TELEGRAMS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10823, 13 December 1902, Page 8

TELEGRAMS.

0 s (Per United Press Association.) Wellington; Dumber 12. , The terms for which tlie Hous. F. Arkwright, G. Jones, W. 0. Smith, and R. 11. J. Reeves were appointed to seats on the Legislative Council expires to-morrow. It is understood all will be rcappointed. ' , INVERCARGiLL, December 12. '» The Miljeis' Association advanced the price of flour another £1 per toil, the price now standing at £13 to £14 per ton. • ' AUCKLAND, December 12. ,As an outcome of the action of Mr Witherford, M.H.R., 36 selections of Crown lands in the King Country,, known' as tho Ottmeke Settlement, wore ballotted I'oir -by returned troojiers. There were 295 •applications, and 36 were drawn. > WELLINGTON, December 12. Books of tickets are being circulated from Australia purporting to be tickets in the Mt'. Kembla Motor-car Art Union.. The poHco took proceedings, to-day,' and a line .was iriiposcd for selling. tJieße tickets, it being illegal to do so' in this colony. CIIRISTCBURCH, December 12. Mr Justice Dennisrfcon this morning de- 1 Hvcrcd judgment in the appeal by Manning and Co., Ltd., brewers, .against' the decision of the Stipendiary Magistrate that the series of debentures issued by the conij)any should be, liable to stamp duty as promissory notes. His Honor, hold that the debentures shoiUd be treated ais mortgages, and consequently exempt from <^iity under the Stamp Act, 1882. *,- - ■ , JIAWERA? December 12/ It ife rumcrared in connection with the •I'Qoount of .tho HttHtera election that the Deputy Returning Officers in ,at least two booths committed serious errors in dealing with ballot-papers.- At 'Otakeho it is said the wrong corner "of the papers was turned down, leaving the voters' ■ number's, exposed, and this led to the whole of the votes, 100 in all,'- being disallowed. At Okaiawa, it ib alleged, • the" Deputy Re- , turning Officer did not p*ut his stamp .on tho corner turned down,' but imprinted it ,>n the centre of the paper- This was not regarded as sufficiently serious to invalidate the votes. Had it fceen; McGuire'a" majority of 100 at this booth would have been f lost. Tho blunders do no£ affect the election. The Otakeho mistake tpok Mc--iuire's majority .of 16 at that booth away, :md increased Major's majority on the total by that many. • PALMERSTON N., Dec. 12. For some time past there' has been a growing feeling in town in favour of the Saturday half-holiday, and at a meeting -Aiis morning the Holiday Association, whjch is thoroughly representative of the business community, decided to communicate with the Government with a view of having • Saturday declared the; weekly !iali-holiday throughout the colony. '* WELLINGTON, Decembers. ' The ordinary paid message, sent ""from the Agent-General, London, to Sir Joseph 'Ward on Tnesday, was received .over the Pacific cable at Doubtless Bay within -o.nc hour and twenty-two minutes of the time of presentation in - London. ' Tnis goes some way' td bear out the anticipation that message 1 ? will' be transmitted over the Pacific cable from London and vice versa ivithiu an hour. ' ' DUNEDIN. Dcqember 12. Martha Strain, charged with attempted •suicide by drowning at St. Clair, wa& orlered to come up for sentence when called upon. TCAKARAMEA,, December 12. The t inquest'held at Kakaramea on December llth on the body of .Geqrge Taylor, Patea County surfaceman, insulted in i verdict of death; by suicide through taking at dose of Coo'pcr's , Sliecp" Dip. There »vas no evidence to account for the act. CTIRTSTCIIURCII'/Decomber 12.' John Lynch, 18 wars of age, of Waikari, 'who was admitted to Ihe Christ•■lmreli Hospital 'qn Wednesday wifloring froju_ lockjaw, caused by a piece of wood tutting his hand, diejl yesterday alter1)00)1. , ' ' . . WELLINGTON, December 12. The Cabinet has tinder consideration the rpcoramendation by tlie Commandant of the JPorccs for an amendment o t f the Volunteer Regulations to provide for the constitution of an intermediate, force' bcUyeen thq Permanent Militia and the Volunteers. It is to consist mainly of mon,, of the Naval ■md Artillery Corps, and possibly the Field Artillery Bakeries, who will receive halfpay 1 The scheme, if adopted, will provide for prpper training, and qnly apply to the tour chief centres. , HAWERA, December 12. , At a meeting of representatives p'f daify . factory companies it was decided that it is expedient to establish" ?v "distributing centre in the. colony fqr prpduce,, and a * "ommittec was net up to fornujlate n' dorm ite scheme, 'a* Thivtoen factories wore represented at Hie mooting. • ' The Taranaki executive, of the Farmers* Union mssed a resolution asking the Co'oniiil Council to r ( opvpseut to the brqvcrn•neni that in bases' of future appointments hi the Legislative Council 11iR : ctaims.of tin' fsirmi'iEj community sliould receive due consideration.