GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 48, 25 August 1904, Page 6

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

[I'RESS ASSOCIATION I .] NAPIER, 24th August. Tho hearing of tho painters' dispute was concluded before tho Conciliation Bourd to-day. After Uiking evidenoo, addresses wero made on behalf of both sides. The recommendations of ' the Board will probably be made known before tho members leave Nnpiw. CHRISTCHURCH, 24th August. The Hospital Board discussed a caf.e of alleged neglect of a patient. It was decided to reprimand the house-surgeon and to ask his assistant to resign. DUNEDIN, 24th August: At a meeting of the City Council tonight it was decid'od to take a vote of the ratepayers on the question of amalgamation with Cavorshanv. Mr. P. D. M'Guiro, of Hie Dunedin Telegraph Office, has been awarded tho first prize for tlie best design for a seal for tho State Fire Insurance Office. There wero 79 competitors! PAHIATUA, This Day. A slight shock of earthquake was felt here at 9.45 o'clock last night. WAIROA, This Day. Matene HamuMinn, a half-caste, was committed for trial at tho ' SVtpreme Court, Napier, on a charge of perjury arising out ctf evidence in a recent assault caso. Bail was allowed. MARTON, This Day. In Chambers this morning, Mr. Stanlord, S.M., refused to sign an application from a licensee in the Wairampft district for a conditional license for Uio Marlon Jockey Club's raco meeting, on tho ground that the applicant was a licensee outwdo of the Manawatu Licensing District.

The monthly mcetiug of tho College Governors was held this morning, when an amount of business was transacted in committee. Accounts amounting to £625 16s 3d were jwts&A fm,- uasment.