NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 65, 14 September 1897, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

♦ I Per Press Association i Wellington, Sept. 11. Daring the past week the Agricultural Department bas sent to various parts of tbe colony several thousand vines ob tamed frocu tbe best vineyards of Victoria, South Australia And Hawkes' Bay. Auckland, Sept. 11. An old identity, in William HolUs, is dead. He was 60 years of age, and arrived in 1840 iv the Bay of Islands. In the early days be worked in tbe copper mines at Kawau. A male cbild, nine months old, dressed in flannelette, fairly clad, with a feeding bottle beside it, was fouud at 1 o'clock this morning in tbe Western Park. Tbe police have not yet fouud tbe mother or a clue to its identity. At a meeting of tbe committee of tbe Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club tbis evening, it was decided to instruct the delegates to vote against tbe proposed amalgamation between tbe Cyclists' Alliance and the Leagne of Wheelmen. Robert Johnson, a seaman of theTerranora, dropped dead on the steamer at Whangarei. Dunedin, Sept. 12. The Clyde dredge, having been shifted during the week, tbe return was only 390z. Tbe other returns are : — Golden Gate dredge, 48oz 17dwt gold ; Golden Treasure, 250z ; Otago, 21 oz 12dwt. Th« return from tbe Pitland Flat dredge for the week was 30oz 4dwt and for the Upper Waipori dredge 13o* 19dwt. Chribtchurch, Sept. 13. After a conference with members of tbe various political associations held tonight, Mr W, W. Tanner, M.H.R., promised to take charge of a Bill in tbe House, extending the municipal franchise to adults. The City Conncil has resolved to put the Jubilee dock tower in hand. It will probably cost £950. Westport, Sept. 12. Tbe coal export for the week ended 11th was 4259 tons 15cwt, of which the Westport Coal Company shipped 3669 tons 9cwt end the Cardiff Company, 590 tons 2cwt. Palmerston N., This Day. Sergt.- Major Scaulon, the officer in charge of the Palmerston police station, died at au early hour tbis morning. Deceased had been ill for several weeks. He had been abont 30 years in tbe force. Splendid weather for tbe golf tourna* ment, which commences to-day. New Plymouth, This Day. Obituary —James Hampton late second officer of tbe Mararoa, of hemorrhage of the lungs.