TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 857, 25 June 1910, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

Auckland, June 23. For the past tour years the Grey Street Creche has been carrying on a splendid work which has attracted the attention of Sir John Logan Campbell who has now donated a sum of ,£ISOO to the Order of the Good Shepherd for the erection of a home adjoining the one carried on by the Sisters in charge of the present Creche.

Christchurch, June 23, A movement is on foot among the working men in Lyttelton to promote the State acquisition of 500 acres of land on the sunny slopes of the south side of the harbour, with a view to subdivision into workers’ lots. The land in view was originally surveyed with the idea that it might be suitable for residential sites for business men having interests in the town of Lyttelton. At an early stage in the history of the province, however, Christchurch became the centre of business activity, Some workers have been casting longing eyes at the land of late, and the project is being taken up with some enthusiasm. Gore, June 23.

A youth years of age named David Jolly Milne pleaded guilty to charges of forging and uttering a cheque, and was remanded to the Supreme Court. Auckland, June 23.

The property occupied by A. Yates and Co., in Queen Street, 33 feet, was sold to-day to a local syndicate for .£28,500. The value after deduction for buildings, works out at a little over ,£550 per foot frontage. Hokitika, June 23.

A fire at Kanieri at one o’clock this morning destroyed the Catholic Church. Only a piano and portion of the altar were saved. There was no insurance on the structure, which was an old one. Arrangements had been preparing for some time to erect a new building. Greymouth, June 23.

John Black, George Beattie and Hugh Relly were each sentenced at the Supreme Court to six months’ hard labour for theft of a keg of beer from the Greymouth brewery on March 13th.