SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 257, 3 November 1906, Page 7

SOUTHERN NEWS.

„ PREMIER TO 'nil.-: FARMERS. (By Tolegyapli.—Press Association.) ■ j CHRISTCHL'RCH, Friday. I Sir Joicph Ward formally opened the j Farmers' Haloyards in St. A*aph-?trcei. (today in the present? of a inrgc number ,' of farmer* and others. At luncheon 1 al'tor he li'fid propnsnl "Success to tlic T.'ntltTtakinp," the Premier snid th;it the ! position of .Ww Z'\i".md on the. London ! market was due nio=tly to the efforts of j ' tin , farmers thcmsclve,-, but the grading '■' system bar] lichi] n preat fnctor. Ho ! !pa id the company, with its l-ioo members, 1 could not fail in succeeding. THE TOURIST SEASON. j WAXCAXri. Friday. ' 'i'lic tnurisl M-a-nii so far a* Y\Vn- \ ganui River i< concerned started vonie; i six weeks earlier than usual, <iue. no I doubt, to (lie Exhibition. Lanre num- j hers of tourists uve coininjr throu-rh from ! I Auckland and Hotorun vm fie (V;itral i I RaihvJiy and 'J'.iiimr.runui. and tluTicc j down river to Wangitmii. : j SCTLLIXG CHAMI'IOXSHir. | WELUXfITOX, Friday, .las. S'ianbnry, rx-c-harapiou Soulier of ! the world, who is to race Webb, the j j Now Zealand ehatripioii, for £'200 a- . ! =.i<le. on Boxing diiy, left Wellington for j I Wanganui this morning. It is reported I that a match, to ho rowed in Wellington about t-hn middle of Januaiy, has (been arranged between the vrtrran W.J Ilearn. and Ptnnbury. Ilcwrn will be ! given 30sec start in a mile. ! XO LICENSE PROSECUTIONS. ASHUITITOX. Friday. i i At the Magistrate's Conn to-day Mr. ; ■ Wray. S.M.. Hnei] Oenrge Hickmott 20s ' : iind costs fir sending liquor into th' j I A.ilihurton no-lir-euse di-triot without . •jiving the nor-cs-.irv notice to the au- ■ , tlioritirv. Thomas* Walsh. Many Me-! . ■ Klrea. Charles Graham, Arthur Taylor, i . and William Child-, wore each rinrd' i 'and costs for 1 loinur found on promises j i while thi' police wove raidins tin , same j .i in epHroli of s ly jri'ojr. the owner of ' . i the premise:- having since bc:en con ', . ; vk-U'tl of sly ? ro.(r Fcllinpr. ) xursint; the sick poor. \ WELLIXGTOX. this day. j •| The.".mount uikcn at the St. John] \ Ambulance l".a/..iar to augment tbn fund i 1 for mirifinj: the i>ick poor oi 11k , city, I i totalled i'lsoo. i . : THE MAXAAVATT: SHOW. TAI.MF.ESTnX X.. Friday. ! 1j Tl i> cMimatr-d tlio attendance at ,' ' : Mnnnwntn !-how to-day was at lon?t, | *j>25.000. which constitutes a record. Only; ' j competition? were pet down for adjudi<-a- ■' j tion to-day, and thc«e werp won as fol- j low?-. HuntPrs' i-nrapetitinn, (!. j 'i M. Lloyd's The Vagabond 1: X. Wil- j ' son -':' Mrs (i. L. Sutherlend's (The! Sinner) '■'>■ Military errnt.: Serjreant I JRanby"s section of the Feildinp: M.3T.R. i 1' 1: Sergeant Stevens' section, Kfilding ! I M.M.R. 2: Sergeant Sni'th'? section, j S Pahiatna M.M.R." 3. Bo.*t lady rider. J I ; Mi?s> Campbell. Best lady driver, .Mrs ;F. S. Mi-Rae. Leaping competition for j M ponies: Mr J. P. Canteen 1; ,! Mr P. Hammond's Little Wonder 1. MISCELLANEOUS ITEM?. ' ASHJ3URTOX, Friday. At the. Magistrates' Court to-day ■ j William Porter pleaded guilty to muk- : sing a falsa declaration of birth, ajid a was committed for sentence to the h 1 Supreme Court, bail of £23 being ale I lowed. ..I WELLINGTON. Friday. p ! The changes in the administration of i ifiUio Agricultural Department outlined] c. Iby the MinUter for before the | - j closing of the session, will take place i las from December 1. J