NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1041, 2 February 1911, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telecraph.—Press Association.) —9 ONLY WELL WATER AVAILABLE. HOUSE. DESTROYED. " . New Plymouth, February 1. ■ % five-roomed House in Gaine Street, «wned by Mr. A. Goldwater, and occupied by Mr. J. W. Alldridge,, was destroyed by fire at daylight this morning. It was insured for .£lso' in the South British office. The furniture, was uninsured. Little was saved. The.fire was first discovered at 1.45 a.m., and was believed to have been extinguished, but it broke out again, resulting in the complete destruction of the building. The street is outSide the borough water supply' system, /fcnd only well water was available. DAMAGES FOR £750. ' Following atjto-accident, Dunedin, February 1. The Supreme Court Upheld the jury's lerdict awarding ' Miss Aitcheson .£750 damages against Samson, jun., .a local luctioneer, whose motor-car, driven by Uollins, a. prospective . purchaser, ran over, and seriously injured plaintiff, who pas riding a bicycle in Princess Street. A BUSY POLLING DAY. Wannanuv February 1. .■ Four mnni'cipal polls were taken to-day. Mr. Allan icobinson was elected to the Borough" Couicil; pollfng 796 votes against E65 polled by Mr. Walter Grey," who stood in the' interests of the Labour party.' The following loan proposals were earned:—.£3s,ooo for tramways extension, by 713 to 225 votes; .£15,000 Tor water and drainage at, Aramoho by 137 to 47; ill,ooo, for water and drainage at JJnrietbwn; •' bjj .£8 to one. ! NELSON ANNIVERSARY. > Nelson, February 1. The sixty-ninth anniversary, of Nelson province was .celebrated by holi'day to-day in glorious weather. A large number of picnic parties, proceeded to various country resorts. In the town the chief' attraction was the regatta, which ;was' very successful. .The maiden fours j-esulted': Blenheim, 1; Picton, 2; NelEGn, 3.' Youths' Pairs: Nelson, 1; Picton, 2; Blenheim, 3. Junior Fours: Picinn, l;Nelson, 2; . Nelson 11, 3. Senior Tours;. Picton, I;., Nelson, 2. A„nu;nbcr Cfrfcailing' and pi;wcrTboat' raocs.' wsj aj!9|jbif, and a swimming carnival : was also ]beld in conjunction with the regatta. -r; -:; f )S IT A,FRUIT RECORD? • •j " " Gore,. February 1. /'A record consignment of fruit was Eispatched from the Birchdale orchard, Roxburgh, via-Edievale, about the middle of January. From January-6 to January 11 107 cases of fruit, weighing twenty-one ■tens, were dispatched. This is stated to ' jbe a New Zealand , record. GUN ACCIDENT. . Wanganui,-February 1. Frank Marshall, the sixteen-year-old sob if Mr. Gilford Marshall, Crown Prosecutor, while using a gun in the garden togay shot himself in the forehead. He was Removed to the hospital 'in a serious condition.