TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 19120, 10 August 1903, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

New fteaiand Per United Press —ssodatioii.' AUCKLAND, Aug. 9. ?.It is proposed to start a sugar beet factoi-y at jtiuiitly, ariuf application haa neen ••..■' made to the Maori uoupcil ior power t6 mortgage vthfer'Jahd under. :theit control for/ the purpose" of -raisi hg ' ttia ? necessary 'roots. Mr : Ralph; has'" offered ay -acres for a site- for -tne factory, at '■ Huntly station. J ! V. .- '?; : .w ■:■"■: ■■■■■■C. ■■■ 7" -.'■■ __AM ES/auk. '78; Charles Smith, an elderly ■; man, em■ployed by the County Uouhbil, fell froni a train at ivopu this evening, and was : run over, an arm : being severed above ■ the elbow. His condition ia 1 serious. - A nan named. Power'inet with a se-' vere accident, at. the Broken H ill niinje (Tarua). A charge of gelignite exploded unexpectedly, arid inflicted injuries to hia chest, face; . and arm. The arm was ' broken, dislocated . ahd lacerated, and his chest was badly injured. .The man's* condition is serious, but he :is expected to recover.: ;■••■'.■'.■' NAPIER, August 8. At the Hastings Poultry Show, the North Island championship for Plymouth Rocks was awarded to W.F.. Lang* of Petone, whose bird ■- was ; also the best ia the show, and the championship for Pekin ducks was won by J. .; Callister, df Wairarapa. -:--■"■•.. .•"t?.'; "•■; '• "■■.„.: . .-.- CHRISTCHURCH; Aug^ „•. :' By a fire shortly after noon, .a' large ; brick buildings the property of Mr Wilfred Badgfir,; was gutted. The building was insured in the Alliance Office for £500, and 7 contents of the portion occupied by ; Mr Badger, for . the same amount : . in the same. 'office. Kayner'a; (boot manufacturer), stock is insured for £300 in the Fhoenix. -The fire- started in the portion ' occupied 7 by Rayner, whose employes 7 left ;at riobn. .Mr -Bad--ger had a printing pj€w*t.-*n_ binde^. ia: ' connection /with his publication of tha New Zealand Statutes, and was damaged by water. .as also - portions of tho '"' printed work., , : •-•.'._ ■■£: .-I : TIMARU. Aug. 8.: /The A. arid P: Association' passed a. resolution strongly opposing the prbvis- :■ ions of the 'Stud Bill, and have asked ; the Minister of Agriculture not to allow the bill to become law. They, /consider the provisions '7' respecting 7 examination ••; too arbitrary and much too drastic. As regards hereditary unsoundness, they consider that, 'if it -were made-law; some of ; the best 1 horses in* the 'country : would • •:■ be debarred ..from use, arid that the . .stringency of :the measure would stop, the introduction of fresh blood- into f the : colony.: ■'■■\. /■::■■ ■■-■■■ Ar ■■■■ •'-.;■■'■ ,■■■''■■' ; ;: - WESTPORT, August 8. .■•: In '-.the ' court Adjutant Trask applied /.to the .Magistrate, to commit .to : goal ; Corporal: Powell,' ' of the Westport _arrison -Ar.til— rSiLi f or refusing to pay _ fine of 10s imposed by : Capt. Carr for aleged insolent language-. Tbe defendant denied': the offence ; "said that he had appealed, to Colonel Wolfe • that this officer had confirmed the appeal without giving him a hearing, and that he (Powell) had lodged an appeal, against X*oli v Wolfe's confirmation, but that officer, too, refused to forward it to\head-quar-ters. It was stated by defendant that 1 one of the sergeants , had certified to 1 witnessing the offence, although he was ! not present. _The Magistrate refused to: ';.' commit the .-.defendant. , } P -:.■:. [•; A: rapid thaw /prevails up'countpy, and' Lr the snow is disappearing so fast there is some danger of ..floods. . - With the object of .raising funds * tb ; enable them '-\ td7f hold the next rowing 'f .championship meeting at' Waihdla, the Otago ;Rowihgr Association :arrongcd; a / sports^ meeting in conjunction with v the trial-tfdotball match: -There was- a -largo attendance, and a good; sum was rea-. ; Used. Derinistpn; of Oarnaru,; .won .-- the motor, cyclp race; and Burk, son i of the ex-champion, , won t the .'mile and halfsteeplechase from scratch. : The-Waipbri Falls Electric Power"Ccm- , pany 7 have toricluded arrangements ; for -. .securing 1 . theV services! ot Mr E.E. Stark, one, of the;' engineers of J BaB County, California, the: largest -electrical transmlsi- i sion scheme^ih7t_o worldV v