NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9065, 28 May 1888, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

■o [own correspondent.] Thames, Saturday. Mr. F. C. Dean, secretary to Thames Hap bour Board, received tho following telegram; from the Marine Department, Wellington, to-day:—"Secretary of the Thames Harbour Board.—The Minister directs me to inform you that the Governor has aivnulled all former limits of the Port of Thames, and has defined the limits to be ae follows : To seaward, an arc of a circle five nautical miles radius from the intersection at Opani Point of two lines, one of which bears 242deg 45min from trig. 90 (telegraph tower), and shall include so much of tho Thames or Waihou river as is included by a right line drawn across' the said river in a south-westerly direction, being the prolongation of the south-eastern boundary line of Block 4682 (Te Ngutu o te Manu}, and no more of the Piako river than is bounded by a right line drawn across the river between the telegraph towers near the mouth thereof. These limits will appear in to-day's Gazette. Letter and plan showing the limits by mail.—Lewis H. B. Wilson, Assistant Secretary of Marine." A few days ago the County Chairman received a letter from Mr. A. J. Cadman, M.H.R., requesting him (Mr. Brodie) to forward a schedule of works on which the Thames County Council desired to obtain subsidies from Government; towards carrying them out. To-day the following schedule was forwarded to Mr. Cadman, together with a letter from Mr. Brodie, and a lengthy report from the county engineer in support of the same:—Thames-Coroman-del road, £3000; Thames-Hikutaia road, £1500; Thames River to Whp.ngamata road, £1000; Matatoke towards Piako road, £1000 ; Puriri to mines, £500; Mata Creek —beach to battery and mines, £500; Upper Tararu, £1000; settlements Mercury Bay road by main range to Coromandel County boundary, £300; total, £8800. An inquest was held on Friday at Garrett's Puriri Hotel, before Mr. E. F. Tizard, J. P., and a jury of six, into the circumstances connected with the fire which destroyed a large haystack, the property of Mr. P. Maxwell, a fortnight ago. After the examination of four witnesses the jury returned the following verdict:—"That the aforesaid stack of hay was set fire to by some person or persona to the jurors unknown, but whether wilfully or accidentally there is no evidence to show to the said jurors."

[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Sunday. The local branch of the National League here has forwarded £100 to the mother branch. Gkeymouth, Sunday. The export of coal and coke for the past week is 3090 tons. Reefton, Sunday. The following are the gold returns :— Globe, 3050z retorted gold from 240 tons ; Phoenix, 650z retorted gold from 100 tons ; Welcome, 2650z amalgam from 73 tons; Keep-it-Dark, 2730z amalgam for the week; Progress, 2450z amalgam from 90 tons. Ikvbroargill, Saturday. A meeting of settlers at Thornbury decided to ask the Government to forthwith stop the importation of stoats, ferrets, weasels, and other vermin which are considered detrimental to settlement and ineffectual in eradicating rabbits. The Chief Surveyor invited applications from the unemployed who wished to obtain work at road making in localities about 30 miles from town. Seventy-two men applied, of whom 62 are married, with families ranging from one to ten children. The wages are 4s 6d for married and 3s 6d for single. __——