New Zealand Telegrams.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11525, 15 May 1899, Page 2

New Zealand Telegrams.

| PER PREBS ASSOCIATION. J;

TtIK GOVERNOR ON 51INISCT. Auckland, May 13. His Escelloncy the Governor, on hia return to KaraDgahak.-, ma'lo a speech, in the course of which h* said that when he visited the vaiivu* dredging areas in tho South ho wa-s nifoimfd that 24 out of 27 companies weio dividend-paying concern-*. Ho c uld not &ay in the North Island that 24 out of 27 quartz-<miniag conlpanins were dividend-payers, but ho hoped these companies would progress and prosper. Ho tru-ted tlut by proving the value of tii.'ir nuriferous areas and by bring-.ng the quirt z-mini ig industry to ah even inora prominent pi s'lion lhau it now occupud, tha coifi'.m-s of outside investor would be ." . urol, and the assktauw of Hiiti h caj.i-.al obtained for the pu;|to*u named. THE DAIRY INDUSTRY. Wei.u»oton, May 15. Mr Canaeron, Go vi rnuiunt Dairy Expert inLoniorij-i'iwsecJiho AsncutfuralDopartmont tli it there lias bvan mirkeil improvement in New Zrsiliti'J )>ut,ter Juiing the last 3 ear or two, aad ibis is ualnsitatingly ackiio«v]v)dgt!dat Hoinn. The storing and tundliug aboard ship is m ich better done, and there has been uumarous enquiries for particular brands ut fiae quility, buyers being anxious to purchase direct from the factory. Mtl DUTHIB'S HEALTQ. '""^ MrJ Dv hie, M.U.U., who his beon seriou^y ill for go no time past, is now able to lmve his bed. THR PERTHSHIRE. Th« Premier has received a telegram from the Government of New South Wales, asking the Gov^r: niant to arrange for a search for tho' lVrth hire. It hid already boon arranged thi". tho Hiuemoa shouM start to-day from Wostport, aud eximiue the Wcht Coast, ;iad also tho I Solandeis and Stewart's Island. Tho Hiiumn did not go further south than MilforJ Sound, aud unlpt a mistake was tua'io .-is to the locality it could not hivo hcun hnrsoen by tho naivea off George Sound. AN EXEMPHRY FINE. T. WuoJ, of Mauners s;.wet, owner of a pan:)}; ii tho slot macluuo, \sms fi-iod i'o for i .viibitiuy piuturoi alleged to hi hiifooo'it THE VfCTORIAN COMMISSIONERS Dvn cd in, Slay 14. Messrs Best (Viotori 1 1 Minister of Lauds and Custom?) aurlTraa vith (labour member of; th-i Assembly), who have been doputt-d by Ui) Yijt>:iti Government lo glean iuCoraiviiMi tog.irihug our labour luwb, roturuod ou Saturday ovom'ng fxom

a rapid tour through Central OUgo, where thoy inspected a number of dredging olaims and dredges. Everywhere they vera well received, and every opportunity was placed at their disposal to acqaro iuformatiou. The delegates appear to bo imprcssod with what they saw, THE PREMIER AT DANNEVIRKE Dannevirke, May 15. Tho Premier addressed a meeting hore ou Satuailsiy night on the san.e lines as the Ekt tahuna speech, ne said he would bring a Bill in next session to have the question of rating on unimproved values decided by a mrjority of votes recorded. The local bodies Bhould have extended powers, with annual revenues for roads and bridges. Many alums were deserving settleis and should have the pensions ; some had been in the colony 40 years. A vote of thanks and confidence and approval of the land policy was carried without disient.