NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 65, 13 September 1895, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association.) Wellington, Sept. 12. The Grand Electoral Committee of the Good Templar Order for New Zealand carried a resolution urging Parliament to reinstate the clause providing for the licensing poll to be taken on the same day as the general election. It is stated that a numher of Chinese favor the X'loo poll tax as they are being cut out by new arrivals of fellow country men. An Assyrian named Michael John was arrested to-day on a charge of smuggling jewellery from the Aorangi, which arrived from London to-day. On the requisition of the defendant the case was removed from the Magistrate's Court to the Supreme Court. This Day Eoulston and Lion's store at Greytown, was burned at 11 o'clock last night. The book keeper had been there till 10 o'clock. A lot of inflammable matter was stored at the back. The building was insured for £lso in the South British. Chkistchurch, September 12. At a meeting of the committee of the Canterbury A. and P. Association today, it was resolyed to protest against the proposed duty of 20 per ceat on traction engines. The Mayor has forwarded to Government a petition signed by 187 men asking that the Midland railway be pushed on as speedily as possible to provide work for the unemployed. A cottage at Oxford owned by Robert Fisher was burned down this morning, jt was insured for .£l4O in the South ' British. The new postage stamps designs arrived from Wellington to-day and were shown at the Industrial Exhibition tonight. Dunedin, Septr 12. The Workers' Politioal Committee has passed a resolution strongly protesting against any increase in the salaries of Civil Bervante receiving £300 a year and over. . At a meeting of the executive of the comiDg Intercolonial Medical Congress, Dr Batchelor, reporting the result of his visit to Australia, said he believed that between 100 and 200 delegates wpul4 be present, The Governor has cona6ote^ Zb open thfe Coogress '