TELEGRAPHIC.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4740, 23 August 1902, Page 7

TELEGRAPHIC.

TBESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, August 22. Iwo more cases of measles were discovered among tho Southern troopers wlule the troopship Montrose was along«iclo tho wharf, and the vessel was orclered to an anchorage. Tho names of the sick men are nut available. A domestic servant, aged thirty, known as 1/Uza Burton, but with tho name Hickey” tattooed on her body, dropped dead in tho street last night. In the Supreme Court to-dav, Owen Pierce, manager of the branch*butcherv of Messrs HeJlaby and Co., was sentenced to two years imprisonment for the misappropriation of A 5 10s, and William Ross,_ for theft and forgery, to three years’. Cyril Finn and James Eager, for the robbery of slimes from the Waihi Company, were each sentenced to one year’s imprisonment. Accused in a written statement denied stealing the slimes, and gave the names of others by whom they alleged they were employed.

WHANGAREI, August 22. Mr D. Wilson, the County Engineer, is dead.

WOODVILLE, August 22. Several farms close to Woodville have changed hands this week, Mr Vcale, manager of the Crown Dahvj-, purchased on his own account Mr Hartstone’s farm of 350 acres. Mr Veale intends converting Mr Hartstone’s cheese factory into a creamery, and placing 150 milking cows on the property within five weeks. Mr Donald McDonald has disposed of his farm, of 150 acres, on the Pinfold road, to a neighbour. Mr Cunningham, for £ls ner acre. Mr Richard Morgan has bought Mr George Smith’s farm on the Woodlands road for ,£2O 10s per acre. MASTERTON, August 23. Eight hundred sheep and tliirtv-fivp cattle left Masterton to-day for Sydney. Further shipments will follow.

Over a dozen of the trees planted at Coronation time in Cornwall street, Masterton. were maliciously pulled up on Thursday night. HOKITIKA, August 22. Tho Borough Council decided this evening to ask the ratepayers to sanction a loan of 4110,000 for drainage and necessary sanitation works.

A North Island syndicate lias acquired extensive flax cutting rights in this distrilot, and intends erecting a large mill. TIMARTJ, August 22. The Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association has had a good year. The balance - sheet to be presented af the annual meeting shows the net profits for the year to be .£12,305, besides .£ll4B brought forward. Tho dilrectors will propose a dividend of 8 per cent, on capital, bonuses of 6 per cent, on purchases, and 6 per cent, on salaries. .£ISOO to be added to the reserve, and the balance brought forward® TIMARTJ, August 22. The Harbour Board, at its meeting today, expressed a strong opinion that tho Union Company neglects Timaru by failing to allow its intercolonial boats to call here, the result being that Warmers and millers lose the Australian markets, as transhipment does not pay. It was resolved to ask tho company to send these boats regularly, and it was suggested that in the event of non-compliance the services of opposition boats be sought. A considerable amount of correspondence was read regarding the railing of frozen meat from Timaru to Lyttelton. The chairman of the Board protested against tho practice as being unnecessary and detrimental to the port. He pointed out that vessels drawing up to 22ft of water can be accommodated at the port in all weathers, and they are always given quick despatch. DUNEDIN, August 22. Mr James P. Maitland, for many years Commissioner of Crown Lands in Otago, dud this evening, after a prolonged illness. A case came before the Compensation Court, in which Mrs McGinnis, a widow, claimed .£IOO compensation from the Minister of Mines for the pollution of the Fraser river, and £4OO for prospective damage by declaring the river a sludge channel. The Court awarded <£9o, and as

the amount was less than one-half the claim each side was ordered to pay its own costs. Special to tub “Times. WANGANUI, August 22.

An old-age pensioner, a woman, was fined os for drunkenness at the Court today and the S.M.. ordered the forfeiture of lier next instalment of the pension. The committee of the A. and P. Society is busily employed with the preliminary arrangements for this year’s show. tne home industries schedule, arranged by a sub-committee of ladies, and consisting or 43 classes, has been adopted. At a meeting of tho genera! committee yesterday considerable discussion ensued over the amount of entrance fees, some of the economic members considering the amount given in prizes in this department excessive, but it was pointed out that this branch of the show caused a great deal oi competition, and gave a large number of people an interest in the show who otherwise would have none. Eventually it was resolved that 'the entrance fee in all classes bo 6d, and that admission tickets be given to ali thoso who make five entrics. . A meeting of those interested in the return of a Liberal candidate for Wanganui was held this evening. There was a numerous attendance, including ladies. It was resolved to organise at once, under the auspices of the local branch of the Liberal League, and to take the necessary steps to secure the return of the selected candidate. The selection of a candidate was postponed to a future meeting. . , The annual ball of the Wanganui Collegiate School Old Boys’ Association, held at tho Drillshed to-night, was a great success. One hundred and seventy couples attended. Among these present were the members of the Wellington Old Boys team.