NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 10614, 14 May 1896, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

CHARGE OF STEALING WHISKEY Wellington, May 18. Two employees in the kitchen of the Empire Hotel have baen arrested on a charge of stealing alcohol valued at £8 from a store-room. They had packed whiskey etc., in a portmanteau, and were about to remove it, when they were detected. They were remanded. FIRE IN WELLINGTON. Wellington, May 14. A fire broke out this afternoon in tho Wellington Biscuit Company's brick buildings in Farish-stveet. The upper portion was gutted and the stock badly damaged. The latter was insured for £500 in the Royal Exchange and £200 in the Phoenix. THE BiRQUE COROMANDEL. There is a difficulty about raising the barque Coromandel as no instructions have been received from Home and nothing is being done, though it is understood that there would be no difficulty in righting the vessel. CENSUS RETURNS. The following counties show an increase : —Hutt, 5750, an increase of 602; Waimoa 8499, an inci-ense of 109 ; Collingwood 2485, an increase of 482 ; MacKenzio 1514, an increase of 344 ; Waikomiti, 4390, an increase of s(i ; Hobson 4689, an increase of 401 ; Otamatca 2479, an increase of 416; Cororaandel 5054, an increase of 2207. The following show decreases ;—lnangahua;—lnangahua 4238, decrease of 110 ; Lake 2618; decrease of 801 ; Taieri 6952, decreaso of 137; Ashley 11907, decrease of 489 ; Manawatu 1717, decrease of 8; the la^t county formerly included the borough of Foxton and the figures in 1891 were 3832. CAPTAIN RUSSELL AT PAHIATUA Pahiatua, May 14. Captain Russell addressed a crowded meeting heie last evening. He expressed his disbelief in the existence of a true surplus, and declared it was made up by the balance from last year, which the Government called revenue. They had also included the sinking fund set aside under the Loans to Local Bodies Act, debentures, and small sums from other sources. He predicted that investigation would show that during last year the expenditure exceeded the revenue by £232,277, A vote of thanks wag carried)