SPECIAL STAR TELEGRAMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 27 December 1901, Page 3

SPECIAL STAR TELEGRAMS.

(OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Sudden Death. Dunedin, This Day Young Hollow’s death was attributable to a clot of blood on the brain. He was running! to catch a passing drag on Xmas eve and over exerted himself. He was a member of the Christchurch Civil Service Corps team and in consequence of his death the team did not take partin to-day’s military tournament. Died from Enteric.

Sergt Francis Arthur Baron, whose death is reported at Ki'oonstad on Dec 16 from enteric, was a native of Dunedin aged 25 and a member of the Mackenzie (South Canterbury) rifles. He left for the front last January and was given immediately a place in the South African Light Horse. Prior to his departure he was accepted as a member of the Sixth Contingent. Wilson Barrett’s Welcome.

Mr Wilson Barrett is to be publically welcomed by the Mayor and Council and members of the Legislature at the Town Hall, on /Saturday. A Federal Yisitor.

Senator R. W. Best (chairman of committees in the Federal Senate) is paying a flying visit to this colony. He goes on to Wellington in the Waikare and then proceeds to Auckland, where he spends ten days. New Zealand to the Front.

Mr A. W. Lilly, organist at St Matthews, has the distinction of being the first New Zealand native to have conferred on him, the diploma of fellow of the Guild of Church musicians.

Telegraphic Business. The Christmas traffic at the local Telegraph Office to day beat all previous records by hundreds of messages. Up to 4 p.m, there had been over 1000 messages received and about 2,200 forwarded. This does not include retransmitted messages in the operating room. There were ten extra operators engaged. Every wire being fully occupied and quadruplexes and duplexes to Wellington, Christchurch and Invercargill being employed to overcongested state of business, such as has not been seen in tbe office hitherto Advices from other offices record a similarly busy time. What the Dunedin Star thinks. In view of the difficulty of the Imperial authorities find themselves in just now, regarding the disposition of the large and daily increasing numbers of Boers in their charge, the ‘Star’ suggests that New Zealand might offer to find room for a thousand prisoners. It expresses the hope, that tbe question will not be discussed in a spirit either of captious unreasonableness or of false sentimentality. Visitors. Among the passengers who arrived today by the Waikare were Colonel the Hon F. T. Sargood (a member of the Federal Senate) Mr George H. Marsden (a former resident ofDnnedin), and Mr George Bell (one of the proprietors of the “Evening #tar”) all are on a visit. Dr Lina Ferguson and wife have also returned after a lengthened visit to the Old countries.