NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 884, 2 August 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telegraph.—Press ABSociatlon.) o AUCKLAND'S NEW POST OFFICE, TO COST .£95,500. Auckland,' August t. The foundation-stone of tho new Chici •• \ Post Office which is. being built at tha • foot of Queen Street was laid this after- ■ noon by. Sir Joseph Ward, Postmaet«r. General, in tho presence of a largo crowd. In the course of his speech Sir • Joseph gave- some interesting statistics, showing the expansion of the work of tho Auckland Post Office from the early uays 1 of 1841. Messrs. Poole, Myers, andfcriovcr, M.P.'s, also spoke. The contractors foi the building are Messrs. J. and \V. Jamie' soil, Ltd., of Christchurch, the contrac/ prico being ,£95,5Ut1. CETACEAN. COMES ASHORE. Ashburton, August I, A. living whale, twenty feet in length, • was washed ashore opposite the anglers' huts at the mouth of the Eakaia Biver . on Sunday. Three boys cut their initials in the blubber, establishing prima fack .■ evidence of ownership. This morning, ■ however, the whale had disappeared. It' is expected it will be washed ashore again _ somewhere on tho Ninety Mile Beach. EARTHQUAKE. Wairoa, August L A slight earth shake was felt here ai ■. 3 o'clock yesterday. ALLEGED ARSON. Christchurch, August L ' In the Magistrate's Court, May Peg*. ley, a young woman, was committed i for trial on a chargo of having set fire : to the house of A. 0. Keating on July 20. OBSTRUCTING THE'POLICE. \ Dunedin, AugMt 1. • At the Police Court to-day, "SValter . Goodman was sentenced to a month'e imprisonment on charges'of inciting a' man to resist the police and of obstructing the police in the execution of their duty,' the sentences to be concurrent. ~ The cases were the outcome, of a serious disturbance in the street' on the night of July 9. Evidenoe was given by' the police that accused had been warned on the night referred to, but refused to go away. COMMITTED F0 RTRIAL. . Dunedin, August 1. • Two men named Thomas M'Namara and Joseph Donnelly were committed for trial on a charge of robbing a man named Jas Black of .£2 175., and using personal ' violence towards him. CHESS CONGRESS. Timaru, August t. ' At a meeting this evening, the Tim am, , Chess Club decided to accept the Chesr Association's offer to hold tho nest con---gress here, at Christians aiid New Year . ' Holidays. NEW RIVER BOARD. Palmerston, August I. ' At a crowded meoting of ratepayer! ' to-night, it was decided to form a River ' . Board to deal with tho erosion of the • Manawatu River, between the. Longburn railway bridge and the Manawatu Gorge. ' , SUNDAY CONCERTS. Christchurch, August'l. ' The question of Sunday concerts, waa ' discussed by tho City Council to-night, and a motion in favour of refusing per-. mission to. a proposed series of concerts was adopted.. • ■ ~