TELEGRAMS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 March 1920, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

• »■»>- f PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.- COPYRIGHT.] RAHBITSKIN MARKET. DUNEDIN, March 19. Information was received to-day by a Dunedin mercantile house that the London rabbit-skin market is at present quiet, .with a downward tendency, and that the sales which were to have been held this month are postponed till April 15th. There is room for a drop without arousing alarm, for it is figured out that on recent top prices a first grade Otago winter skin was worth nearly 6s in Lon don. OVERSEAS FIANCES.

j WELLINGTON, Thi s Day ' The original date fixed for receiving applications for concessions on the fares of Overseas fiances of returned soldiers was March 31st., This lias now been extended to June 30th.

. ALLEGED BURGLAR ARRESTED. TAUMARUNUI, This Day. i Mundi Ram, a native of Calcutta, . was arrested on Sunday morning for , breaking into Waimarino railway sta--tion and stealing £ll. He was found wearing a suit of clothes and shirt ■stolen from Fanthorpe of Taumarunui. The burglar, when asked where lie got the clothes said: “God gave them to 1 me.” Accused was remanded till Saturday to see if the finger prints correspond with those on Fanthorpe’s plate glass window and cash register. Accused has, also a cut finger, which 1 could be done by broken glass. ! r

e r WAIHI MINERS STRIKE. i WAIHI, This Day. 1 Mr Arbuckle, secretary of the Min- - ers’ Federation, referring to the Waihi ; mines ceasing work, states the coal miners are affiliated with the gold miners and will not allow the Waihi Coy to starve their employees out. He would favour the Miners Federation assisting the waves and children of gold miners to remove to coal mining areas where the men would be able to earn money more in keeping with the cost of living. He adds that the Waihi men turned down the owners offer and asked for another conference, which wan refused. Mr Massey was then asked to call another conference and agreed to do all he could to assist a settlement. MAOlil BANDS. TE KUITT, This Day. Mr Finlay, (Mayor) has received from the Minister of Lands, the proposed regulations governing the purchase of Maori lands in the main trunk towns. A conference is called for Wed , nesday to consider the same. FRINGE’S PURCHASE. i WHAKATANK, This Day. In reference to the Prince's purchase of a ranch in Canada, Mrs J. Rivers an old resident here lias made the following statement to a Whakatane “Press” reporter—The Prince of Wales has just- lately bought, from a member of my family, a ranch called Beddingficid Estate, in Alberta, Canada. It is one of tho oldest ranches, having been taken up in 1873 It consists of 1600 acres of first class land, freehold and leasehold. The Prince intends to stock it with purebred cattle, pure-bred : Shropshire sheep and thorough-bred _ horses from his farms in England. Someone from the ranch has been sent TTWland' to select, the most suitable

to England to select, rue muse huimi™ animals. Ex-service men, both Imperial and Canadian, will he employed on the ranch and there the Prince hopes to occasionally make his home.