NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 23 March 1901, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(per press association.)

Another Fire Brigade, Christchurch, This Day. St Albans Borough has formed a Fire Brigade and bought a plant for 42700. Otago Anniversary. Dunedin, This Day. Anniversary Day is being observed as a close holiday. The main attractions are the Waibola Regatta and School Sp«rts. Tho weather is dull and threatening.

Drowned. Gisborne. March 23. A little native bey aged one and a half years was drowned at Pakarikiri. United States and Honolulu.

The Premier has received a letter from the United States Government indicating that there is no chance of the American Government adopting an open door policy in respect to Australian and New Zealand steamers calling at Honolulu. Municipal Elections. Wellington Socialists intend to run a candidate at the City Council Elections. Agricultural Expert Wellington, This Day. Dr. Kuchs, expert sent by the German Government to study the agricultural and pastoral methods in Australasia, has completed his tour in New Zealand and leaves for Sydney this evening, but will pay another visit. The Minister of Agriculture has appointed Singleton, a Canadian cheese-making export, as an officer to the agricultural department and expects him soon.

Purchase of the Hatumd Estate. The purchase money of the Hatumd Estate of £141,0(11 wili be paid over at Wellington next Tuesday.

Fire at Invercargill. Invercargill, This Day

A. fire in the furniture warehouse of George Deiley did damage to the amount of £'soo. Dciloy was in tire office when the outbreak occurred. The insurance is £I,OOO in the Union South British. Trade with Samoa. Wellington, This Day.

Solf Gorman, the Governor of Samoa, lias given the Premier an assurance that lie will do his utmost to promote trade between Samoa and New Zealand. Another Railway Started. Hall-Jones will perform the first sod ceremony at Stratford on Thursday. From a Reformatory to a Palacial Residence. Christchurch, This Day. At the Magistrate’s Court an application was made for cancellation of an order against Laetitia Berkcly to support her daughter, Rose, now in the Nelson Industrial School, and for cancellation of order of committal to school. It was stated that the girl was connected through her father (now dead) with one of the oldest families of the nobility in Britain. The relatives having adopted her she will he taken to England by the Eimutaka. The Magistrate promised to cancel the orders when informed by the Education Board that the child was in chargc-of a person taking her to England'.