SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 160, 8 July 1899, Page 2

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

GISBORNE, thi. day;

The annual show of the Gisborne ; Poultry Fanciers' Club sho\ved a i marked improvement on last year's ! there being 337 entries, 100 more than the previous year. There were few outside competitors, the most success- I ful being Bouskill.of Auckland, and Cosgrove, of Napier. The judge was ,Mr Mcintosh. [ STRATFORD, this day. | The Electric Lighting Company sjot word to-day that the plant was shift, ped. They are now calling tenders for a building, and are erecting poles to carry the wire. WELLINGTON, this day. . It is now stated there is no truth in the statement made at a meeting of the City Council on Thursday night that the Miramax Estate is to be sold to a syndicate, to be cut up for build, ing purposes. DUNEDIN, this day. - The net revenue of the MorningtOn Tramway Company for the past year was.£2o3s. The directors recommend payment of a dividend of four, per cent, for the year, and leaving £ 1209 to be carried forward. It is reported to the police that" Alfred Trowson has been missing' from his home at Signal Hill for five weeks. He is 2!) years old and single.' Search parties have found no trace of him. Dr. Reimer, one of the oldest practitioners in Dunedin, died this morning- ",,.;,!