NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 18 February 1911, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

IBji T«leeraph.—Press Association,! WAINCAWA MEAT WORKS.". EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS. Masterton, February 17. Mr. J. C. Cooper, chairman of directors of the Wellington Farmers' Meat Company, stated to a "Daily Times" representative that the -pressure of work , necessitated extensive additions to the neiv works. Two proposals were • to bo' submitted—one for the erection of two new freezing chambers and store- ■ house, at a cost of about £7000; and another for the Judication of • the present capacity of the whole machinery and plant, at a cost of about £20,000» OTAGO UNIVERSITY. ■ A DONATION OF £500. ' ' Duncdin, February 17. At a meeting .to-day of the/CJniver sity Extension Committee, it was . nounced that Mr. Wolfe Harris, of London, ha:d donated £500 towards the fund for increasing the accommodation. 1 of the Otago University College, SHALE DEPOSITS. InvarcargJll, February 17,-- ' , Aprospectmg company is being' formed to. .prove , the shale deposits of the Waikam district. The shale, according to tlio Government analysis, is of beiU ter quality than the usual Scotch shalea, and the engineers report that the do-" posit probably extends over 200 acres, in a 16ft. seam. The deposit is not a recent discovery, but has been disposed of by small owners to dredges as lignite at 6s._ a .ton, indicating easy mining, and. the.:output from one and - a half acres has .been. 30,000 tons. . Three shallow bores, at a cost of £300,, were, recommended to prove the-real extent' and nature of the deposit. That, is the purpose .of the, present company, which, if successful, will make-further development. -~. . .. .. ■ NO-LICENSE. MOVEMENT., • - New Plymouth, February 17. • Messrs. T. E. Taylor and C. H. Poole, M.P.'s, addressed a crowded audience in the Theatre Royal here to-night on 1 local and national prohibition, and meeting with only about six dissentients, carried a resolution rejoicing at the suecess wherever tried, and pledging the meeting to do all in. its power to carry- No-license' ani National Prohibition next poll. v BUSH FIRE. -Auckland, February 17. Bush fires are still burning in many districts in . the > neighbourhood of Auek- ■'* land, and a great deal of smoke still hovers over the city. Jteports feceived; however, point- to-the .fires decreasing, - and the worst period-appears to havo' passed. Fires were ' .burning: freely - along the, Main Trunk line to-day. - '