TELEGRAMS

Southland Times, Issue 19265, 1 February 1904, Page 2

TELEGRAMS

Per United Press Association. AUCKLAND, Jan. 30. The .Mitchclson Timber Co 'a little mill at Aoron has been burned, including valuable machinery and timber. A sniull yncht ia reported sunk oil Drunken Hay. There is no trace of the occupants, and the name of tho yacht is unknown. The annual statement of the Auckland Savings Hank shows that it dealt with considerably over haU-a-million during tho year. Deposits totalled £773,350 ; withdrawals. £753,841 ; at credit of depositors, £874,336. Tho number of accounts total 31,729, an increase of 1700 over the previous year ; the surplus profits amounted to £77,50;). For being in possession of Gib of smuggled toHacco Allan Morton, hairdresser and tobacconist, was fined £100. the penalty being mitigated to £25, with costs. The Crown Prosecutor said extensive smuggling was going on, requiring tho Customs to take drastic measures. WELLINGTON. Jan. 30. Log lircs around Ekatahuna, fanned by a westerly wind, assumed serious proportions on Friday and spread over a large area. Heavy ruin, however, at night saved the situation. Many sottlers are heavy losers of stock and grass. Sir Jovsoph Ward left for the South tonight Ho inspects new works at Hanmvv on Monday, and visits Kaiapoi on Wednesday to open a new railway station and lay the foundation stone of a post and telogrnph office.

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