LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 79, 4 April 1901, Page 6

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[press association.] GREYMOUTH, This Day. At a meeting of the Sawmill Association held here on Monday is was decided to raise the price of timber to 7s per 100 ft, f.o.b\ CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. News has been received here from private sources that Lieut. -Colonel Cradock, -who left in command of the Second Contingent with the rank of Major, has been promoted to the rank of BrigadierGeneral in tho Imperial- Army. GISBORNE, This Day. A Mormon 1 convention was opened here to-day, some kundreds of native LatterDay saints attending. Mormonism has a strong hold on the natives in some parts of this district. I 1

A slight shock of earthquake was felt in Wellington about 10 minutes to 9 o'clock last night. The seismometer at the Colonial Museum records the direction as from north to south. Our Palmerston correspondent reports that the shock was also felt in that town. According to a Press Association message, a heavy shock of earthquake was felt at ArrowtowD lost night. Presentations were made at the Central Club to-day to Lieut-Colonel Porter, Commander of the Seventh Contingent, and Lieut. Hamer, one of his officers, by their fellow-members of the club. In' tho course of his remarks when returning thanks, Colonel Porter said that the Contingent was going to Africa without equipment, and would have to be supplied with both horsesr and arms on arrival there. * As has already been stated, Colonel Porter will command the Contingent in the field. r Mr. H. S. Wardell is to act for theDistrict Coroner while the letter is out of town. Mr. Ashcroft will be back on Tuesday. At St." Paul's Pro-Cathedral Mr. W. L. Palmer, of Messrs. Turnbuil tfnd Palmer, Jervois-quay, was married to Miss Alice Mary Hkkson, daughter of the late Mr. A. H. Hickson, and granddaughter of the late Mr. William Dorset, both of Wellington. The bride wore a smart walking dress of blue-grey frieze cloth, with Eton coat set off with cream satin revers and all-over lace, with hat to match, and was given away by her brother, Mr. W. E. A. Hickson. Mr. Philip Palmer, brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man, and the Rev. T. H. Sprott performed the ■ ceremony. Tho honeymoon is to be spent at Wonganui. Mr. D. J. Nathan announces elsewhere his candidature for a seat in the City Council. Before leaving for England to bring under tb/a notice of capitalists the value of Tara.naki ironsand and limestone deposits, Mr. E. M. Smith, M.H.R., was presented with a gold watch purchased by the New Plymouth Liberal Association and the working men of the town. In the civil case of Mary Bannister v. Mrs. D. J. Juleff, a claim, for £10 18s '6d, heard yesterday, the Stipendiary Magistrate gave judgment to-day for plaintiff for 16s ud, wiih costs £1 8s; and on a counterclaim for defendant for £1 10s, with costs £1 16s. The statement of Air. William Booth at yesterday's Conference of Local Bodies that if was the intention of the Wellington Harbour Board to present to the Duke and Duchess of York an address framed in a piece of the hull of Captain Cook's Endeavour, has caused some surprise. The piece of timber to be used for the purpose indicated by Mr. Booth was, we under&tand, obtained from the old ship named the Endeavour, whose bones repose in Dusky Sound. An erroneous impression has prevailed that this Endeavour was the great circumnavigator's vessel. But it was long ago proved that the Dusky Sound Endeavour was a vessel of 800 tons, commanded by Captain Ba'mpton, which sprang a leak wthilst on a voyage from Sydney to India," and was scuttled, in the Sound' somewhere about the year 1792. Captain Cook's Endeavour ended its days in Newport, Rhode Island (U.S.A.). \fter the return of Cook's first expedition into southern seas the Endeavour was condemned by the Admiralty. Afterwards she passed into the hand's of French speculators, who fitted her out as a whaler, and she roamed the seas thenforward under a new name, La Liberte. About the time of the French Revolution she was chased into Newport by a British man-o'-war. She never again left the harboiir, but was condemned as unseaworthy, dismantled, and sold. Mr. W. B. Reeves, of the firm of Edward Reeves and Co., - was married at St. Mark's Church yesterday afternoon to Miss Freda Williams, daughter of the lato Mr. Lloyd Williams, for .muny yaars manager here for Sargood, Son, and Ewen. The ceremony was performed by tho Rev. R. Coffey^Mr. C. F. Reeves attended his brother as best man. Mr. Walter Rtiwson being extra, groomsman. The bridesmaids were Misses Elsie Williams (sister) and Clara Zohrab. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. Frank Williams. A reception was afterwards held at Mrs. Williama's residence. '

The quantity of gold exported from tho colony during tho past month was 40,0020z of the value of £157,159. For tho corresponding month of last year the export was 39,1650z, of the values of £152,980. The exports of silver laat month consisted of 35,2080z valued at £3599, as against 29,2240z valued ut £2394 for the corresponding month of last year. During the quarter ended 31st March 115,2990z gold valued at £445,119 was sent away, an increase of 19,7200z valued at £75,281, as compared with tho corresponding quarter of last year. Tho steamers Duohoss and Duco will runto Day's Bay on Mastor Monday at short intervals. There will bo tho usual amusenionts on tho grounds. Tho Countosa will run to Miramar at the times advertised. Tenders are invitod by Mr. S. D. Croiu'n for tho ereotion of two villa residenoes at Khandallah. Tho April issuo of Messrs. Jolly and Co.'s "Wellington Properly Record"- is to hand/ This publication is got up in first-class stylo, both in its printing and Iho classification of the properties for sale, Wellington said its suburbs being subdivided into no loss than 27 districts. Copies may be obtained gratis from tho publisher's oflicos, No. 56, Willis-stroot.