OUR WELLINGTON TELEGRAMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 January 1903, Page 4

OUR WELLINGTON TELEGRAMS

(Special to "Star.") Wellington, This Day. Private advices have been received from Soutli Africa that until New Zealand shippers can offer beef, first quality, at 3d, secand quality at 2£d, and mutton at 2£d, f.0.b., there are no prospects ofhusiness in South Africa In view of competition ftorn the Argentine. Mr James Cowan, for many years on the literary staff of the Auckland Star, has received an appointment in the Tourist's Department at Wellington. Mr Cowan is a Maori scholar and an authority on Maori customs and history. Mr Harold Gordon, formerly on the staff of the Herald takes his place on the Star. Mr Joshua Ilowntree (a member of the well-known family of British philanthropists) and Alderman J. Morland are visiting New Zealand as delegates- to the Cjlonial Societies of Friends, The newly organised representative band is to assemble in Wellington next month for four weeks' praotico before proceeding Home. The practices will be conducted by Lieutenant Herd;"but there will be no lack of assistant conducto.s in the party, as there are five bandmasters included among the bandsmen. Although the management has been offered the use of several complete sets of new instruments by Home manufacturers, it is probab!e that the band will go on tour with the instruments they will take from tho colony. Under present arrangements have to provide their own instruments, and if the tone of these is good thoro will ba no need-to charjge them.

The Post and Telegraph Department has accepted a design for a new penny, letter-card, which is to replaoe that at present in use. The design is by Mr G. N. Sturtevant of the Government printing office. On the address side are the royal arms and the words " New Zealand letter card." The stamp at the right hand top corner is of plain dasign. On the bottom and left hand is a typical sketch of New Zealand beach, with Maoris and a canoe, a clump of nikau palms and cabbage trees at the side. On the back of the oards are vignette pictures of New Zealand scenery and. genre, The card will appear some time in.Pebruary.