NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1655, 23 January 1913, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By' Telegraph—Press jVssooiation.) ' , ; '. : '.'■ 'r —'" »; v. " HOKITIKA LIGHTING. . ■ •.',■..." ,Hokitika, January 21. . \.A special meeting.of the Hokitika Borough Council was held to-night' to consider- a proposal from the .'Boss Goldficlds Reconstructed, Ltd., to supply the borough with electric light and. power. The recommendations of a sub-committee, previously appointed to -report to the council on ; the question, included conditions safeguarding the ratepayers' interest. Negotiations will be entered into with the company in accordance. with the recommendfttion framed. '. ' 'v CHRISTCHURCH FIRE. ' ■■'■-'■ Christchurch, January 22. A fire at 3.30 this morning in Ollivier's Road totally destroyed -a four-roomed house owned by Mr. M'Causland. It contained furniture, but whs unoccupied. The insurances arc not available. . NEW,HUDDART-PARKER BOATS. Dunedin, January- 22. The Huddart-Parker Company has plac,ed an order in England for one and pos--two steamers of the Zealandia typo. It is not expected they Will be available till liext year on account of pressure of work .at the Home shiprbuilding yards. , FARMERS'SUMMER "BURNS." . \ . Gisborno, January 22.. Good burns have been,secured, by the settlers in the back-blocks', who have had tho bush' felled. In somo districts tho •logs left 'from previous- burns have been fired, and the fires havo taken, charge of a considerable area of country. Fences in many cases, have been .'destroyed,,but-the damage is not. considerable, and'filtirrt'ato. good will result by clearing, the'country of . 'logs. • Several settlers.had anxious nights 'whilst the,fires progressed. The atmosphere'around Gisborno has been clouded with ,'shioke. for several .days. ; ".■'TAILORS, 1 DISPUTE.' Dunedln, January 22. The tailors' dispute was heard before the'- Conciliation Commissioner (Mr.. Triggs) ■ to-day. ' An agreement was ar-rived-at providing for a4B ; hours' week and a minimum wago of <£2 ss. Distribution of work on tho'team system is prohibited".' ' INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Christchurch, Januifry 22. At the Hospital Board meeting it was reported that a number of cases had occurred where persons suffering from infectjous diseases, such as tubcrculosis_ and diphtheria, had consulted'a chemist, who, it was alleged, failed to correctly diagnose, and had treated, them. on. his own lines, instead- of sending them. to' doctors. ,'. The point stressed by the board in the subsequent discussion was that the tuberculosis dispensary had been specially provided for the treatment of all cases which possibly might be ' consumptive,, and the public should more and more acquire the fullest possible use of the facilities there.' offered of having • correct and competent diagnosing made. ..'; . i : WATER BURST FROM GLACIER. , ' Tirriaru, Jaiiuary 22. , . Information 1 * has been received from Fnirlie stating that the Mount Cook car, : which came down to-day from the Ilermita'oe with mails and passengers,' had to' start half a mile from the Hermitage, but men are at work and the road will be repaired by to-night, and the ordinary service resumed, to-morrow. ( The Sood'Of Sunday was quite phenomenal. A rush of water' came suddenly from the Mueller Glacier through an old breach in the moraine towards Kea'Point, and covered a large area with big boulders. A track had been made through these. ■ The bridges on the route are not injured; save for trifling damage; ' - FINED £5. '! , Auckland, January 22. ■ For carrying 13G'more passengers un Boxing Day than the vessel's certificate allows, the carjtain of the steamer N;japnni was fined" JGS. and costs in the Police Co.urt to-day. . , ; MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT. Auckland,. January 22. • No fewer than thirty-soven ' applications have .been sent in for the position of medical '".superintendent of the Auckland Hospital. ■■'■■■■':'•