MISCELLANEOUS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 51, 16 March 1903, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

(Rec. March 16, 9.47 a.m.) ADELAIDE, This Day. The Governor-General yesterday unveiled at the Anglican Cathedral the memorial tablet to Uie South Australians who fell in the war. BRISBANE, This Day. ' The Premier, in a speech to the Traders Association, foreshadowed more retrenchment in the civil service, lie said the Government were not filling vacancies or employing those not capable of earning their salaries. SYDNEY, This Day. •■-..-, ><es the proceeds of . Madame Meioa . v.. ""'* Uie' filial tdncert ih Sydney ff the aruu^. fund. Ths Sierra made made a record passage from Sail Francisco, the bteainiug time being 18 days 15 hours 4 1 minutes, and Uie tbtul tlitie, inclusive of detentions, 20 hours 14 luintttes, 46 seconds. NORFOLK ISLANLI, Thia Ity. The Tambo has arrived from the jtfew Hebrides. She reports wet weather iii the group. AUCKLAND, This Day. ( The Tailors' Union las parsed it resold* tion protesting aga nst employers in the furniture trade overriding lhe Arbitra^ liou Court, and pledging tho Union to ass Hit the men discharged, financially and otherwise. NAPIER, This Day. At the sp'eciul gift Sunday observed by tho Wesleyan Methodist Napier circuits yesterday in aid of the reduction of the trust fund and renovating the church properties, £323 was realised. I NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. I At a special meeting to-day the Harbour I Hoard granted Mr Cadman an extension of the ironeand leases to January Ist, 1905.