NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

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

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.]

Suspicions Case

Ashburton, This Day. The inquest on the girl Gordon disclosed a miscarriage, and as she said she had poisoned herself, the inquiry was ad]ourned for analysis.

Drowned. Auckland, October 14.

William Coulson, caretaker of the Hauraki battery, was ’found drowned in a creek. It is believed that he was caught in the drive of logs that came down the creek at the time and disappeared.

Wellington Abattoirs. Wellington, October 14.

The Minister of Agriculture has vetoed the site at Nghanranga selected by the Wellington City Council for public abattoirs. Poaching on the Rivers. Christchurch, Oct 14, A considerable amount of poaching has been going on in the rivers in Canterbury, and the Acclimatisation Society has instructed the inspectors and rangers to ask all fishers they meet for their licenses.

Protest Against Farmers’ Union.

A meeting attended by over 100 settlers held at Cheviot on Saturday night The following resolutions were carried:— “That this meeting of Cheviot settlers wishes to record its protect against the uncalled for interference of the Canterbury section of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union with rebates given by the Government to Crown tenants. This exhibition of hostility towards a section of the farming community clearly points out that the Union is not being run in the interests of all farmers,” and “that this meeting of Cheviot settlers protests against the New Zealand Farmers’ Union interfering with the land for settlements policy of the Government.”