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Temuka Leader, Issue 2018, 11 March 1890, Page 1

A Bee Fight. —A most unusual thing a bee fight, is described in a Ross ex change. It appears that a swarm sough to find a habitation in a neighbor’s hive and this was promptly resented, ending in a battle royal. For an hour or two angry bees were 10 be met with in numbers between the two places, and anyone going along that way was sure to be stung. One well-known citizen of Ross sought to drive off the infuriated insects with his hat, and as a result received about seventy stings on his head, A poor dog, chained qp near the scene of the battle, was stung so severely that he became maddened and choked himself to death in his ineffectual efforts to eac-pe. It seemed ns if thousands of bees took part in the fight, and dead bodies of the pugnacious little insects were thickly strewn on the ground, Numbers of persons and animals in the vicinity were stung. The Horticultural Flower Show at the Exhibition on Friday was very successful. The entries exceeded in number any previous show, and in quality compared most favourably. James Denny has been committed for trial at Dunedin on charges of embezzlement from the Standard Insurance Company’s funds, The grandest audience ever seen in Wellington welcomed Santley in the Opera House on Friday night. Every seat in the dress circle and stalls was engaged beforehand, and unbounded enthusiasm.! prevailed. Santley was vociferously encored in every song. At the annual meeting of the Civil Service Supply Association, Auckland, it was shown that a loss of £1734 had been made during the six months ending February Ist. It was decided to go into liquidation. , At Auckland the Knights of Labor have resolved to employ sandwich men to walk in front of the shops of the late closers, with inscriptions on their boards calling attention to the evils of late shopping. The newly-formed Drapers’ Assistants’ Association, at Dunedin, now numbers 250 members, ’ By a stack fire at Douglas Vale, Lake Wakatipu, grain to the value of £2OO was destroyed. There was no insurance. At Southbridge on Friday, Alex Spalding, the licensee of the Selwyn Hotel, wa,s fined £5 for supplying shandy-gafc to a man during prohibited hours. The same defendant was fined £2O, the maximum penalty, for supplying liquor to a drunken man.