TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 214, 7 September 1905, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

Preßt Aeiociation. Electric Telegraph Copyright. CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 5. The telephone between Ashburton and Springburn is now open to public use. - The city councillors who represented the Council at the recent railway deputation to the Premier informed the' Council last evening that they interviewed Sir Joseph Ward rei garding telegraph and telephone matters, a:?•■.! urged that the wires should be r>Jr-ccl under-ground, or, failing that, round the poles used to cary t-'v^-ii, and Sir Joseph promised to con::;<.hr these matters. The recent bad weather has been the cause of landslips, which have blocked the water-races controlled by the Wai-makariri-Ashley Water Supply Board. Water will have to be cut off for a time in places. Four more traailers were added to the Tramway Board's rolling stock today. The trailers were made from the old'open-side-cars taken over from the Tramway Company. Each trailer doubles the caryring capacity of an electric car. PALMERSTON NORTH, Sept, 5. Steps are being taken to form a branch of the New Zealand Amateur Boxing Association here. Fully 300 people were present at a display of boxing by Williams, the light-weight champion of Australasia, last nigh%..