GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume LIX, Issue 2, 3 January 1900, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

[mESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The interprovincial model yacht race/ was sailed at Lyttelton yesterday. Thirteen boats competed, representing Dunedin, Christchurch, Lyttelton, and Wellington. The result was Huon Belle, Dunedin, 1 ; Heather Belle, Dunedin, 2 ; Kia Ora, Lytteltton, 3 ; Toy 11., Lyttelton, 4. Huon Belle won by 3£ minutes. NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. The dairy exports of Taranaki .from Ist September to 31st December amounted to 70,677 boxes butter and 2580 boxes cheese, the approximate value being £165,000. [fbou our own corbespondents.] PALMERSTON NORTH, This Day. The Premier will speak at Manakau to-morrow night. Mr. Pirani has been asked to address a meeting there after the Premier concludes. PAHIATUA, This Day. Mr. Thomas Horton, of the Premier Nurseries, had all his outbuildings destroyed' by fire at midday yesterday. "There was a heavy- gale blowing at the time, and it is thought that a spark from the copper must have got under the building and caused the conflagration. All the tools, seeds, etc., were lost. Mr. Horton was insured in the Imperial Office for £30, and the loss is estimated at £125. The Hawkes Bay district is now burnt up, and rain has been urgently wanted. Luckily rain is again falling in the diatrict, and though the shearers will suffer inconvenience the settlers in general will benefit.