DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143770, 19 April 1912, Page 3

DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

A NEW ROAD OPENED. Per Press Association. TIMA ill,', April 18.' About 2000 people were present at the ceremony of opening the new rood to Greenstone Island, at the mouth of the Opilii. which is expected to become a popular picnic resort, iive miles from Tcninka. There would have been nioro people, but not enough vehicles were available. The road will also bo of use to Maori fishermen and anglers. Hitherto the way to the island lay partly through private property, but with the aid of a Government subsidy a road line was bought through and the road formed. AN EXPENSIVE VOTE. TIMARU, April 18. The Geraldine County clerk reported to the council to-day that the recant licensing election cost £97 lbs 9d, oir As 2jd per vote, and there was only one liotel in the district. TRAMS FOR TIMARU. TIMARU, April 18. Mr. F. Black, M.1.C.E., in a report to the Borough Council on the electric,' tramway proposal, speaks favourably of the prospects of an installation, within the borough of two lines, one north to south and one oast, to west in a horseshoe, a total of six and threequarter miles. The estimate of capital cost is £57,062, revenue £11,812, expenditure £lO,-117. Unless hydro-elec-tricity can bo had at £5 10s per unit, it would be cheaper to use a Diesel oil. engine power station. NOISY PRISONERS. CHRISTCHURCH, April 18. The inquiry at Lyttelton gaol was! continued to-day, but was not concluded. More of the strikers wore sentenced to solitary confinement, for breaches of discipline. Last night some of them created a disturbance in their colls by shouting and yelling. Some of , the strikers have returned to work to-q day. AN AUCKLAND LOAN. AUCKLAND, April 19. The Mayor reported to the City Council that the loan of £60,000 had’ been successfully raised in Auckland already. BILLIARD SALOON-KEEPER FINED AUCKLAND. April 19. In the Police Court, John Ryan, keeper of the billiard saloon concerned in the recent raid, was fined £7O and j costs. ______________ /