TELEGRAPHIC.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42787, 5 October 1905, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

i j BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Nelson, thi- day. Joseph Jacobsen, well-known in mining circles and especially in connection with the Hidden Treasure Mine, was found drowned near Tabaka on Sunday evening. Apparently his death was the result of a flatbottomed boat in which he was sailng capsizing. He leaves a wid w and a grown up family’. Timaru, This Day. In view of proinpc payment of rates, Chairman Levels of the C >unty Council, at a rreering today, suggested that local bodies should be, given the power to allow a rebate of five per cent, for payment by a certain date. The suggestion was endoised by the Council who, during the past six months, paid LB3 interest on overdraft, while over L4OOO was outstanding in rates. Thames, This Day. Elisha Sungrada, a native of Mauritus. fell from aloft on the barque Dunblane, which is loading in the Gulf. His head struck the anchor and he died of , concussion of the brain.