LATE LOCALS.

Marlborough Express, Volume LX, Issue 228, 27 September 1926, Page 2

LATE LOCALS.

The Aorangi's passengers from Sydney to Auckland inelude 27 JugoSlavs and seven Chinese. No information has been gained as to the intentions of the former. An Auckland Press Association telegram states that Mr Alexander Rose, who died on Saturday, aged 86 years, had - been 70 years in New Zealand. He was the oldest Customs officer in the Dominiorii when lie retired from tlie position of CoHector of Customs at Auckland! in 1905. AVihen thirty miles out from Auckland this morning a meni.be r of the Aorangi's wireless .sta.ff was in toueh with Estevan, in British Columbia', 6500 miles away, which is a world' s reeord for marine ship to shore wireless. Estevan was heard perfectly on oomm.ercial wave length on oontinuous air transmitter, with a. low power air transmitter of 1] k.w. The isum of £220! in notes, made np for banking, mysteriously disappeared from behirid the counter of the Aluui ei pal Puhlic Offi'ces in Palmerston North one day last week. The statement of the cashier is that vdiilst he was absent for a. moment fiom from the counter where the money lay a tinui was heard in the puhlic office and a strange man was found behind the counter making off. The detectives are investigating. Work iu connection with the electrlfication of the Lyttelton tunnel will be pnt in hand at once. Instruction, have been reoeived by the electrioal branch of the P'ublic Works for the eleetrification to. be carried out- between 'Lyttelton and Christchurch. It is anticipated that it will take two years to complete at an estimated cost of £193,440. Preli miuaries will be neoessary and j 1 1 will probably be March before it will be possible to erect the poles and instal the oveihead equipment.