TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 250, 19 October 1905, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

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DUNEDIN, Oct. 18. Obituary—W. H. Taggart, one of the founders of the Dunedin Jockey Club, and a member of the Committee at the time of his demise.

GISBORNE, Oct. 18. A six-roomed house, owned and occupied by Mrs Moor, was destroyed by th.ls morning. The insurance is £200, in the New Zealand office. WHANGAREI, Oct. 18. . Mr Dyer, S.M., gave a decision tod*? *h?* there was nothing in the Act ot 1904 debarring a licensee from selling liquor to a boarder, who might give it to outsiders.

WELLINGTON, Oct. 18. Complaints had been made by the Kumara's passengers as to the accommodation and food. The captain of the vessel and the medical officer deny the accuracy of the complaints, and state that they are merely the work of a few grumblers. Some fish and sausages were found to be bad and withdrawn. The steerage people were allowed the whole run of the deck. (The voyage of the Kumara from iirgJand to Wellington was an unfortunate one, no fewer than four deaths occurring. Three children died, two irom chills, and a passenger named W. .1. Crompton succumbed to an attack or peritonitis, following on dysentery.) ■ WELLINGTON, Oct. 18. In reference to the cablegram from .London that no invitations to a Colonial Conference have been issued, the Premier states that he never said at the Marine Engineers' lunch last Saturday that he had received an invitation to attend a Conference at Home. What he did say was that a Conference would probably be held next year in accordance with the resolution of tiie last Conference of Premiers, which decided that the next meeting should be held within four years. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 18. Mr Jamieson is to be sent to England on behalf of the Exhibition to secure pictures at an expense not to exceed £100.

AUCKLAND, Oct. 18. The French barque Beaumanoir got iutd a hurricane on September 16, and lost her topmasts 400 miles from New Zealand. She tried to make land, but was foiled by the pales, till the Moura fell in with her and towed her to Suva. E Curtin, clerk of a Suva firm, presented a cheque for £750 at the' Bank of New South Wales there, and asked for gold. A message was sent to the firm, and Curtin was found by- one of the partners counting the money. Ho said he could not resist the temptation. He was arrested. He arrived from Auckland a few months ago. Preliminary operations for the duplication of the Penrose line have; begun.