NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 19 April 1901, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

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Imperial Court of Appeal. Welling ion, Aprii 18, The appointment of Sir James Pendergast as New Zealand’s delegate to the Conference to bo held in London with reference to the formation of a fiscal Court of Appeal for the Empire, has; boon acknowledged by Mr Chamberlain, who states that as soon as the delegates from other parts of the Empire have been appointed the date will be fixed for the Conference. Children’s Free Railway Passes. Wellington, April 13. The Education Board passed a resolution that a strong appeal bo made to the Minister to grant free railway passes to all children attending the secondary department of the District High Schools. Obituary. Auckland, April 19A private cablo announces the death of Alfred Eathbono, the London correspondent to a number of Australian and New Zealand newspapers. Affront to the Danish Flag, Wellington, This Day. During the time that the Seventh Contingent were encamped in the neighborhood of Upper Hutt, some of its members lowered a Danish flag floating over the residence of Mr Jensen, their mistaking it for a Boer Hag. Subsequently the officer apologised, and now the Danish Consul informs Jensen that tire Government lias apologised to him for affront to the flag.

Brigantine Lindi Y/absr. Gisborne, This Day. The brigantine Linda Weber, which left for Ngunguru a month ago, is understood to not yet have reached her destination. Gisborne Census. The census of the Gisborne Borough are 2,735, being an increase of 408. The town returns are incomplete. tolonel Craddock. Wellington, This Day. The Premier is advised that Colonel Craddock, commanding the Second New Zealand Contingent in South Africa sailed for England from South Africa, on the 17th insi. Maori Population Increasing. Wellington, This Day. It is surmised that the recent census will show an increase of Maori population of the colony during ffie last five years.