TELEGRAPHIC.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9291, 19 July 1901, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

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Wellington, La9t night.

The Post-offite authorities have received advice that the mails which left Auckland per Sierra on the 15th June arrived in London on the afternoon of the 17th instant, four days late. \

The Wellington Harbor Board at their last meeting decided to become their own incurance agents, but to-day it resolved to insure their employes in one of the accident insurance offices.

The railway traffic returns for the month ending June 22nd show, compared with the corresponding period last year, an increase of 214,994 passengers and £18,370 of revenue.

The trouble between the captain and crew of the ship Beacon Rock as to food culminated this morning in the men refusing duty. The shipping master of the port is to receive a deputation from the crew this afternoon. Auckland, Last night. The Governor arrived from.Wellington to-day by the Tutanekai. He will remain here a few days, and during that time will inspect the new auxiliary screw schooner Countess of Ranf urly, which has been built for the Cook Islands trade to the Government's order. The proposal to borrow £100,000 for city improvements has been agreed to.by the City Council, and will be submitted to a poll of ratepayers. The. City Council also decided to ask Parliament to remove the restiicMons on the Council's rating powers. Additional rating was not considered necessary to pay for the loan, but to increase the Council's credit. Mangaweka, Last night. At the Magistrate's Court to-day, before Mr Green field, S.M..H J. Woodward, the holder of the new license recently granted at Taihape, was fined £510 and costs for selling liquor on a Sunday. The license was not endorsed.