TELEGRAMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16189, 26 September 1914, Page 10

TELEGRAMS

(Peb United Phess Association.) , NEW PLYMOUTH, September i>s. The Taxanaki Oil Wells report encouragingly of operations in No. 2 well, which has been deepened and recased. A veryactive new gas vein was struck this morning at 2750 ft, and after two hours it began to force the oil to the surface. It is still violent, and the oil is improving. The rotary bore and No. 3 also continue to yield well. WANGANUI, September kj. A series of burglaries have been reported to the police during the last couple of days. At least half a dozen houses have been entered. In a couple of instances the burglars were successful in getting good hauls of jewellery and money. MASTERTON, September 25. In the Supreme Court to-day Thomas Bolton was awarded £550 damages irom Frank Feist, of Carterton, for injuries sustainel through being run down by a motor car driven by the defendant. '> TAIHAPE, September 25. Last year the export of timber to Australia comprised approximately 40,000,000 superficial feet of rimu and 80,000,000 feet of white pine. According to Mr M. Carpenter (manager of the Rangitikei General and Co-operative Timber Company, which controls some 40 mills on the Main Trunk line and elsewhere) these figures are small •when compared with those that must inevitably be recorded during the ensuing 12 months. Mr Carpenter pointed ont this morning that the timbers imported on a larger scale than any others by Australian merchants were Baltic deals and Oregon pine. While the. war lasted none of the former could possibly be sent out, and the exportation of the latter would necessarily be Testricted to a very great extent. When ' the present stocks were exhausted Australia would be compelled to look to other sources of supply, and here would be New Zealand's opportunity ttf build up a tremendous trade with her neighbour. Rimu and white pine were just as serviceable for all practical purposes as the other two. said Mr Carpenter, but Oregon pine and ; Baltic deals found a readier market, especilly because of a prestige that New Zealand timbers had never had a chance to obtain. WELLINGTON, September 25. Advice has been received here that Messrs Richardson and Co.'s new coastal steamer Mako, which has been built on the Clyde for the service between Auckland the East Coast t>ays, Gisborne, and Namer has been detained at Home owing to the'outbreak of war. The Mako was provisioned and braikered, and had her crew on board ready to sail a day after war was declared, but owing to the heavy ■war risk the departure of the vessel has W Postponed 'indefinitely. The.vessel, which is of 600 tons gross, was originally SSed to call at Edithburg (South Australia) to load gypsum and salt for iNapier.