New Zealand Telegrams.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11548, 30 August 1900, Page 2

New Zealand Telegrams.

[PEB PKKS3 AfISOOIATION.] ENQUIRY FOR NEW ZEALAND COAL. Wellington, August 30. Mr Ronayne has received a telegram from the Cape Railway Department asking him to quote a price per ton for best New Zealand coal, the same as was supplied to tho Navy, delivered at Cape Town, what cargo could arrive, and what quantity per month, for use on the railways. Mr Ronayne has sent copies of the message to the officials of the New Zealand coal companies, and asked them to supply the necessary quotations. THE CHARWOMAN CASE AGAIN. [ Another phase of the famous " Charwoman Case " will be entered upon at the civil sessions next week. Margaret Hicks is suing T. V. Byrne for £500 slander, for epithets alleged to have been applied to her by the defendant at the time of the occurrence. A TEMPERANCE LECTURER IN TROUBLE. Auckland, August 30. Win. Richardson, temperance lecturer, was sent to gaol for not paying a fine recently imposed for witnessing a signature on an electoral form without having seen it signed. FIRE AT KOHUKOHU. Tho Kohukohu Hotel and store, owned by D. B. Wallace, was destroyed by fire. Part of the stock was saved. Insurances: — Building, £500 in Commercial Union; store, £500 in Guardian Hotel :— Stock, £300 in Norwich Union. A PHASE OF THE CHINESE QUESTION. Dunedi.v, August 30. Tho Chairman of tho Benevolent Institution states that 27 outdoor and 21 indoor Chinese patients are costing tho Institution £600 a year. The total receipts from the Chinese by way of collections in 1897 was £142 9s. An appeal will again be made to the Chinese direct.