LATEST TELEGRAMS

Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 43, 19 August 1902, Page 6

LATEST TELEGRAMS

a * 3> [rBBSB ASSOCIATION/I J' TIMARU, This Day. Tho Clydesdale stallion Royal Stuart, f rising six years, owned by Mr. H. ' Saunders, of Waimato, has just been sold to a North Island purchaser for £420. ,i Royal Stuart is by Middlerig, dam Cn- " molia. The latter was sired by ConJT queror, nnd the former by Pure Diamond t (imported). t 'Ihe Timaru Presbytery to-day set up i a coramitteo to confer as to the best . modo of procedure lo secure a scheme for J1 tho reading of the Bible in schools.*. The Timaru Hospital is at present taxed to its utmost capticity. So great has been the demand for accommodation that »s some of tho nurses have voluntarily given "cr up their quarters, and are now beinj; ac- ,(| conunodatcd in tents. There is no epin domic, tho cases under tu«<ttiuenc being of a miscellaneous nature Th« Board let iv contract to-day for additions and nlteiutions to tho nurses' quarters and fever wards, to cost about £3000. TUAMKS, This Day. Tho Thames IligU School Governors find themselves in a peculiar position. Several lrasos have fallen in, and the arbitrators appointed to decide the amount .) of compensation havo awarded £1000 to the tenants. The Board has but half that amount available, and is unable to 5' utilise land for a loan. It has decided to ask the Government to pass the neces1. sary legislation to enable tho Board to sr extricate itself from its present financial n position. r - NAPIER, This Day. 7 Mr. T. Tanner hns been elected Chairy man of tho Hawkes Bay Education Board. 5 " John Culshaw was this morning com- |* mitted for trial on a charge of murder- '• ing John Hutchison on the 9th inst. d CARTERTON, This Day. j The Parkville Dairy Factory will open j. on Ist September. Messrs. Johnson and c . G. R. Andrews havo been re-elected dilß rectors, and Mr. Shaw has been re-elect-ie ed Chairman. c Messrs. G. Seivers and W. B. Allen \. have been re-elected directors, and Mr. Ie W. Fisher re-elected Chainnaft of the s . Taratahi Factory, is NELSON, This Day. it The committee of the Acclimatisation d Society has decided to do its utmost to it co-operate to secure the passing of an is Amending Fisheries Bill legalising the issue of licenses for fees, nnd also to secure Mr. Rigg's claim or its spirit, en- [ e titling angling licensees to enter on pri-: x . vate land. The committee virtually re- „ solved not to declare the fishing season jj open until the Amending Bill passes, )r but otherwise the season will open on 1. Ist October . Large quantites of brown |Q and rainbow trout are being released. I e Tho local butchers have raised the price i. of meat Id per lb. Ie The Coronation Memorial Fund amounts io to £217, providing the Council pays' I. £200 and secures an equal amount of >- Government subsidy. • INVERCARGILL, This Day. 1 m The annual report of the Starr-Bow-i* kett Society shows that during its six t „ years of existence the shareholders have it contributed £18,982, which with other it revenue has enabled the Society to make n advances amounting to nearly £30,000 , sterling. The balance of profit and loss " stands at £4621, equal to £3 9s per d share, which becomes available for dis- " tribution at tho termination of the soir ciety. Eight months ago group number* two was started, the 1000 shares 'offered l " being over-subscribed. - !*! * The Rowing Club's carnival realised j over £500 during the week. The club ? intends / purchasing new boats and extending its shed aceommodntion. • Splendid weather has been experienced here' for the lost ten days. 1. WESTPORT. This Day. .. The Hon. W. Reeves, M.L.C., stated at tho Harbour Board meeting yesterday that Wellington . investors who have taken up two coal leases in this district • havo £100,000 of capital behind them. r GREYMOUTH, This Day. Mr. Harry Smith, a teacher at the ' Grey High School, has been appointed |. Inspector for the Grey Education Board. , BLENHEIM, This Day. The winter here has beon exceptionally [ dry, with very hard frosts. Rain is i badly needed on the high country. [ The work of constructing a breakwind . for the Awatere bridge is in progress. : (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ) • PAHIATUA. This Day. ' The Government has approved of the • loon of £12,000 for drainage and water ' supply for Pahiatua Borough.