TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1951, 22 September 1888, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

(PKt PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

The Staff of Life. Auckland, September 22. The price of bread is to be raised on Monday. Itbti been wiling at 2id and 3d. On and after Monday It will be Sd eashand 34d credit. This Is In oonsegoenee of the recent rise of £2 per ton i floor. Effects of fche Hard Times. Hawira, September 22 The pressure of the times is causing some of the Te WhUI Natives to consider thiit determination to lift none of (he rant money lying to their oredit. Some Natlver who hare never taken money before have taken It now or have Intimated their readiness to take it If they eao do to without the knowledge of other Natives. Notices have been issued to the Native leaseholders informing them that the Board of the Public Trust offioe have decided to rsdace their several rents as ■et out tn the notices for a period of five jean from Ist January 1888, returning thereafter to the rent provided for In the base. The New Zealand Cfcnrt at the Mel- . bourne Exhibition. Wb&unotov, September 22. Mr Eugene O'Connor, M.H.R., wires to the Premie* from Melbonrne — " The New Zealand Court Ii a source of pride j and encouragement. The produots excel In Variety and there la an excellent d'e< play. The mineral section is good. No zoom for bulky exhibits at present. The j arrangement is artistic and attractive," The Lanwch Libel Action. It has been arranged that the libel action Larnach t " New Zealand Herald " ■ball be beard In Wellington. Wellin et oa Harbor. Hydraulic machinery tor working the wharves is now being plaoed m position, There will be four 35 cwt cranes and one 10 ton one on the Quean's wharf, aBS ton crane on the. reolalmed land and a aew wool press on the ral'wjy wharf ; pipes for conducting the water to the aoenmnlator tower are all ready. v The Dairy Industry. Intkboabgxll, September 22. The Fairfax Dairy Company has reaolved that m the Interests of the dairying Industry, It be a recommendation to the Dairy Factories Conference to consider the advlsableneas|of appointing a spsolal agent to sell the produce of the factories In England, and to attend to the business of. the factories represented by the Conference.