NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 23 March 1901, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Seventh Contingent. Wellington, March 22 The departure of the Seventh Contingent has been definitely fixed for Wednesday next. It is probable that either Col. Robin or Col. Davies will take charge of the Contingent on arrival at the Cape. Midland Railway Commission. The Midland Railway Commission arrived from Greymouth last night, and leaves to-morrow for Christchurch for the final sittings.

A Land Difficulty. Purvis Russell’s solicitors have been communicating with the Government, urging it to allow Russell to retain the hilly country for dairy and 5,000 acres of flat for settlement purposes. The Premier replied that the time when the Government could entertain the proposal had gone. The property has been subdivided, and will bo thrown open for settlement at an early date. The Cardiff Coal Mine.

Representations have been made to the Government with the object of allowing the Westport Cardiff coal mine, now in their hands, to bo worked]on the co-opera-tive principle. The matter is under consideration. Member Conciliation Board Resigned. Dunedin, March 92. Millar, M. H. 11., has resigned his seat on the Conciliation Board. Insufficient Craw. Timaru, March 22, Captain Marks of the s.s. llimu was find £5 for putting to sea with an insufficient crew. The defence was that two men got drunk and couldn’t bo found. The S. M. admitted the extenuating circumstances, but said the police should have been asked to find the men. Dairy Factory. Hawera, March 22,

At a representative meeting of delegates of dairy factories of Southern Taranaki, the West Coast Refrigerating Coy was formed with a capital of £25,000 for the purpose of freezing and storing produce at Batea and elsewhere.

Women’s Convention. Wellington, March 22. At the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Convention resolutions were passed requesting Parliament to introduce legislation forbidding the sale of tobacco to children, to raise the age protection to 21 years, to remove the C.D. Act from the statute book, to pass a law for the protection of children, and expressing approval of the proposal to establish a Maori Girls’ school to the memory of the late Queen. Home for A gad and Poor. Auckland, March 22. At the Charitable Aid Board meeting, recently held to inquire into the management of the Costly home of the aged and poor, the press was excluded. As a result of the enquiry, the manager John Moss and his wife have been asked to resign. They, however, say in a letter to the Star, that they intend to do no such thing. The Board’s decision is awaited with interest. Toll Gate Trouble. New Plymouth, This Day, The agitation against the toll gates in Taranaki c mnty has reached an acute stage. Information has been received tha'i two gates were carried off. An extreme step has been taken, in view of the impending sale of right, to collect tolls for the year, beginning in April. The police are investigating the matter.