TELEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 440, 24 February 1909, Page 9

TELEGRAMS.

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Invoroarglll, February 23. ■At a meeting of -the 'Blulf Harbour Board to-day;-the - Harbour .Master -reported ; on ; his'^investigation- qft, thei'ohannel ;at : -tho: pdint where, the..Mararaa, was i alleged, : .to -i have touched. The pith of the report was that, at the lowest : tide,..'tho' soundings at the point'where : tho' accident-.was said to'have happened t showed, '27 :feot -:ofwater. The board. decided to' send-, a copy of tho report to the Union Company.-/ j."- ;'

Inveicargill, February 23. ' Tho question of 1 the. - sanitary state, or otherwise';'', of Ctheoyster-;piatformsVused:-vby thejoptermßn* at /the -Bluff .'fpr'tho . storage of i oysters • dredged up in-'-the .-Straits, -was brought, up again; at a! meeting of tho; Bluff iHarboiirßoard to-dayj-Zwheh",';-a ' letter?'.was received from- the district".health': officer,'' asking'.that the- j>latfonns;ba shifted.:and "-that;, in-. the meantimo, they .be'boardcd up -to the v level'of ./the,, wharf; ,-Tho ;board'. decided tor offer :..the ; lease; of: the.' .sites for i oyster platforms .-along'the:foreshore, and appointed a'.'.committee; to."confer; with - the: oystermen as to the selection of a. suitable site.

Hastings, February 23. • This" morning, the B flat . .'trombone ■' solo competition';came" up: for decision. ! .The judge ■ :i points-; as .Cfollows (Petone); ,85, 1; Trowson (Wangnnui), , 7 8/ 2; Findlay (Nov/t0n),.76, ,3. Tho weather is -fini:for- the' garden". party.'this/afternoon, and.'the„tbwn is filling with visitors. In tlio B flat cornot competition, J. Caulton (Hastings Town Band;, 81 points, was •first: -A. '•J.; Bcrryinan (Hastings Town ;Band);-'-77,^ competitorsin the: soprano cornet-event.' :J. Trussell (Wanganui-.Garrison), 73 points, was .first.; \V:' IVancis/;.;the: only: other ',competitor,Vwithdrew;before. completing his perform--