TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume XVI, Issue 20226, 20 April 1891, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

» ttr KLfQTIiiQ TKJ.XQRAPU Pbu United Pbess Association. Wellington, 17. The saying to l>e effected in the Stock department will be £25,000 per annum, TYn inspectors and one clerk are to lie dispensed with. Ihe Land and Survey departments are to be amalgamated and Elliott, U der-Secretary for Lands and Mines is to be U under- Secretary for Mines i only. •; i

Thirty-three officers of the Linds department throughout the colony are to be retrenched and twelve otbera transferred. The saviug in the lands »nd Survey department will be £6,500 per annum. Compensation is to be paid in the Land, Stock, and Survey department ■amounting to i>4,500. Stock districts are to be enlarged. Twelve officers of the Crown Lands and Survey department are to be transferred, including the following five Chief Inspectors: Humphrey's Auckland ; Merchant. Wellington; Baker, Ohristcburch ; Mueller, Westland; Spence, • Invercargill. Their destinations are not jet decided. The services of five Native Lihd Court Judges are also to be dispensed with. i ' . Wellington, 18. The five Native Land Court Judges to te retired are \V. Q.^M^tjLA. S^i-Ciinoioii^' '*" ■""' '"'.:. ;T'" V' ' Extensive reforms in the administration of the. Native Laud Oourt are contemplated though the exact naturn is not yet decided on. The proposals, it is understood, go in the direction of assigning each judge a district within which he shall travel on circuit. It is dlso intended to strip the Land Courts of sown superfluous paraphernalia which is associated with them. Frosiding officuls, instead of being called Judges and so appearing on the face of it to have co-ordinate rank with members of the Supremo Court bench, will have some other. distinct title, probably that of Recorder. The ex-* penses in connection with employment of clerks and interpreters are also to be cut down considerably. It is calculated that the total bbv> ings effected by the retrenchment of the present Government so far amounts to L 60.000 per annum. It is intended to divide the North Island for the purposes of the Native Land Court into circuits, each m charge of one Judge The Justice Department is to be dealt with in a day or two. At the second day's racing there was a good attendance and beautiful

Thig was a grand race. Won by a n«ok. Time 1.2 4-6ths. Div. £1323. £6267 paesed through the machines today, making a total of £11,058 for the two days. DUNEDIN, 18 At the lioensing election all the modei ate candidates "Were returned. The contest was very close, there being only a difference of 17 between the highest prohibitionist aud tint lowest moderate. Throughout the week Dr Koch's* tuherculiue has been administered to a patient in the hospital suffering from iupus. The doses have now censer]. It has not produced any reaction of. consequeuce and injections will be discontinued to ascertain the result of what has atready been ad* 'in roistered. ■-. -■.;. • Auckland, 18. A # gum digger ■ named George Williams was biirnld to Heath in the destruction of his whare by fire at Mongawai. Deceased at one time was an officer in the navy, but gave Way to drink. He was 85 years of age.

weather. Waitnpu Handicap, Pyramus . ... ... 1 St. Malo 2 Heather Bell 3 Won easily. Time, — 1. 44 3 sths. Div. £4 2s. Hurdle Handicap. Beggar man 1 May boy 2 Master Agnes 3 Won in a canter. Time,— 2.ss 2«sths Div £2 Is. April Handicap. Retina ... I St. Malo ... ... 2 British Lion 3 Queen of Trumps and Locbness also ran. Eetina won easily by a length. Time,- 1.59 7-lOihs. Div. £3 6s. The Hace race was won by Donovan who defeated eleven others and paid a dividend of £86 17p. Welter Handicap. Weka 1 Angler 2 PyramuB 3 Won by a length. Time 1.42. Div. £7 ss. Selling Handicap. Empress 1 S tmalo 2 Saty .„ ' 8 Won t>y two lengths, Time 1.46 4-sth3. Div. £4148. Filectrio Handicap. Weka ... 1 Eetina , , ... 2 " Rellion ... 3-