TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8053, 3 April 1905, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, April 2. The British New Zealand Meat Compiny has obtained a contract to supply tbe Condon osylura with New Zealand meat, a-^d has s.-cured a still at Smith, field.

At the looal agency of the Tourist Department, 4163 callers obtained information during the year endtd March 31st.

INVERCARGILL, April 2. The customs returns for th* year ending 31st March totalled £83 870. an increase of .£4405 over the previous twelve months.

REEFTON, April 2. Dredging, returns:—Pactolus No. 2 (127), 65;' Pactolus No. 1 (132;, 42O'Callaghan's Creek (131), 39.- New Tedderon's is stiil idle, owirg to the non-arrival of the main shaft from We.-tport, where it is undergoing repairs.

ABHBUKTON, April 2. With tho oojecc of encouraging the Study of Bcotish Hr.eri.ture, Jjhn Lambie, chief of rh.B Ashbarton Scottish Society, offered £10 to be divided into throe prizeß, for the best translation of Burr> B ' poem, "TbeTwa Dogs." The competition closed on March 31st. and 158 papers have been received from competitors in all Darts of the colony-

OAMARU, April' 2. The Land Commission concluded its sittings here on Saturday evening, wh^n eight witneasoo wtsre examined. Mr Barron, Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands, also gavo evidenop. Tho witnesses were about evenly divided on the onemnn of freehold or*le*sehu>d. The Commission goes to Waimate on Monday.