TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Issue 325, 24 July 1907, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

Iran pbbss association.] THE SURPRISE. Gisborne, July 24. Tlie wrecked scow Surprise was owned by Robb Bros., of Gisborao having recently been purchased by them for the Gisl-orne-Wh.ngarei co;*l trade. She had just completed her first trip The insurance was £6*«> in the New Zealand. Messrs Roob estimated the loss at £400 above that amount. LAND BOARD DELAYS. Wairoa, July 24. Complaints have been made of the adjournment of the Tai Ruwhiti Land Board, which is supposed to sit here every two months, and only sat onoe in March, and has now adjourned to August 14. The reason given is the bad roads, but the mail coach is running as usual. The Board 's supposed to expedite native land matters, but it is alleged much inconvenience and trouble has been caused by these delays, as the leases cannot be confirmed and the land worked. A very large area is awaiting settlement at the back door, but the expected improvement in administration bas still to come. TROUT. Masterton, July 24. At the Masterton fish ponds some sixty thousand rainbow trout egg", from Rotorua, are now hatching out, besides three hundred thousand brown trout. Five thousand yearling trout were dispatched to-day to Hawke's Bay. SLY GROG. Pahiatua, July 24. At the sitting of the S.M. Court this morning, Charles Griesen, of Pongaroa, was fined £50, in default one month's imprisonment, for sly grog selling. Nottpe of appeal was given. SHEEP STATISTICS. The sheep returns for the year ending April show that the West Coast of North Island, including the district between Mokau and Waikanae, provided more than half of the total increase for the year in the number of sheep in the colony, the increase being 381,788. SCULLING ENTHUSIASTS. A large number of local residents are leaving to-morrow for Sydney, to witness the Webb-Towns sculling championship. INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION. Auckland, July 24. Paul Marie, chief at the Tiffin, and Emile Debalman, a young man cook, just engaged, were badly scalded this morning by tiie explosion of a steam chest used for cooking food. The report of the explosion and the screams of the sufferers brought assistance, and they were attended to and then removed to the hospital. Neither of the men were very seriously hurt.