TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19946, 13 November 1926, Page 14

TELEGRAMS.

(Pek United Pbess Association.) AUCKLAND, November 12. All standard brands of butter have been reduced Id per lb. hhe re c al l prices now are: Superfine, Is 6cl; nrst grade. Is sd; second grade, Is 4d. In the Police Court, Ronald George Collins, aged 33 years, and Francis Edward Diggle, aged 24 years, were charged with stealing £l4 6s Bd, at Wellington, the property of the Provident Life Insurance Company, and Diggle was also charged with attempting to obtain, with intent to defraud, £5 commission irpna Neville W. Travis by false pretences, ihe police stated that numerous other charges in various parts of the Dominion would be preferred against Collins, and that Diggle had been working in conjunction with Collins. The accused were remanded till November 18. , _ , The Auckland Savings Bank offered the City Council a loan of £107,000 in one amount at par for 33 years (interest 5,V per cent., sinking fund U per cent.), and will accept debentures providing authority for raising the loan is approved by the trustees. The council has accented the offer. NEW PLYMOUTH, November 12. > The mutton butchers at Borthwicks Waitara works were notified on ihursdny that killing would commence to-day. Men were definitely engaged, but without explanation they failed to put in an appearance this morning. PALMERSTON N., November 12. The following prisoners were sentenced in the Supreme Court: —John Robert M‘Gregor, theft from the person. 12 months, with hard labour, Neils Peter Sorensen Hansen, assault at Miranui, with intent to rob, 18 months, with hard labour, prisoner being recommended to leave the country at the expiry ot his serious defects have become manifest in the Manawatu Gorge line, which point to the probability of a long delay in reopening, and the a section of the Ashhurst to Woodville line having to be abandoned for an alternative route. no HASTINGS, November 12. Following thunder, heavy rain fell in the district to-day. The - fall was welcomed bv farmers and business men alike. Large hailstones fell in some localities, injuring the apples and pears, though to what extent is not at present known „ „ , ln WELLINGTON, November 12. As the result of Rose Day in Wellington £SOO was received from the sale of roses. This sum will be divided in equal shares between the returned so.diers, the Women’s National Reserve, and the Kindergarten Society. Both the latter bodies have done valuable work on behalf of returned soldiers. A deputation representing the Reserves Protection Society and other associations waited on the Hons. W. Dowme Stewart and F. J. Rolleston and asked that the Government, in view of the contem plated action of the City Council, take a portion of the reserves to protect the public property and the rights of the people. Mr Downie Stewart, in reply, said the question of city reserves was likely to become international instead ox local if not settled soon. His desire was that it should be settled before it became a running sore and created friction. So far as the local position was concerned, be did not want to set up elaborate machinery. He proposed that the matter be referred to Mr Hurst Segar, one of the leading town planning enthusiasts, and officers of the Public Works Department. This might be a quick and normal way of getting a decision.