DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1921, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

e GREATER AUCKLAND. ‘ a ■ 3 By Telegraph.—Press Association. k * ‘ Auckland, Last Night. A statement prepared by the City “ Valuer on the rateable value for the J greater Auckland area at the present d time .shows another substantial increase n in values for the past year, the figures y hating . jumped from to d £.1,388,758 in twelve months. This is '■ exclusive of the Grey - Lynn area, the rateable value of which now stands at ). £190,510, bringing the total valuation :r for greater Auckland «to £1,489,268. n , ■- FIRE AT WANGANUI. s. ie Wanganui, Jan. 18. ,e A six-roomed house, owned and occue pied by Mrs. King, Gonville, was totally t e destroyed, together with the contents, i- by fire this morning. The inmates had 1- a very narrow escape. One of the ,h firemen was badly burnt about the ie hands. d •e GISBORNE HARBOR SCHEMES, k') id Gisborne, Jan. 18. ,g The Harbor Board has received a rere port from Captain Haytor, of the Port p Adelaide, and Captain PlatCs, of the Te y Anau, giving a shipmasters’ opinion on s the rival harbor schemes. These emn phatically declare in favor of Mr. Leslie l 9 Reynold’s scheme. The board decided g to forward the report to the engineering 0 commission for its consideration. , g - h MISS BLEIBTREY’S TOUR. iy Gisborne, Jan. 18. d With reference to the Hastings teley gram stating that Miss Bleibtrey could [. not have landed till Sunday, the facts e are that the Mararoa’s passengers exy perienced no difficulty in landing on g Saturday evening, the sea being calm, g Arrangements had been made to bring y the swimmef ashore in a special launch immediately on arrival. n ® CASES AT GISBORNE. Gisborne, Jan. 18. Two settlers, Trafford and Hunt, were fined £3 for a breach of the railway [. regulations by taking blasting powder n on a train, resulting in the recent ex- .. plosion. t j A country storekeeper was fined £3O for giving a keg of beer at Christmas ® time to Maoris. ,r BELGIAN CONSUL WELCOMED. Wellington, Jan. 18. M. Segeart, Consul-General for Bel7 gium, was accorded a civic reception today. Speeches of welcome were made by the Mayor and Mr. Massey, who paid a 4 tribute to Belgium’s part in the war and congratulated her on being the first na4 tion participating in the war to make 6 rapid recovery. 3 Mr. Segeart expressed the\ heartfelt 5 thanks of his country for the magnifi--1 cent help given by New Zealand, both 8 in money and men. 6 1 SMALL FIRE ON NAVUA. 4 Auckland, Jan. 18. A fire broke out in the coal bunkers of the Navua early this morning. It was extinguished by the fire brigade. No damage was done to the vessel or cargo. WESTLAND TIMBER RIGHTS. Hokitika, Jan. 18. This morning the warden (Mr. Orr Walker) dealt with the suits by the - Crown for cancellation of the Great e Western Timber Company’s areas at e Okarito, in South Westland. Cancellal tion was decreed in all eases, with costs, s The effect of the decision is that 10,000 e acres of valuable timber land held by I the company will now revert to the Crown, coming under the provisional State forest regulations. i AERIAL MAILS CONTRACTS. s u_ Wellington, Jan. 18. i Contracts have been approved by the j Cabinet for daily aerial mail services bel tween Auckland and Whangarei and between Christchurch, Ashburton and Timaru. The northern contract has been let to the New Zealand Fiythg • School Company (Auckland), and the ■ southern service will be carried out by > the * Caurteijbury Aviation Company.. Both services start in about & weeks’ LW'i [