TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8196, 24 May 1906, Page 5

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, May 23. The City Council to-night appointed Mr F. Alexandra, of Brisbane, tramway manager. NEW PLYMOUTH. This Day. At the Assessment Court only three objectors appeared against the Borough valuations. One valuation was sustained and in respect to the others — the Harbour Board leaseholders— reductions were made. The Court remarked that in the face of the recent agitation Mr Mill's values all round seemed verv fair. NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. Tenders were opened yesterday for 3SO preference shares of £1 each in the Moturoa Petroleum Company. The applications totalled 676, the highest price offered being £10 12s 6d, and the average about Tenders came from all parts of the colony. There is every indicat : on that capital in the new company will quickly be subscribed when the prospectus is issued. The bore is still looking remarkably well. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The Tarawera arrived at Lyttelton from Wellington at one this morning. She took 32 hours to complete the trip. The Government has reconsidered its decision not to engage the " Besses o' the Barn " Band at the Exhibition, and has now agreed to the recommendation of the Entertainment Committee, and will sanction the engagement of the band for two fortnightly seasons at a total cost of £2,500, on condition that the band makes its first appearance at the New Zealand Exhibition. WELLINGTON, This day. The directors of Reuter's Telegram Co. have declared the usual dividend for the half-year, ended December 1905, at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum. The total reserves amount to £73,130. Captain Fletcher of the barque Pitcairn Island, which was burnt at sea recently, has cabled from Port Maulling, Chili, that Waddilove and Lambert, of Wellington, and Hayward, of Normanby, are safe. McKenzie, the other New Zealander, was in the second mate's boat, which has not yet been reported.