TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 April 1920, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

I HEAVY RAINFALL, j , GiORE, This Day. . A fall of 2.53 inches of rain was recorded in 24 hours, the heaviest fall here since the records were kept. DECLINE InIubBIT SKINS. DUNEDIN, April 19. A further Lndon cable was received 'in Dunedin to-day and reports that (there has been an actual decline in rabbit skins from London, February prices ! to be as follows:—Prime winters 225 j pence, first winters 140 pence, incomlings 110 pence, summers 75 pence. American cables advise that the markets there are stagnant.

i A SUICIDE. GISBORNE, April 16. • , Mrs Winter Hamon, a widow, comi lnitted suicide by strangling herself today. She had been indisposed for some time with a gastric complaint, and was an inmate of a private institution. She appeared to be in good spirts after dinner, but when the nurse returned, she found that the woman liad secured a strap and banged herself to the bed. Mrs Hamon leaves two young sons. j NAPIER HARBOUR WORKS. NAPIER. April 16. A poll on a proposal t borrow £250,000 to construct tlie first section of the j Inner Harbour was taken to-day, with j the following result: —For 3017, against 633. There are two small returns to come, which cannot affect tlie result. The necessary 60 per cent majority was more than obtained. ! N.Z. TEAM FOR BTSLEY. ! WELLINGTON, April 16. i The Prime Minister lias announced , that the Government lias agreed to j make a grant to the New Zealand Rifle Association of £2OO, being half of the ' estimated cost of sending to Bisley, for the next meeting, two representative rifle shots from the Dominion. ! The men chosen will be Rifleman j Croxton, the winner of the last New f Zealand King’s Prize, and Sergeant Loveday, N.Z.E.F., tlie winner of the last King’s Prize at Bisley. j ~ The grant from the Government a makes it certain that the team will be ‘ sent.

SOLDIERS’ LAND BALLOT,

GISBORNE, April 19. A soldiers’ ballot for the Repongaere Estate was held to-day. There were 114 applications from various parts of the Dominion. The Commissioner of Crown Lands, addressing the applicants, said that on Repongaere there were three classes of land. Four sections were essentially sheep country. Two were adaptable for mixed farming. The remainder was suitable for close settlement. A coincidence occurred during the drawings, two brothers from Waimate each drawing a sec-

tion. The following are the -results of the ballot:—Section one, fifty applicants, 53 acres, L. J. Burridge, Gisborne; section 2, 45 applicants 50 acres, A. T. Waddell, Te Awainutu; section three, 46 applicants, 11. Cameron, Makaurii; section four, 38 applicants, 72 acres, J J Ho<’nn, Waimate; section five and seven together, 30 applicants, 78 acres, F. Stewart, Waingake; section 6, 48 applicants, 93 acres, H. M. Thompson; section 8, 40 applicants, 151 acres, H. \ Griffiths. Hastings; section 9. 31 applicants, 422 acre's, E. W. Gisborne;, section 10, 26 applicants, 412 acres M. J. Hogan, Waimate; section 11. 27 applicants, 448 acres, D. Campbell Hastings; section 12, 28 apP 454 acres, J. I>. M<«*» Woodville.

MORE SCHOOLS CLOSE CHRISTCHURCH. This Day. The other suburban schools were closed to-day on account pf influenza. POSITION IN OTAGO. DUNEDIN, This Day. Influenza is slightly on the increase but is not of a malignant type. Notifications for the district of Otago and Southland for the week ended yesterday were 158. The cases in Dunedin Hospital number 12.

DEPORTED FROM FIJI. AUCKLAND, This Day

News from Fiji reports the Government have deported four of the chief leaders of the recent Indian disturbance Manillal (barrister and solicitor) and his wife, Fazad Khan (professional wrestler), and Hnripal (Mohamedaii priest), who since April have been se> eluded on the Wand of Makuduvn. They are being. sent away oil the Atua, due at Auckland to-day. It is understood Manillal intends to stay in New Zealand, if permitted. Khan and Hnrip«il to India via Sydney. Five hundred Indians at Ha demand that the Government give -Manillal a trial, or they would strike, but the removal of the disturbance factor had the effect of quietening things. THE DEPORTEES. AUCKLAND, This Day.

The Atua which arrived at 9.45 a.m. brought seventeen Indians from Fiji, including deportees, and Kalm and Hanna! Sharma with their wives. Manila remains aboard pending instructions from Wellington.