TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume X, Issue 1847, 6 February 1888, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

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WELLINGTON, February 5.

Applications for the office of Chief Commissioner of New Zealand railways are now being invited in London and America. It is not intended to do anything towards the selection of two assistant commissioners until the chief commissioner has been appointed.

Amongst other reductions decided upon in the Defence Department is the abolition of the stores departments hitherto maintained in Auckland. As both the Dunedin and Auckland stores had a full staff, the members of which will now be dispensed with, a considerable saving will be effected by this change. AUCKLAND, February 6. The protest in the champion whale boat raco was dismissed.

A fire is now raging in the Puhipuhi iorest, and great distruction ia threatened. This is one of the largest bushes in the North Island.

DUNEDIN, February 6.

At the cycling raceß yesterday, P. "Wood (England) won the principal prize, and W. Brown (England), second. Wood abandoned the idea of breaking the halfmile record on grass, after seeing the condition of the course. He, however, started to establish a New Zealand record, and accomplished the distance in 1 mm. 85 l/sth eec, a very good record, considerconsidering the rough condition of the track, and the fact that Wood had no pacemakers, the permission of the New Zealand Cycling Alliance not having been obtained. The world's record is 1 mm. 22 Bee.

Mr. Black ett, jun., has gone to Waitara to start bis survey of a route to connect with the main line.

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