GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 July 1924, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

•BLENHEIM BURGLARY. (BY TELEGRAM! —PRESS ASSOCIATION ) BLENHEIM, July' 9.' A young Australian, Victor Charles Hugo Greaves, aged 26, who was responsible for the burglary committed at Priddle’s billiard saloon on Monday night, was arrested at Renwicktown He pleaded guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court at Wellington for sentence.

FIRE AT HOKITIKA

HOKITIKA, July 9. An alarm of lire was given at six o’clock to-night, the outbreak being at The Rivoli,” in the centre of Revell street. The fire had a big hold when the brigade arrived, but a splendid'save A\as effected of the adjoining premises which were undamaged. The Rivoli premises were completely gutted. The insurances are not available at present.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

CHRISTCHURCH, July 9. . he Canterbury A. and P. Association to-day dealt with a letter from the i\evv Zealand and South Seas Exhibition Commfttee with resneet to the Koyal Agricultural Show,: which is to be held in Christchurch next year" The letter requested that the association should waive its claim for the show in favour of the Otago A. and P Association if that body, which had not yet been approached by the Exhibition Committee, was prepared to enter into necessary .arrangements. The request was made in view of the desire that the exhibition should lie made a financial success. The chairman (Mr R. M. D. Morten) said the first Royal Show was to be held in Palmerston this year, and the second was to be held in Christchurch next year. If the Association was to allow the Otago Association to hold the Royal Show next year, it would mean that no Royal Show would be held here until. 1929; because in 192 G the show was allotted to Invercargill, and the following year to the North Island.

.After brief discussion, it was decided that the association regretted its inability to accede to the request.