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Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9063, 22 April 1891, Page 2

Most of the plant that will be used ia attempting to float the Wanaka has been carted on to the beach in the vicinity of the steamer. Owing to the s.s. Takapuna having to leave early the English outward mail, via 'Frisco, closes at 8 a.m. on Friday next instead of 10 a.m., as previously notified. Captain Edwin telegraphed at 1 p.m. today :—": — " Every indication of frost to-night, and for very low tides for 24 hours from low water this afternoon." Parliament is to be called together for the despatch of business on Thurs-' day, June 11th. ' Mr Harris Ford, hon. secretary of the Recreation Grounds, begs to acknowledge the sum of 8s for a period of three weeks through the donation box in the grounds. The Hon. G. McLean, Chairman of Directors of the Union s.s. Co., arrived by the express train on Tuesday night, and went north by the Gairioch the same night. He is on his way to Australia. The athlete, Mr Duncan Ross, went north by the Gairioch on Tuesday night. A deal of trouble was experienced in snipping the athlete's horse, as the animal would not walk up the breakwater for a long time. The arrivals in the colony during March were 1172, and the departures 1980. This shows that the exodus from New Zealand has not stopped as the departures exceeded the arrivals by 808, There were 583 who came from New South Wales and 1155 went there ; 136 came from the United Kingdom against 211; who went there : 10 Chinamen went away. Sir James Hector says Aat the cable message, that he has founded a medal in the Royal Geographical Society is a mistake, as he has done nothing of the kind. He thinks that the probable explanation is that he has been awarded a medal for some geographical information he supplied some time ago. On Tuesday Messrs E. M. Smith, M.H.R., and J. B. Connett, members of the Harbour Board, rjrove Messrs Rees and Carroll, M.H R.s, out to the breakwater, and pointed out to them the little work that was required to be done to improve the navigation of the port. Messrs Reos and Carroll, who paid great attention to what was told them, made a thorough inspection of the harbour. It is stated jby the Wellington papers that one result in the conference held by the Frozen Meat Companies is, that the Shipping Companies have agreed to reduce the freight after the end of the year to. a penny per lb. This means a reduction of a hundred thousand pounds. All existing contructb will bo completed on the present basis. At the Wellington City, Council the other day, in referring to the water supply, the Mayor said it had only been by sheer hick the city supply had not failed m the past summer, which was fortunately a wot one. lie thought the Council would have either to put out the electric light in summer or provide an increased supply of water. Considering that Wellington is about the worst lighted city in New Zealand it does not look as if the electric lighting had yet proved a success. The following statement of liabilities and assets in the estate of the hte J. B. Gresaon, solicitor, of Christchurch, who was killed on the railway a short time since, has been filed. Liabilities : Creditors secured, £12,925 3s 7d ; creditors unsecured, £43,153 3s lOd. Assets : Real property, mortgages on land, £2,670; overplus from encumbered estate, £3,319 ; book debts, £16,641, estimated to yield £8,051 ; shares and investments, £302 ; insurance policies, £8,350 ; furniture, chattels, ect., £400 ; cash in band, £13. Doficioncy. £20,027. jH&SB&Stoe 1 ' THREE CENTURIES have rolled by since Bacon said, " Coffee comforteth the brain and heart, and. helpeth digestion." Übo Cbeasis'b A; I, CpWKBt JJoW only ip lib *nd 21U tins, '