NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XXII, Issue 165, 15 January 1901, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Telegraph. Press Association. Copyright Wellington, January 12. Tbe Minister of Lands, who has returner from the South reports that ever; where crops are looking well. Tbe h.rvot will, he expects, be as boumiful as list yea.'s for though the area sown ii Jess the yi-.ld per acre promises to be larger. The Midland Railway Commission will rot be ab e to hold its first sitting until February Ist. The Minister of Lands leaves next week on a tour of tbe Agricultural districts ih the North Island. The Acting-Premier bas received a telegram from a prominent resident at Ro'.orua stating that there v gen; ral satis faction in the district at the report of Mr Donne dealing with the grievances ia connection with the new regulations at the sanatorium. The Government steamer Tutanekai arrived this afternoon from Syduey with the Contingent of N.Z. Volunteers who bad been attending the Commonwealth celebrations. The vessel was berthed at Jervois Quay about six o'clock, and tbe men on landing were met by tbe members of the sixth contingent, who formed a guard of honour. There were a considerable number of people present, and the troops marched to tbe Basin Reserve, where tbey were addressed by Acting-Premier Ward. This Day. Mr George Fisher, M.H.R., obtained a separation order from his wife yesterday on ber consenting to his payment of Ll per week towards her supporr. Auckland. January 14. Rahi Karen ga, daughter of a noted Maori chief, died at Ohinemuri. She was a descendant in direct line from the great ancestor Tama Te Kapau, who was captain of the Arawa canoe which arrived in New Zealand soma twenty generations ago. About 5 o'lock yesterday morning a fire occurred at the residence and butch er's chop of U. Dunster, at Coromandel, resulting in the total destruction of the building. The insurancs oo the burned buildings waa in the Madgeburg Company, and on the furniture _100 in the Northern. The greater part of the furniture was saved. Christchurch, January 11. The Christchurch Prohibition League resolved to ask the New Zealand Alii ance to invite Lady Henry Somerset to visit New Zealand and address meetings in the cause of prohibition. Dunedin, January 14. At the Police Court John Borthwick and William Pbelan were each fined £5 for playing "two up" on the Town Belt on Sunday. Leave to appeal was granted. A charge against another man was dismissed. A man named John Holland was committed for trial for rape upon a little girl of eight years and nine months. Bail was allowe^.