GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 298, 26 January 1910, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

REDUCTIOX IX PRICE OF GAS. By 'telegraph,— Press' Association. Auckland, .January 25. The directors of the Auckland Gas Company have decided to reduce the price of gas threepence per 1000 feet, the present price being 5s 4d, less a. j cash discount of lOd per thousand, and recommend an increase in the dividend of a shilling per annum. The first concession represents £OOOO a year and the latter absorbs £2OOO. THE RAILWAY T[ME-TABLE. Feilding. January 25. The Chamber of Commerce, in emphasising the inconvenience of the present running of the Wellington Xew Plymouth express, is asking the Minister of Railways to revert to the old timetable. The Chamber also decided to invite Mr. Millar to Feilding, the proj gramme for the visit to include a motor | tour through Feilding's large district, ilk) at; to give (he Minister an idea of its extent and fertility, NAPIER, HARBOR. Xapicr. January 25. | At a special meeting of (he Harbor Board it was decided to ask (be ratepayers to s'anc( ion ;I loan of €3OO/100 i to complete the breakwater and provide ! additional wharfage. TO BE SHIPPED HOME AGAIN. Wellington. La=' Night. | A general servant, bv the R.M..>. | Aratva f roin England n vo"t.'i rtVipt IS j years of nge. wis found by the port. | '"'alfh off'' cr fo-ilay to be suffering i from St, Vitus l>iice. and he will ne- | eordiii'dv no'; he perm'Med in ?a-i,? in Xew Zealand. He "'ill probably Tic taken back by I lie Corinfh'c. sailing on Friday.