GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NE IKS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9490, 20 April 1894, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NE IKS.

[by TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Thursday. The annual report) of the Patent Slip Company states thab the necessary steps have been taken to reduce the capital to £9156, and that the value of the property has been written down to £11,000. A dividend of 5 per cent, on the original share capital, and free of income tax, is recommended. Napier, Thursday. The Hon. J. D. Ormond, who has been re-elected chairman of the Education Board, has held that position ever since the Board came into existence. New Plymouth, Thursday, In the Supreme Court, Joseph Gray, on a charge of alleged rape on an old woman, was acquitted. The return match between the Wanganui and the local bowlers was won by the latter. Reefton, Thursday. Stephen Cattle, a cabinetmaker, was found drowned this morning in the Inangahua River close to the town. Christciiurch, Thursday, This afternoon a successful show of grain, root, flower, fruit, dairy produce, and implements, was opened by the Papanui Farmers' Club. Timaru, Wednesday. Owing to exposure during a. long voyage, two dredge cranes on the deck of the new dredge are badly rusted. Ib cost nearly £400 to" get the vessel ready for_ work. This is nearly completed, and a trial will be made on Friday. A claim will be made on the builders for negligence in sending | machinery set up, on deck instead of I stowed.