NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1647, 14 January 1913, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Press Aesooiition.) BRIGADE CALLED IN TIME. Eltham, January 18. A residence owned and occupied by \V, Clarry caught fire Inst evening, but the firo brigado was given' timoly warning, and their efforts confined tho conflagration to tho rear portion of the promises. The insurance on the house was,£l7s olid on the furniture nil. a

BOOK-STALL BURST OPEN. Wannanui, January 13; A burglary took plaoo at the Aromoho railway station book-stall on Friday night. A box of cigarettes and. ten shillings in silver were taken. There is So cluo to tho perpetrator.

BIRKDALE FIRE. Auckland, January 13." A eoven-roomod house at Birkdalfl, owned and occupied by-Alfred J. Finch,' was destroyed by firo last night, with its contents. Tho occupants escaped in their night clothes through tho upstairs windows. Tho houso was insured for J8450 in tho London and Lancashire office, and tho furniture was partly covered in tho same office. '••"" ■:. :■! LIGHTING THE. COAST. Auckland, January 13. A meeting of master roarinow .passed a resolution expressing tho opinion that of tho two proposals submitted by the Minister for Marino, No. 2 (one'first-class light with under • attendants) is tho only ono suitable for such a dangerous and worldimportant outpost as tho Three Kings. ' FARMERS' PESTS. _ . , Tlmaru, January 13. The Hessian fly is reported'to bo doing damage, in some parts of tho Geraldino district, and the turnip fly is also in evidence. ' , '- , ' CATHOLIC FEDERATION, Auckland,; January 13, A branch of the Catholic Federation was formed in Auckland to-night, a resolution to that effect being carried onthusiastically. Among the speakers wcro Bishop Clcary, tho Hon. ! W. Boehan, M.L.C., and Wonsignor Gillan.. ; TRANSPORT PROBLEM. _ ; Tlmaru, January 13. For some time past there has been a good deal of discussion on the town transport problem—electric tramcars, railloss cars, or motor-busses. Tho Mayor (Mr. Hawkey) has convened a cpecial meeting of "tho Borough Council for to-morrow evening, at which ho will propose for consideration a loan of" JC6OOO to improve rpadings and instal motor-busses. A councillor will move an .amendment in favour of railless cloctrio cars! BRIEF MENTION. Greymouth, January 13. There Is no trace of John M'Geady, aged about 85, who came to town from near Reef ton on Christmas Eve.

Invercarnlll, January 13. A well-known residonrof Invercarglll, Mr. Thomas M'Carthy, G4 years of age. was found dead in his van at.Gap Road on Sunday. It is understood that death. was duo to liearfc failure.

Nineteen lieutenants in the Salvation ,Army, who had been undergoing training in the training garrison at Melbourne, ar< rived by the Moeraki thiß morning;