NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 15 January 1901, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[per press association. I Midland Commission. Wellington, This Day. The Midland Railway Commission will not be able to hold the first sitting until February Ist. Minister for Lands' Tour. The Minister for Lands leaves next week on a toiir of the agriculture districts in the North Island. Captains of the Contingents Captain Andrews of the "Hyderabad" Lancers, at present in the colony on furlough, has accepted the Captaincy of one of the companies of the Sixth Contingent. Another has been offered to Captain Fulton, of Duiiedin, who went with the Fourth Contingent and returned invalided.

Another fie¥ Zealander g- i "» 9. Th! Acting-Premier received a notification that 621 Rough Rider Morris Boyce bfis died of enteric at Pretoria, -V2O LanccCorporal Escott (Second Contingent) is dangerously ill at Pretoria. Boyce enlisted from Leithfield and E-JCott from Wcodviile. The Martin Scandal. Wanganui, January 14. The news of Justice Martin's downfall caused a painful sensation here and expressions of pain and regret are universal. C'jiiiisTCiintcit, This Day. It is reported here (hat Martin's successor will be selected from Fitehett or Sim of Dunedin. Stringer of Cliristcliurcli or Cooper, Auckland. Fire at Palmerston North. Paljierston Xoirrir, This Day An eleven-roomed house, owned and occupied by W. L. Luxford and family, was destroyed by lire. The origin is unknown. The insurances arc £SOO ill the Commercial Union. Our.Mailo. Wellington, This Day. The Postal Department is advised that the colonial mails per Miowera which left Sydney on the oth of December reached London on the 12th January, three days late. The Federal Contingent. The Federal Contingent was paid oft' to-day. Some 20 of the men go into camp ; at Newtown for the Sixth Contingent and the rest return to their homes. They are allowed to retain the uniform supplied them. Returned from South Africa. The South African troopers, who also returned by the Tiitanekni, are SergtMajov Cardale, Trumpeter Brown, Troopers Willis, M'Gregor and Crump, all of the First Contingent and all on leave.

Another New Zealander Gone. Wellington, This Day Milner cables that Trooper Cameron of Martinborough Wairarapa died atLindlcy of enteric fever on the 2nd inst. As the name does not appear on the oflicial lists of New Zealand contingents, the authorities assume deceased must have joined one of the corps formed in South At'rsca. Another Marriage Failure. Ceo. Fisher, M.H.R., bus obtained a separation order from his wife yesterday, on consenting to the payment of £1 per week towards her support. The gawmillers'Dispute. Wellington, January 14. The Conciliation Board sat again today to further consider the dispute in the sawmilling trade. The delegates of the country sawmillers, who have been made parties to the proceedings, attended, and intimated that as they have no dispute with their workmen they refused to call evidence. They objected to the creation of difficulties where none existed, and resented beiog interfered with by the City Union. The Board will sit again tomorrow to hear addresses from representatives of the town sawmillers.

Railway Changes. Wellington, This Day. Buxton District Railway Traffic Manager at Wanganui has been offered a similar position in Auckland vice Donne. If he accepts he will probably be succeeded by Waitc, at present Chief Clerk to the General Manager of Railways. Returning Invalids. At the request of the Reception Committee in Duncclin, (lie Acting-Premier has ealiled to the Imperial Transport Officer asking that (he Orient with the returned troopers should be timed to arrive at Port Chalmers at four a.m. next Tuesday. The Sawmill Case, Evidence in the sawmills, etc. case has been concluded and the Conciliation Board is now considering the matter.