TELEGRAPHIC.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2370, 19 July 1901, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC.

FROM OUR OWH CORRESPONDING Dcxedin, this day. The Premier has given notice that "the Governor will be asked to communicate with Mr Chamberlain, with a view to an impartial enquiry into the statements'. of the Governor of Fiji that the N.Z. Government had taken away land from the Maoris. The cost of sending Contingents to South Africa was as follows First, £II,BOO ; second, £14,175 ; third, £6,327 : fourth, £22,000 ; fifth, 22,275 ; sixth, £9,975 ; seventh, £12,900 ; extras, £2,942. A verdict of manslaughter was returned against Captain M'Gilvray for firing a rocket on the occasion of the reception of the troopers at Invercargill He has been remanded for a weak, bail being allowed in two sureties of £IOO each. Ihe Christchurch election has resulted in the return of Mr G. J. Smith with 3912 votes Charles Taylor polled 3418 votes, ft p?i" n Tuml)ull > 2277 - Thi results of the Patea contest are not yet known but it is anticipated that it will be very close. Haselden leads at present. Protests against the Shops and Offices and Factories Bills are being sent to Wellington from all parts of the Colony. Count Tolstoi is seriously ill. Two actresses, sisters, named Yeoland committed suicide in London ; they were disappointed at not getting an American engagement they anticipated.