TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1530, 28 December 1886, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

A number of dogs brought by passengers in thA lonic had to bs destroyed, their owners declining to. accede-to the stringent quarantine regulations affecting them.

Mr Walter Turnbull, formerly, of ; the firm of W. and G. Turnbull and. Company,; Wellington, and who recently left for England, has been fortunate enough to drop into a legacy of £IOO,OOO. At an extraordinary general meeting of; the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company 6h, Wednesday it w*s resolved by a targe rn-juri y—“ That in view of the? existing, freight; monopoly, which, practically.limits; available space as. well as; maintains the rate of freight,, the directors \be iemr powered to engage tonnage for a period.not exceeding two years, or live voynges lor each steamer in advance, to such extent |and on such . conditions as may seerajto them most likely-to -meet the requirements of shippers apdi facilitate the export of meat from. Canterbury ; the.rate of freight not to exceed l£d per lK”, ; 1 Sir George Grey has 6000 volumes; paiiked in 40'bokes ready for removal .to the Auckland Freej Library, and 1500 -more are to be made ready. The chairman of the Fire Underwriters’ Association urged on the Premier at Dunedin that in all cases of fire it should be mandatory that an official enquiry be held j as the Association believed beneficial results would ensue. The Premier referred the Association to the Minister of Justice.