TELEGRAMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 March 1907, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[Pbess Association— Copymoht.]

GORE-WAIKAKA RAILWAY. GORE, March 26.—The directors of it/o Gore-Waikaka Railway Finance OY'iipany accepted the tender to-day o! the Bank of New Zealand for the pufcl>fcs3 of £50,000 worth of Government calentures for the work of construction of the Gore-Waikaka Railway authorised I y Parliament under "The Waikaka Blanch Railway Act, 1905." The tender was considered more favorable than was expijte-I being a straight-out offer for the putch.se of all the Government debentures. The original intention was to keep the company in existence for the whole perljl of eight years (the currency of the debentures), but the offer makes this miens sary, and it will be possible to wni'J up the company in a short time. The s imy of the line has been completed, and It i<= understood that the cost will Ik- we'! within the original estimate. Tho cost to .shareholders in the company will hi) fr-'.n £5 to £7 per £IOO share. -THE FRUIT FLY. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. - The Minister for Lands luis been advised ;hat further outbreak of fly has occurred at Napier. The Minister states that the onlv effective means is to destroy all consignments found affected. He considers that the Auckland source was the whole trouble, the dealers there having secured permission to pick over the fruit, and Histrfbute apparently sound portions A NASTY ACCIDENT. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.—Thomas Wales and John Grubb, two LytteiKjn residents, while shooting on the Port Hills, found an unexploded Nordenfeldt shell. It had evidently been fired from Ripa Island Fort. After examination they threw it down, when it exploded into fragments, and struck Wales on to? underpart of the thigh, inflicting a bad tlesh wound. Grubb escaped. Wales was removed to Lyttelton. Both had a miraculous escape from death. MAN MISSING. INGLEWOOD, This Day.—W. Chinn, a discharged prisoner, reached his home on Saturday night, and left again the same evening. He has not since i*»n heard of. Search parties have been i ut., but without success. FIRE AT WANGANUI. WANGANUI, This Day. Purser's Cabinet Factory was gutted by fire. The damage is considerable. DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS. DUNEDIN, This Day.—The proposal to increase the salary of the manager of the City trams by £ioo has brought forth a protest from the Independent Politi.-a, Labpur League, who are of opinion that if an increase of revenue justifies an increase in salaries, a proportionate increase should be made to the wages of the employees.