SERIOUS "CREEP" AT NEWCASTLE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9031, 18 January 1908, Page 5

SERIOUS "CREEP" AT NEWCASTLE.

DENSE RESIDENTIAL AREA AFFECTED.

A CATHEDRAL SERIOUSLY

DAMAGED

i Received January 18, 12.27 a.m SYDNEY, January 17.

A serious "creep" has occurred at Newcastle, in the region of Cathedral Hill, on which the Anglican Cathedral stands.

■. The "creep" extends to the business quarter, and' affects a dense residential area.

The walls of buildings cracked in all directions, while the cathedral was seriously damaged. There are cracks two inches wide in the walls, and stained glass windows have been wrenched from the casement. Bricks 'were snapped in halves, and one half ■of the massive structure seems to be sagging away from the other half. The School of Arts was much damaged.

DREADNOUGHTS FOE .AMERICA FiVE SHIPS TO COST £2,000,00. •.''■:Received January 17, 8.35 a.m. NEW YORK, January 16. ; J ' Captan Hobson states that President Robsevelt wishes'ten'millions sterling to' be appropriated yearly for the Tiuilding of five Dreadnoughts. r; '('■■■

P MR EEIR HARDIE

;"V:A TASMANIAN WELCOME,

;IN LOVE WITH NEW ZEALAND

Received January 17, 10.33 a.m

HO BART",, January 17,

''■ Officials of the Workers' Political [League welcomed Mr Keir Hardie. PThe Mayor declined to officially re-/

«eitie Him.••'"■■'■■^"-■ i " 1 :,: -' | ,v/ ' : |vkAsked how hti : found''the workers :faringr!in : ! New ZeValdrtd;-'Mr-'-fiar'die said, '.''-'Better .even than- in Australia. " Ha'added : tHal : hfr feU'in love with New Zealand, and that' the Jabour legislation, was, proceedin,? on right lines. .•-.,, < , i ''■'•'■ 1 "'• PREFERENCE. LORD STANLEY ADVOCATES MR BALFOUR'S POLICY. Received January 17, 10.35 p.m. LONDON, January 17. Lord Stanley, spsaking at Preston, claimed that those advocating Mr A. J. Balfour's policy ought not tu be daunted by ,the epithet "protectionist.'' "Nothing would ever induce 'me to pledge myself to any sin jle tax qf any sort for the purpose of preference until I know what I get in return," said Lord Stanley. "On the other hand, nothing would induce me to pledge myself to oppose any tax. if I thought upon th 6 imposition Of such a tax we would receive as much, if liot more, than had beei surrendered." ; HEAT AND DROUGHT IN AUSTRALIA. SERIOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS. CATTLE DYING OF THIRST. Received January 17, 10.3 a.m. SYDNEY, January 17. The drought is /seriously affecting south coast districts. Cattle sire dying for want of water. The heat in the interior is intense. At Euston 116deg. was topped, and there were many other high registers.

MELBOURNE, January 17

There is no abatement in the heat. The temperature was 106.7 in the city and 119 at Swan Hill., TRUST LANDS TRUST. ORDINARY MEETING. At the monthly meeting of the Masterton Trust Lands Trustees, last evening, there were present:---Messrs E. G. Eton (chairman), R. Krabagen, C. E. Daniel]; D. Caselberg, T. Wagg, W. H. Jackson. The Treasurer reported a credit balance of £355 4s 3d. A letter was received from the secretary of the Wellington Harbour Board asking the Trustees whether they intended to redeem the ,£1,200 owing to the Board on the Town Hall or to re-borrow the amount at the rate of 4.| per cent. The rate cf interest was high on account of the stringency of the -money market and there was every probability of the price rising. Mr Daniell said the Trust had always endeavoured in the past to pay off as much of the Town Hall loan every year as possible. He moved that £2OO be now paid off the loan, and that arrangements be made with the Harbour Board for re-borrowing £I,OOO to be paid off in four years at the rate of £250 per year plus interest.

- The motion was seconded by Mr Wagg and unanimously carried. The secretary was instructed to take steps to have the voters' roll revised, and brought up-to-date at an expenditure not to exceed £lO. He ,was alsqj directed to write to the Wellington Harbour Board asking them if they would be prepared-to lend a sum of £IO,OOO, which was recently authorised by the voters for building purposes, for a term of not less than three years; also, if the Trustees could raise any portion of the money at six months' notice. Accounts amounting to £94 9s 7d were passed for payment.