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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11952, 30 March 1894, Page 2

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(Per Press Association.) Wellington, March 29. Dr. Caliill, of Wellington, wlio attended the medical conference at Napier, is lying there dangerously ill of typhoid. Dr. Henry left to-day to attond him, and Sir Patrick Buckley, ono of Dr. Cahills oldest friends, left by tho morning's train. Mr. Valentino, dairy oxpert, has returned from his northern tour. He considers co-operative dairying is going ahead in the colony, but a great hindrance to its further success would be removed if each company left its management to a managing director, who should work in concert with the manager. Tbe Minister of Mines returned to Wellington to-day. As thero aro improvements in the freight rates, the Tyser Company has decided to despatch its steamers from London to the colony, via Australian ports, monthly, instead of every six weeks as herotofore. i The Bs. Hawkes Bay, which has been loading in the Wanganui roadstead, has sustained some accident to her rofri"erating machinery, and will come on here for repairs instead of going to Picton. The agents of the Sbiro Lino of steamers have decided to mako Wellington tho last port of departure from the colony for thoir vessels instead of Port Chalmers. At the annual meeting of the Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Association, tho Chairman said that the balance-sheet showed that the Association was in a very satisfactory condition ; its financial position was perceptibly improving, and, had it not been for the exceedingly wet weather which prevailed on the second day of the last show, they would have been able to show a credit balance. Ever since its inception the Association had had a very uphill fight for existence, but it had now, he thought, turned tho corner, and there was every prospect of the Association being permanently and firmly established. Auckland, March 29. A deputation of tinsmiths and rangemakers interviewed the Premier to-day re tariff revision on certain articles imported in connection with their trades. The Premier stated that the revision of tbe tariff would como before Parliament next Bession. The Premier promised that the Rotorua Railway would be pashed on immediately after the end of the month, Andrew Moylan, who was arrested last night for drunkenness, was found early in the morning in an unconscious state and breathing heavily. He died in a cab on the way to the hospital. At the inquest a verdict of apoplexy was returned. The Promier left for Whakatane tonight. Christchwrch, March 29. Issac March, of Oxford, who was severely injured by tha fire which destroyed his houso on Monday, and by which his daughter-in-law lost her life, died last night. He was a settler of 42 years' standing. The annua) report submitted at the meeting of the Board of Education today stated that the total expenditure on buildings during the past year had bean .£4784, but the Board, owing to want of funds, had to defer the erection of many new buildings, additions, and repairs. The Board had under ite control 667 teachers, exclusive of 50 sewing mistresses, and had a strict average attendance of 17,305. Dunedin, March 29. At the City Police Court to-day Messrs Moritzson and Hopkins, merchants, were fined £5 for exporting butter from tbe colony without properly marking tke 1 boxes.