TELEGRAMS.

North Otago Times, 23 September 1908, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

Per ;Os Association. 3fI_IO*JDUTH. A large, ftoetiirj of dairy fanners at Oka-to yefttJiSlay passed a resolution condemning tlfe &w dairy regulations as too stringent, a.id calculated to seriously injure the industry. An elderly man named John" Richmond Lawson hanged himself on the racecourso this morning. He was a very old settler. No cause is assigned for the deed. i raTTOfIT. September, 22'. The Westport Harbor Jioara havo accepted the tender of Fleming and Ferguson (Paisley, Scotland) to construct a suction dredge- ■with 100 (?) tons, hopper capacity for £34,400. Five formal tenders were received, the prices ranging up to £57,500. Tho Westport-Stockton Coal Company's works arc now practically completed. A week will be required for drying up the sub-stations beforo coal will bo produced* ASHBURtON. September. 22. At tho inquest info tho death oi John Henry Taylor, who was found dead in Hampstcad street on the morning of tbo 17th inst. medical evideneo showed that death was due to eufliocation resulting from an epileptic fit, and tho jury returned a verdict in accordance therewith.

STRATEOED. , September 22. • A firo at 3.30 this netting gutted a shop in Broadway occupied by . A. Jordan (bootmaker) and tho prcmisos of T. Reader (painter o nd poperlmnger) adjoining were slightly damaged by smoke and waiter'..' The insurances are: Jordan's stock £75(1, and fittings £SO, in the New. Zealand Of' fico; Glass, £6l in the South British ODlce. Reader had £2OO on his stock in: the Sim Office. The buildings were insured in the Standard Ofticp, but tho amount is not aVailablo.

BLENHEIM. September 22. It was reported to tlio police this morning that an old man, William

7 ■ — *rtn 'Mills, vias missing from a- 'boardingl\ousß(in town. Mills was'of eccontno habits, and-lately had boon before thu Court on a charge of vacancy. Ho w last seen at 11 o'clock' last night. His watch, some papers, and a Test were left behind He-had lold o fcl-tow-bcarder somo.doys previously that the best thing he could do was to got out of his tioublra an .| end'himsolf. JJio polue are searching, but so far there- is no tlaco of tho man.