TELEGRAPHIC.

Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 35, 5 October 1886, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC.

I Per United Press Association.) PROPOSED INCREASE OF CABLE ■ \ n b. Wxi.unuton, Sept. 80. THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF A PARCELS POST. The I’o.tal Department had in contemplation the establishment of a Parcels Post ill the Colony, but the matter will be deferred until the new year at least, ami po.sibty till the expiration of the present financial year.

In connection with the proposed increase of rab’c rate* the following cablegrams have been received from the Kiqierintend.'iit of ihe company at Wakapuaka : Wakapuaka. Sept. 80. The following is s of the cable received by the Chairman of the Eastern Extension Telegraph C unp nr. from Sir Julius Vogel, S«q.. 27 : In reply to yours of the 24th, you apparently have not considered the consequences of raising the tariff. The Governuients can cease to provide present account! station at termini, w here they are now treating with you with great generosity. Clause 18 also gives power to charge for the use of land and lines by terminal rates or otherwise, or we can leave you to collect your own telegrams and moneys; wo give you now in every way great aid, in fact, virtually do the tna|or portion of your business for you, saving you large ex]>enses. Wo consider the intention of the contract was that the tariff should not be raised, and we advise you to withdraw the propoeal. The following telegram has been sent by the Chairman of the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company to Sir Julius Angel, London, September 28 : —We have received yotir telegram and are acting upon the highest legal advice, and have perfect right to laise the tariff. Yon are bound to give us office accommodation for ten years from expiration of the sub -i ly. New South Wales was prepared to renew the subsidy for ten years, you obtained the sanction of your Parliament to renew it for five years, but you declined to carry it into effect. The advantages which you state we enjoy are far from making up the heavy loss' we sustain by working the traffic nt present rates. There really ought to be no difficulty in coining to a satisfactory arrangement. A on complain of not having received legal notice ; we have told you throughout our < rr> -|- .ndfiice, extending over 18 months, that unless the subsidy was renewed the tariff would have to be raised. Now, to prevent nil misunderstanding, and to satisfy the Telegraph community of New Zealand and of the other colonies, the company w ill postpone tho raising of the tariff until Ist January next, ifyou choose to reconsider the pro|>osals with a view to amicable arrangements. OUTBREAK OF SCAB.

The outbreak of scab in the Wairarapa district is supjKised at present to be merely confined to some sheep which have been running wild in a patch of bush on Gov. eminent land. The place is very leinote and far from n telegranhic station, which accounts for no news having yet been received from Inspector Buillie.

October, 1. The roach factory and blacksmith's shop belonging to R. Somerville, coach proprietor, was destroyed by firo nt 5 o’clock this morning; cause unknown. Eighteen buggies, traps etc., were lost. The building was insured for £2OO in the S mth British ; stock £OOO in the Phcenix.