TELEGRAMS.

North Otago Times, 26 January 1906, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

.WELLINGTON

January 24. It is'estimated that the Racing Club .will make 'between £4OOO and £SOOO over thi Cud meeting, The annual report of the Wellington Gas Company states that there has been a considerable increase in the consumption of gas. The reserve fund has Lecn increased to ££25,000. The net price of gas is no«r 5s 5d per thousand feet. A dividend of 5 ncrccnt. was paid on July similar dividend be paid for the past half year,

The hearing of a charge against two vounc men—Percival fear and John Calncron—of 'having caused the death o( Malcolm Basil Graham, in a disturbance in Cuba street on the night of the Gtli December was resumed to-day, After hearing further evidence, the Magistrate dismissed .the charge,

TIMARU. January 24, The third wool sale of the season was held here tnis morning, when 5000 bales Were offered and nearly all disposed of merinos being the chief lots passed'. Coarser grades of wool showed an imlirovcmcnt of H to Jd compared with the previous Timarti sale, halted about the saint and merino disappointing, in that tliey did not fetch within a halfpenny of owners' reserves in the majority oi cases. Prices ran as follows: Superior Italfbred. lli'd to 12} ;■ medium, 10(1 to ll}d; fino threcfliiarterbrcd, lOJd to UUI; mtdium, to 10.fd; superior crossbml, 9id to 10(1; medium, B|d to slid; shabby lots, ?id to BJd; merino, lOd to lid; pieces (halHircd), 8d to 83d, and up to lid for extra choice; threc-q'arterbrcd, 7|d to 8(1; merino, Oklto lOid.

INVERCARGILL. January 24. At tho local option poll inquiry evidence was given that, at certain booths, persons outsMc stopped the voters, askerf their names, aiuß igavo them their numbers The returning officer, when spoken to, said that facilitated voting, and witnesses regarded this as a reasonable explanation, Evidence for the petitioners in the licensing, case then closed. Mr Adams in reply, contended thalj it would be absurd to include informal votes in the total, as that in effect would be against no-license,