HEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1597, 14 November 1912, Page 6

HEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(3j Aii.oolatl.on.l - •- -*-r. MUNICIPAL THEATRE OPENED. : Napier, November 1.1. Napier's ' Municipal Theatre, which with' tho" site 'Oost .£31,(W0, was officially opened ; Jast night by the Amateur Operatic Society, which gave &h exceptionally ' fiuo presentation 1 of ""The Greek : Slave" to' ' ®' crowded house. . Tim theatre was designed by the Hon. Mr. Pitt, of Melbourne, oa most modern' Kiies, iuid is said to be'tiiebest in- the dominion. '. The 'decorations . of the interior aro strikingly beautiful, and wero universally admired. -The seating accommodation is for fourteen hundred, whilo the stage is large enough to ..•fill the requirements of ajiy. travelling' company, THE LATE KING MAHUTA, ', ... Auckland, November 13, A 'large number of Natives arrived' at Waahi to-day to tales part,',iii :the 'tahgi, .. pvey .the late "King"- Mahuta. ' A great portion .of the, daj". .Was taken up iil welcoming new arrivals. THE LOST "DREDGE, Auckland, November 13. . A lifebuoy bearing the name "Manchester, iyttelton," was found on tho West Coast near Ilelensville a few days ago. The authorities are it; Irelonged io the lost dredge. Tho lifebuoy was singularly freo from barnacles or any marine growth. RECORD PRICES. Hokitika, November 13. A farm of 151 Scrfes, closci t# the &la- • littra dairy factory, about five niiles from Hokitika, was. sold by auction fo-day by Mesrs. Mark, Sprot and Co., at about doiibie the previous record prioo for irceholci land on the West. Coast, the lot fetching.. i£4Bs, equal to 6?.. Sd, per acrei fho area is Native .reserve >.hcld.. ■under lease - for "2,1 years,' ■with.'::right''' pf' : renewal from the Public Trustee,- tho : Ten.lal. being. ,£1 Is. 3d. pfr annum. _ Re- ! cord prices r were ftl!p realised {orc'tuiy stock, which averaged -SlO 10*. A SHILLING A KEG. Invercargill, Novembf.r 13 ■ . The Town'Couijcil to-night rtccired a letter from the Women's Christian 'lonipcranco Union, objecting to kegs of liquor being carried on tho municipal traiiicars from" Th'o council referred tho matter to the Tipim-w.-iy Committee to report. The present chargfr is a shilling, per keg,. CHFIISTCHURCH CRIMINAL SESSIONS. Ghristchurch, November..l 3, ... At the. Supreme Court Henry Mathet. Was sentencm ■ tp. oiglitoenK^ prfeopnicTit for iiideceiit •. assault;/.. .j Black, alias ;Jam<Ss, D.u.irvwodi*, cli.argwL ■ Tyatch,,S ; a<r airway-. heket;.. aaa. _!• lufcsagfc •.<^iieck i \vcre :.' Aiv ' Atnol.dL Copelfitid :BoraneU,.:;.wa3 , rwiiv , . ; tictcd oJ having" stolcii »a .. Rplcl.; watca,', ti gold tnuff.-ctn.iui -arid a- .p'air ; "of.i sjweta.clcs, ; . sentence ws deferred,'. ~Tli6 cuiar/ye'. Jtga'iitst Br. C.. J:. Kussell . jvas .adjourned fill the iwxt criminal ,nS;h;^itn6isß:; • for the 'QrqSynvis: ;f,rom ,; v tlic : KDb-;; . minion,- ' . V :v.