NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 853, 27 June 1910, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Teleeraoh-Press Association.) • THE FIRE ON S.S. INDRADEVI. GENERAL AVERAGE STRUCK. Auckland, June 26. JJie Minister lor Murine has ordered JU Own n.\ed. A survev of the vessel «H bomn.lc to-day to are necessary A general «' ayo o, 20 per cent. Las been struck. HOSPITAL INQUIRY. THE TREATMENT OF TYPHOID, Dunedin, ,Ji me 25 A _special Hospital Committee, hasspixt ~g t.1,0 treatment of t.vplioid cases a lie institution resolved: "Thai" SJ> mth Wer patients ge£ WANCANUPS MUNICIPAL OfiS> WORKS. Wanganul, June 26. During the ceremony of starting * nowly.mst4.lled boost J on ISay afternoon some interesting figures were tLi + p Ullcllwl oa swrks. Curing the last four years, the number of con" suniers has increased from 155S to 2650. lie gas made in 1906 amounted to it) milhoii feet, necessitating 3500 tons of coal. This year 72 million feet of gas were made from 5756 tons of coal, a lie cash collected in 1900 was £12 683 wnereas this year the total is £23;458' IJic number of retorts lias been inl creased from 24 to 63. and a lar-e quantity of unproved apparatus added to the works, which are now declared py experts to he the most up-to-date m the- Dominion. During tie past tour years cast iron mains and wrought iron mams were extended fourteen and tour miles respectively. Since the muraoipalisation of tlio gasworks soma eight years ago, £13,900 has been transferred in relief of rates. NAZARETH HOUSE OPENED. Christciuirch, June 26. Archbishop Redwood, assisted by Bishop Grimes, this afternoon formally opened the Nazareth House at Sydenham—an institution for the reception of orphans and aged indigent people of all creeds. THE NIP OF WINTER. Ashburton, June 26. The cold snap, which commenced last Sunday, continued till last night. On three mornings of the week fifteen degrees of frost were experienced, while, on other days, the register varied from 13 to 14J- degrees of frost. In consequence of yesterday being a sunless day, it was expected that the ico in the Domain lakes would bo fit for skating to-day, but a sudden unseasonable change occurred during the night, and to-day was warm, with, a wind Uowincc and indications uncertain. DRAPERY STORE BURNT. Inveroargill, June 25. The drapery establishment of Raines IWhers, at Winton, was destroyed bv fire yesterday. The insurance on the building was £250 in the Alliance, and on the stock £500 each in the Standard and State offices. The adjoining residence of Mrs. Henderson was damaged. It was insured for £200 in the C°ommorcial Union, and the furniture for £100. FLOUR FLUCTUATIONS. Dun'sdin, June 25. Floiir has been reduced 10s. a ton all round. The local quotations now are £9 ss. for sacks. SUPREME COURT CASES. Auckland, June 25. At the Supreme Court to-day, Judge Chapman sentenced Hama Horomana,' charged with a serious offence, to fire years' hard labour. Napisr, June 25. At the Supreme Court, Charles Jones, found guilty of .the theft of clothes from the Empire Hotel, Waipawa, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment: Arthur George Coleman, convicted of falso pretences, received a sentence of ono year.