New Zealand Telegrams.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11816, 13 November 1901, Page 3

New Zealand Telegrams.

.^TtiEE 'FRISCO SERVICE. " " Auckland,.. November 12. Mr- Dunnet, agent for the Oceanic B.sr Company, has not yet. received definite* advice of Mr Spreckels' in-teiitfotf-wittt regard %o th.c San Fran= Cisco! mail service. When tne Sqnor ma /left' ''Frisco, Mr Spreckel» had ggveTpMien^ pypppsals, t . but thesd Reached hifta 'yesterday week. From tjilp 'fa&'ffo&Jo repTy .ha? been received by t oftljjie;:ifc Mr Spreckels is, contemplating a refusal. of Hhe i terms : offered . .by ■ the Government, as he was asked to give, an im- / mediate reply to the* offer. i? w A : BICYCLE THLbiF. Wellington, November. 12. , A ydung man named Leonard; Nation, with- five aliases, pleaded guilty before the S.M. torday to the theft of'twa bicycles, arid was- remanded to the Supreme, Court for. sentence. A< CUSTOMS CASE. IVanganui, November 12. A maH'named McAihcti, purporting to jbe/aii- opal merchant of WellingtonMndettvoured to pass some rings set; with; iopals through the Customs. The- officials questioned the invoiced value, and; had the rings examined, when rt"%as understood they^ were found- to be considerably more valuable^than stated. The rings were impounded, <■ and proceedings instituted,, but .McAinch eluded service of thb summons, and it. is believed he hits skipped the colony. , ~ jL.'"" Wahganui, November 18. Customs have sei_ed a parcel < . cf? f^e^ellery sent to a rdfcn named rfrom Melbourne as being ; odpl)(tevably undervalued. Proceedingji, wtil .also be taken for making -■ fslsd, declarations as to values. The teutt wks called on at lpcft] Court, but McAi^ch in njjftMit'me Mt WaQg4flui, and tlye police have .been unable io discover his whereabouts to serve the summons. The case has' been adjourned for three . MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. ' ; ' November 13. The Premier vfsits ' Palmerston Show, on Friday; The Native MinisTJec has left for Gisborne to see his Wile; wh/>. is seriously, ill. Tire Minr isters for Education; >nd' Psbl\c ! Wprlcs w:«rneVurn fWm' tfieSputH on (Bsndft.y. Th^ Minister for lends leave* for. Oamaru at the end of the v ' '^TBE ARIADNE CASE. /-- -"JDhrisichurch, Novembef A3. The Ariadne trial has been postponed ICwaiting evidence from England/>': which ig expected to arrive about December 12. ' •' W■} FIJI NEWS. , r "'^ Awoklan^ November JB. jiow iom "-ru* «»*i»*

schooner Hairline was wrecked off tl «.■ coast of Tavinui, and sank in dt<-' water. Consequent on the Federal tanfl the regular trading steamer Bingsgate, which usually conveyed" fruit to Sydney, left for her destination in; ballasts LOSS OF CARGO FOR NEW ZEALAND. Private advices state that 'he barque Criffel whilst loading at Now York for Dunedin and Wellington caught fire at her berth and was sunk. The cargo will practically be a total loss, but the vessel is not, much damaged.