NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1733, 25 April 1913, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

| . -(By Toleerapli.—Press AflJociation.) — .STATE EXHIBITION DISPLAYS. Auckland, April 21. J'ho utility of tho forth com i US' exhibition as a medium for Departmental displays has been recognised by the.Government to the extent of the engaging' of 10,000 feet of space. The areas reserved in this connection aro:—Railway Department, 5000-fect; Tourist Department, 10(10 feet; Agricultural Department, 1000 feet; Defence Department, 1100 feet; Post anil Telegraph Department, SOO feet; Government Insurance Department, 100 feet; .Government Printing Office, 300 feet; Public Health Department, 210 feet; Marino Department, 100 feet. .The last does not take into account the aquarium, which th? Mrfrine Department is likely to' instal near the artificial ponds. AUCKLAND MILIC SHORTAGE. Auckland, April 21. The position regarding Auckland's milk supply is daily becoming more acute. The i unusually dry weather is responsible for this, and unless warm rain falls in tho : immediate futuro, the prices, which wero raised at the beginning of tho week by vendors, may bo further increased. Cream is almost unobtainable. AUCKLAND CITY LAND VALUES. Auckland, April 21. A sales of city property took place today, when a warehouse site in Port Street, with a frontage of lift. sin. by a depth of 58ft. lOin., was submitted by public auction, and realised a price of .£l5O per foot. DUNEDIN & BATTLESHIP. • * Duncdln, April 21. The Harbour Board has instructed its engineer and harbourmaster to proceed to Napier with the latest charts and soundings of Otago Harbour, iu the hope of inducing Captain llalsey to reconsider his decision not to come in. • / BETTOR FINED £20. Ashburton, April 21. . At tho' MeHiven Police Court to-day, before Mr. T. A. B. Bailey, S.M., l'etev Weary, who pleaded not' guilty to a charge of betting on the Jlethven course on New Year's Day, was fined „C2O.