GENERAL TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAPH OFFICE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, April 7. The Secretary of the Post Office received the following message from the postmaster at Shannon yesterday: "About .20 on Saturday night heavy lightning fused the wires connected to the test cabinet in the Shannon instrument room, all the wires being burnt out, resulting in telegraphic communication over this route being completely cut off. The damage caused by the fire was confined to a few scorched boards in the vicinity of the test cabinet. Direct telegraphic communication with Palmprston North and Wanganui was arranged via the East Coast- ami Manawatu Gonre."
CRUELTY TO SCHOOL CHILDREN. Feilding. April S. Mr. l'\ Pirnni, chairman of tlio Wiin(janui Education Board, to-day receive;! the following telegram from' Emiriimi, "Snow here to-day, school children nearly frozen." The explanation is that the Education Board has persistently refused to accede to the request of the hoard to provide a, suitable building, but compels the children to meet in the hall built by the Public Works Department which is totally unsuitable as a school.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 271, 8 April 1913, Page 2
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178GENERAL TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 271, 8 April 1913, Page 2
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