DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 62, 8 March 1912, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

H?er Press Association.) Gisborne, March G. A six-roomed unoccupied house n Awapnni road, the property of tin Gisborne Borough Council, was bum cd to the ground to-night. The insurances are not available. Hastings, March G. The feature most deserving of spec ial commendation at the Hawke s Biij autumn show was the splendid ex hibition of apples, peaches, and grap es from the Arataki Experimcnta Farm. The value of the work don by til© station was clearly domonstrat ed by the interest shown by the public in this display. D. Hay (Auckland) judge of the fruit and horticultura. sections complimented Mr. Tom West, the acting manager, and said that i was the most comprehensive and in stractive exhibit lie ever had hefon him. Visitors expressed great ap precision of the Department’s work The improvement of orchardists’ anfruit exhibits this year, as comparer with previous years, testified to tin commercial values that experimental stations are to the fruit-growing in clustry of New Zealand. Wellington, March 6. The Dominion’s revenue for tin eleven mouths of ihe financial yeai totals £1),002,202, an increase of £7OO, 103 over the revenue for tho corres ponding months of the previous year Mr. W. Milne, Oamaru, has l)oei reappointed one of the directors rep. resenting the Government on tin idirectorate of tho Bank of Now Zealand. Mr. I). ,1. Nathan, Wellington lias been appointed director in succession to Mr. Harold Beauchamp, whose term has expired. ' Groymouth, March G. Mrs. Orr, aged 75, was burnt t< death at Cobden last night, through her hut catching lire. Timaru, i\farch G. , The. Hon. 'l'. Mackenzie, while passing through to the south to-day, mentioned that he will probably return north next- week inland by tho Mt. Conk motor-car service from Queenstown. "This will he a. sort ol official opening of tho Queens-town-ill. Cook lino, though ears have been running throughout the season with a satisfactory amount of pal moage. ~ Timaru, March G. 'Licensing committee contests take place for Toimika and Wait-aid elect orates but not in the Timaru electorate. The chairmen of Mackenzie and Levels County Councils adversely comment on the Local Government Bill, saying that it leaves too much to be done by the Board in Wellington and by Ordcrs-in-Counoil. | The Levels County Council to-da\

resolved to limit the loads drawn by traction engines to 15 tons whether on two or three trucks, and wheel loads to scwt. per inch of tyre width including weight of trucks.