NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 280, 2 June 1897, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

iPer Press Association. New Plymouth, June 1. A young man named James Telfar has been missing from Urenui since Saturday. Search parties are out, but grave donbt9 are felt for his sufety. • Napier, June 1. Sydney George Robert?, n clerk in the Union Band of Au*traliu, Hastings, was committed for trial on a charge of embezzling X3l. | Auckland, June 1. The scow Waipa, botiud from Auckland to Opotilti, wont ashore at Oniwn on Friday nhht during the he;»rv gale. The crew got ashore safply though tlscy had a narrow DfC.ipe. Tbe veesel is supposed to be barlly injurnl. Tlie Chairman of the Harbour Board (Mr W. J. Napier) lias cabled to Admiral Bridge, asking that at least one of the warships should bo in this port on the occasion of the public celebration of the Queen's Jubilee. ITawkra, Tin's D.iy. A large public meeting held last night appointed Messrs Barton and Riddifonl to wait on the Edueatiou Board with regard to the Hawera school trouble. P.\tea, This Day. The Oldliara meat works were pr-icti cally totally destroyed by fire last night Only the boiling down department was saved, and that was damaged. Stock and plaut valued at A'oOOO, total insur auce £1200. InvkrcargiijTj, June 1. Sinco trapping commenced, two months ago, a million and a quarter rabbits baye been frozen for export iv Southland, besides large quautitics boiuj! sent to canning factories. The wages of packmen on freezers alone, at 5d per pair, represents thirteen thousand pounds. Wellington, This Day. Wills, a cutter in the tailoring department of Kirkcaldie and Stains, was burned about the head owing to a napthn explosion. Tbe flames set fire to tbe building but it was quickly extinguished Wills met with a similar accident a short while backj