SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Issue 66, 19 March 1900, Page 3

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON, this day

The gross receipts of the Manawatu Railway Company for the year, including £16,315 from the sale of land, were £94,045, considerably in excess of the previous year. The dividend recommended is 5 per cent. Work was going on in the Welling-' ton biscuit factory till midnight, to complete an order for 11 tons of : biscuts foa- the troopship Gymerie, j about half of which were ready. All; were destroyed in the fire, and the \ work will now have to be done by I Southern firms. The loss is about j £1000 above the insurance, and some I 40 employees have been thrown out of work. Bowden Brothers, the proprietors, lost heavily some three years ago by another fire. The Misses Perry and Messrs Paull and Whelan, of the Pollard Company, have left for Sydney. The former returns to England, and Mr Paull goes to complete his three years engagement with Mr Williamson. The Tutanekai has so far been prevented doing any work on the broken cables by heavy gales, but has gone out again this morning. ' NELSON, this day. In the action Dr. Gibbs versus J. Graham, the member for Nelson, for alleged libel in connection with an advertisement and speech at last election, claiming £1000, Messrs Gulley and Pitt appeared for plaintiff, and Messrs Skerett and Fell for defendant. Mr Skerett raised a non-suit point, and the Chief Justice nonsuited the claim for slander, reserving rights of appeal in respect of libel, for whicli £500 was claimed. The jury was un- ; able to agree after four hours' absence, and were discharged. The case will be referred to next session. Gibbs v. the proprietor of the "Colonist," claiming £1000 under similar circumstances, also stands over till next session. CHRISTCHURCH, this day. A number of local Irishman sent the following, telegram to the Governor, with the request that he should cable it on to the Queen:— "Canterbury Irishmen thank your Majesty for the prominence given to our national emblem, in the appreciation of our countrj'men's bravery in Africa, and your sacrifice in visiting Ireland. May God prolong your reign!" DUNEDIN, this day. At a well-attended meeting of Irish residents, it was resolved: "That in the opinion of this meeting it is desirable that we, the Irish people of Dunedin and districts, acknowledge in a suitable way the kind and gracious manner in which Her Majesty has recognised the valour of her Irish troops, and that we express the earnest hope that Her Majesty's approaching visit to Ireland may prove a distinct success, and be productive of the happiest results." The Hon. J. G. Ward, Father Murphy, the Hon. H| Gourley, Messrs J. B. Callan, and J. Hazlett, were appointed to sign a cable to the above effect.

GREYMOUTH, this day,

The coal exports last week were: Blackball, 1590 tons Scwt; Brunner, 2753 tons 6cwt.

WESTPORT, this day. The West-port Coal Company's output last week was 7602 tons 18cwt.