New Zealand Telegrams.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12028, 25 July 1902, Page 2

New Zealand Telegrams.

fP«r Press Associatiom.)

EXPECTORATING ON THE FO.OTPATHS. ' Auckland, July 25.The City Conficil has resolved to enforce the bye-law against expectorating on footpaths'. CO-OPERATIVE POULTRY" COJtfPANY. Eltham, July -25. The Eltham Co-operative Poultry Company have acpjiired a site of ten acres at £.40 "per acre in view, of erecting "buildirgs to commence operations at the earliest possiWa date. The site is admirably situated, being) within easy distance of the centre of Eltham borough;-' CONVJCTION FOR FORGERY. - Wellington, July 25. Richard Dalhousie, who pleaded guilty before the Magistrate of forg- - cry, was admitted by the Chief Justice to six months' probation and ordered to pay three guineas costs of "prosecution. A PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAIi CASE. Wellington, July 25, ' ' TShe Agent^General has Ca!bled th'atf the case R. Bell and Co, verses tfie Commissioner of Customs has> been* decided by the Privy Council in favour of the defendant with costs. The case arose out of a seizure oi goods by the Customs Department for an alleged breachi of the Trad« Marts Act, and' in- both the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal' judgment was given for-, the plaintiffs. - . - ■ • NELSON FRUIT GROWERS GRIEVANCES. , Nelson, July 25. A meeting; of fruit - growers. has been called to protest against the recent raising of the commission , charged by brokers in the chief centres' to 10 per cent without rebate. A proposal will be submitted to join tho Farmers' Union and establish producers' depots for direct dealing with ' consumers. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION Christchurch, July 25,. - The Hon. C. C. Bowen has received a letter from the President of the Royal Geographical Society giving particulars of the despatch of the re-, lief ship Morning to the Antarctic, and expressing great ' satisfaction at the New Zealand- Government voting£looo in aid of the funds? The vessel should arrive at Lyttelton early, in November and will try th«_ice-

back in December. Captain Colieck^a -^member of the Southern Cross expedition, is in command. The- two vessels wi 1 endeavour to return to , - Lyttelton in March next .year. If "Captain Scott succeeds in fcavigating -the Discovery far beyond Bir< J-. "Ross's most easterly point he Vill come out somewhere in the ltoss Quadrant. In this contingency the Morning will- 1 - not follow h&n but establish coal • and provision depots. At present there is little livelihood of funds admitting of exploration during a third season- After returning Captain Scott goes to the Falkland Islands-.