LAST NIGHT’S TELEGRAMS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2956, 30 November 1900, Page 2

LAST NIGHT’S TELEGRAMS.

Per Press Associate u AUCKLAND, November 29. At a meeting of the committee of the Amateur Athletic Club to-night, Messrs J. Campbell, for sprints and hurdles, Sutherland, for flat distances, 0. C. Laurie, for jumps and pole vault, and C. McAffer, for walks, were chosen to represent the club at the New Zealand Championship meeting at Christchurch next manth. Smith, hurdle champion, and Mahill, hammer and shot champion, were unable to make the trip. At the meeting of the council of the Auckland Cycle Roads League, it was decided to apppoint A. A. Davies, E. Reynolds and P. A. Yaile as delegates to confer with other cyclists re the Cycle Boards Bill, and to instruct the secretary to write to leading cyclists in Dunedin, Wellington and Christchurch, asking them also to appoint delegates to meet at Christchurch durnig the forthcoming Christmas holidays and discuss the Bill at length. It was also resolved to invite members of the House of Representatives to meet the council on 11th December for the same purpose

WANGANUI, November 29.

Some months ago .Miss Burnett, a wellknown resident, offered to present a peal of chiming bells to the town as a. memorial of the part played by Wanganui in the South African campaign. The conditions attached to the gift were that the townspeople should provide ai .tower for the bells, and that Miss Burnett should have a voice in the selection of a site. A great deal of trouble has occurred in regard to the latter mattter, the Borough Council refusing two sites selected by Miss Burnett, and she herself declining to agree to any one of the different sites offered by the Council. As a result of the deadlock Miss Burnett has now withdrawn her offer.

NAPIER, November 'd.

At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Captain Todd, representative of the Tyser line, said the experience of his company in endeavouring to get freight in the colony for South Africa had convinced him that the trade -would never pay working expenses.' Australia produced everything that New Zealand did, and a week ly line of steamers from there supplied all requirements. The Chamber decided that while desirous of establishing trade with Africa, in the absence of sufficient information it could not recommend the State to give the proposed subsidy. ,

NELSON, November 29.

Mr Joshua Baird, chairman of ihe Waimea County Council for the last 16 years, died suddenly to-day, aged 71. He presided at a meeting of the Council yesterday and was a candidate for re-election as chairman, but waß defeated by Councillor Wastney. .A youth named George Blincoe, aged 18, blew his brains out with a gun. The body was found in a paddock this morning.'

WELLINGTON, November 29.

Captain Richard Kelly, commander of the Shaw Saville ship Westland, died during her passage from Liverpool, three weeks after leaving port, and was buried at sea the following day. The vessel was navigated out by Mr Samuel, the chief mate. Captain Kelly, who was 43 years of age, had been with the Company for 25 years, seven years as master of the Westland. He war also in command of the Lutterworth, Halcione, and other vessels.

CHRISTCHURCH, November 29,

At a meeting of the Championship Regatta Committee this evening, a letter was read from the New Zealand Rowing Association making alterations in the programme of the regatta, and changing the Association clinkers in the Junior Fours to best-and-best boats and stump outriggers, and in the Maiden Double Sculls and Youths’ Double Sculls to clinker outriggers. It was resolved to a.sk the Association to reconsider its decision, as the committee considered the alterations impracticable.