in the FJnxhonrne i case to-day by Sir Geo. Clifford, the ■ principal owner of t>he estate, who ) I showed tFiat the best offer of the Gov- , I ernment was £2 10/ an acre, or .j £ 140 :W0 ensh. This was made in 1902 : j »nd declined. If the Minister had met him in a reasonable way he would have sacrificed much rather than stand, as it were, in litigation aeainst the country i in which he was born, and to-wards '■ which he had patriotic feelings. Horace ' Baker, land sgent. of Nopier. gave evi--1 dence that he valued the estate at I £255070. or £6 6/3 per acre- Walter • Towdrell, dairy farmer at Waimate - Plains, produced a sample of Flaxbournc f milk, which he showed had given a bet- ; ter test of butter-fat than tlie average obtained in his district. . ! WESTPORT. this day. '. i Patrick Ryan, prnprieicr of the Vie- , toria Tlotel. fell in his bar on Thursday and badly broke his right leg. He was . admitted to the hospital, whore he died . last night. He was in bad health gencrc ally. J NAPIER, this day. j At the Supreme Court David Gioson i was sentenced to twelve months* imprisonment for false pretences. The Chief j Jiistiee referred to the case as a dej liberate attempt to cheat people, accused I having longed a sum of £50 wit> a j Chrisfchurc-h firm. ?nd then proceeded to I operate on it to the extent of .€7OO. i The sentence will run coneurrentlv with i one accused is now serving, adding five ' month? to hi? term.