NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

Grey River Argus, Volume LVII, Issue 10386, 24 November 1899, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

fPEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, November 23. William M 'Do wall, of Barry and M'Do^all, <j who^ are large contractors, dropped head of' heart disease in his office to-day. Aetat66. ; Ah Tong was committed for trial for alleged theft of '.naturalisation papers. The defence said the case was merely an act of This wag the^third tima he had been pi-osecuted by the same party and every time, it was after some' case; in which he had been engaged against. Particulars of the of a child at Whifceman's Valley show that the mother left'the infant mr the house while she went out to 4 r l; ve a cow "*• ere burning in the -kitchen is supposed .to have flaked and s fell t qut. ...The house, which was old, wasans'tatitiy wrapped in flames. The body waa|found burned to a cinder. „ r- Auckland, November 23 The South African War Relief Fund now iotals' L64B, of which the Mayor has cabled to the Lord "Mayor of London L 620 ,,,": ■ _ The, gold returns for the present, month to hand tptel L 55 ,455. The bulk of the returns! are included, so that there is no • likelihood of the present month's yield being, equal to the record L 59,913 at- ' tainted ;last month ; but the figure is quite up to, the' average for the present year and;L3l3B in excess of the completed returns for the November period of 1898. The All Nations Fair in aid of the fund for building a hall for the New Zealaud Natives Association realised L4OO. ' ?. ';. i Dunedin, November 22. The wHar£ labourers dispute was before the Arbitration. Court to-day. Three out of seven of the recommendations of the Conciliation Board were,. In dispute and overtime, holidays, and preference to union men. After hearing both sides, the Court took time to consider and adjourned till Friday. Auckland, November 22. The enhanced value of flax is giving an impetus to the flax industry in Waikato. Three new mills are being built. George McPherson, a blacksmith at Waiuku, accidentally shot himself with a repeating rifle this morning. Dr CJouston found that the bullet had passed through one lung and lodged behind the back rib. McPherson was conveyed to the hospital. BjiVlies of tributers in tha Moanatairi mine crushed 84 tons of ore for bullion with L5lO. The first district convention of the WOT U opened at the Central Mission Hall to-day. The report of the teft&ehes At Nerlh Shore.Qi^hungA,

.Thames, "and Waibi, were received, giving the resul t of operationsin^these districts. It was resolved tourge-the police to abate the social evil. V .