Dunedin News.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 85, 18 April 1901, Page 3

Dunedin News.

SHALE ‘WORKS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, last night. A deputation of the directors of the company owning the Oi'cpuki Shale ‘Works waited on the lion. J. G. Ward to urge the advisablcncss of an adjustment of freight for the spocial products of the works. The Minister expressed himself desirous of promoting the interests of the industry in every ligltimato way, and promised to look into the matter with the view of giving the relief sought when readjusting rates, on his return from Melbourne. The Minister left for South in the afternoon. SUICIDE. Mr T. Brown, of Mcßae’s, committed suicide to-day by taking rough on rats. A FLOOD. } JA telegram was received to-day that tho Tawarau river rose 15ft last night. The ■Galvanic Company's dredge has sunk, and is sft under water. NAMES OF STREETS. The five newly-reclaimed streets on the Harbor Board’s property are to be named “Roberts,” ’“Buller.” “White,” “French,” and “ Kitchener ” streets. MINING. The Oromwell Co.’s dividend is 2s 6d.

On March 28 Mr Duncan McLaren, manager of Block 14 Mining Company, Broken Hill, was found dead in his bed. On the night of March 25, John Train, the driver of a van which was upset by the horses shying, was killed instantly at Coolah, New South Wales. The Victorian Government has decided > to give every possible encouragement to a syndicate which proposes to manufacture steel rails from iron ore deposits in Gippsland. The Melbourne Mint returns show that during the first quarter of the year 228,000 ounces were received, being an increase of 84,000 over the returns for the same period last year. ■' The Victorian Cabinet has decided to at once spend - .£16,000 in constructing tanks and making channels'to give a temporary water supply scheme to the settlers in the Malice district. Mr E. G. Blackmoro, who has been appointed Clerk of the Commonwealth Senate and Parliament, served in the Taranaki Bifles in the New Zealand war U» 1863-4.