NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1297, 28 November 1911, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(lij Telegraph-Prciea Association.! 4 WINE MERCHANT FINED. Rotorua, November 27. 11. ]j. Hollick, wholesale wine and .'pint merchant, was (o-ilay fined i:2O on a charge of having bold beer in less quantity than two gallons; also £5 on each of two charges of allowing liquor to be consinned on his premises. governor at hokitika. ~ Hokitika, November 27. ti i w-i , . UC ' V Oovoruor arrived at r? i • ? "ftonioon at 4.30 o'clock, alter having journeyed by motor-car from 'reymouth via Kumara. The partv wcra l, ' e Woslland county boundary by fin J! 0 ? county councillors, who, ytli tho member for the district, escorted hem to town. On arrival at llokil.ika » l.i el welcome was extended by the Mayor i ''r r y)_and tho borough couucillorfj. Ills I'.xwllency is being enlorMl i!"« llt . a Tho party t! M i" to - morrow , and, afterwards, tho Mahinapua and Kunieri Lnlti-s will bo visited on Wednesday. Tho party afterwards procoed to Christchureli. motoring as for as Ol.ira. • WORKERS' HOMES. . Auckland, November 27. the. foundation stone of a number of workers' dwellings was laid at Ellerslio b.v hir John lincllay this afternoon.' Tho Minister explained the scheme in lha course of his speech, and said he was laying the foundation stono of 20 odd workers' homes, which were being built on most approved plans and with the fullest regard to economy. The worker would get tho best accommodation and comfort the money could provide. SPORTS PROTECTION. fnvcrcargill, November 27. A largely-attended preliminary meeting was held to-night to form a local centre of the tiports I'rotectioi League, jjelogalcs were preset from practically all the Southland sporting bodies. * Mr. Paape, organising secretary, outlined the aims and objects of the league, and effectively replied to adverse criticism. The ccntrc was formed with a strong committee. GISBORNE HARBOUR. Glsborne, November 27.The Gisborno Harbour Board decided to-day to advertise in New Zealand and Australia for an engineer-secretary combined, at a salary of X7OO per annum, to have complete control of harbour affairs and to reorganise the staff, subject to the board's approval.