TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2905, 22 February 1893, Page 2

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

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T<r*h«l«l »t Jlyct»l«ra. Wellington, February 22. The Board of Health met this morning, and after considering the report from Lyttelton as to the outbreak of typhoid on the ship Hinemoa, directed a telegram to be sent to the Mayor of Lyttelton to the effect that the Board considers the local Board has power to deal with the case, the ship not having arrived from a foreign port but only from another port in the colony, and suggesting the Mayor should confer with the health officer. Leaflet* for ranaen. The Department of Agriculture has issued the second of the series of illustrated leaflets, dealing with the Bathurst burr The RlMataka. The Rimntaka arrived at 9.30 a.m. She brings 1520 tons of cargo and sixtythree passengers. linporlKl InMltnt*. The Cabinet have decided to grant a small sum for the purpose of fitting up the New Zealand Court in the Imperial Institute, but will not commit the colony to any annual expenditure. Dliitrt' Rlffkt*. Representations have been made to the Minister of Mines that a number of men are working iii-:Otago without miners' rights, and recommending that the police should be instructed to hunt them up. The Minister refused to do so. Sir Julia* V«s-«l. A private letter received here states that Sir Julius Vogel has madi a brilliant start as an insurance manager in London, and is doing a large business.