TELEGRAMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 March 1917, Page 5

TELEGRAMS

Ifi-.K fltl-.Sa ASSOCIATION.] LAND BALLOT. TIAIARI', iUarcn 14. — L'he Land Board to-day by bailoi, disposed oi nve lUurf ami a stto-uiv.sion, pare lI me Clayton run near I*airue, ..ml one ;ic -liiifke s Fuss went w Uisciiargad soldiers. There were nine applicants ior the six runs. The suecessjtil applicants were Caskey, Jones, Trotter a?id AlcConnel, of Eau'lie, Gating (Christehurch)- and Guinness (Tiliiiifnj. For eight farms at die CncJclev.'vioit soldier settlement t.'icTe were only two applicants and these were given a farm each at the up.-cc rental. Tiiev were Horgun ami Y».tUdell, botn of ( hristchurch. FATAL ACCIDENT. DANiNEVIRIvE, This Day— While slutting a concrete block on a farm, William Herbert Rose, aged twenty-nine, necame pinned beneath it. Two iron rods pierced his leg. -Nearly an hour elapsed before lie was released. Mortification set in and he died this mornin. lie leaves a widow and child.

FATAL TRAP ACCIDENT. ASHBUHTON, .March lo.—-Patrick McMan.imin, of High taint, was killed as the result of a tr;.p accident at Methven last night. He was left in charge »i the trap, and the hoise evidently bolted and upset him. FIRE AT BLENHEIM. BLENHEIM, Tin.: Day. -A dwelling' and store were totally destroyed l.y liie. The r.iore contained 25,000 liu>'!u Is of yr.isa seed- It wan insured iii tiic Standard i" r' taUO. the-dwel-ling for 122">. ihe store i : <>r £]2. r >, and ih, I'urniturc for £IOO. all in the lloyal Office The rauxe waa sjv>ntam ruts eombustiou. TILE PRICE OF 3JILK. WELJJNG'I'ON, March 14.—, ()rdcr.s-in-Counci]. have been gazetted fixing the maximum w holesnle price of milk for distribution in Wellington and suburban districts at 12-Ui per gallon, also prohibiting- the export of hides and calf-skins. Regulations under whirh the (iovcrnmenl may put chase bides are also gazetted.