MISCELLANEOUS.

Colonist, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11287, 22 March 1905, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

Wellington, March 21. The Mrs Athol Reader referred to in the cable messages to-day was the wife of an ex-resident of Wellington, a son of the late Colonel Reader. ; Mrs Athol Reader is an American woman, and an operator on Wall ■ street. The blight which recently atacked the potato crops in the Hutt district has spread to tomatoes, and ruined a the bulk of the crop. The Agricultural Department reco aimends that plants which show signs of the disease should he immediately pulled up and burned, and that spraying . should be resorted. to in cases where the blight has not yet made its appearance. The Government has decided to guarantee Id net return per lb on »* tbe shipments of apples to London this season. The grading and shipping must be done under the supervision of the Agricultural Depart- - ment, and all other arrangement* p are to be made by the shippers. J. G. Stevens announces him-

'+■{ i -J- im ' ■ __a____r___z: self aa a candidate for the Wellington by-election in the Liberal and Labor interest. He is a prominent member of the Working Men's Club. __.-*". :_£: . Auckland, March 21. The scow Warrior, which it was feared bad been disabled^ has arrived safely at Tauranga, and is leaving toVday for Gisborne. Napier, March 21. Reports presented to the Harbor Board at to day's meeting show that last week's storm did damage to various works necessitating an expenditure of £700. At the breakwater, however, the damage is only a trifle over £200, and this was td new concrete work which has not had time to properly set. Dunedin, March 21. The. receiving clerk for Keith, Ramsay, and Co. to-day found three hearth rugs and door mats weighted with six feet of tramway material under the Rattray-street wharf in the vicinity of No. 2 shed. The discovery is believed to be associated with the police scandal now under investigation.

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