GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81905, 18 December 1906, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Per Press Association. ' •>. MAN SERIOUS INJUBEJX i Wellington, December 18. A man was swionsly injured on Lambton Quay just before midnight *to-night by the collapse of a wall oa an area recently swept by fire. ELUSIVE MAORI OUTLAW. ■ ' Oisborne, December 1",. Detective llroberg and partv lira " vetumimg to Uisboruo after twenty weeks spent in the wilds of the Waiapu district searching f or a Waori . outlaw, Hare Matenga. The search •' has been unsuccessful, no trace of theMaori having recently been found. The police party endured groat privations, having only last week been, caught in the snow.

AHBITKAIIUN COUIIT. ' / Wellington, December 17".. the Arbitration Court's, decision inthe case of the Shipmasters' <Vssociai tion v. the Wellington Harbour Board was made known to day.. Tho Court held that shipmasters generally, harbour masters, pilots, and tug or dredge master, represented by tIW" Miuiniastors' Association in Hie pre? sent case, did not come within lh« definition of "workers" as laid q,,. < •>y the. Act. 4 '" u HOKITIKA WATJOR SUPPLY SCHEME. lloldtiktt, .Deecuber )s At a special nioetl',.. of lllc n,,,,,,,,,,(oimcil, thetende,. „ r ~„,,„ M , |J l "" 1 ""'" tor the water supply and reticulation of the town lor .014,780 was accepted. " EGGLAYIXI! COMPETITIOX. '

Uhristeliureh, December 17 «.tl the Utility l. ( „,itry Club's secou I Wtaying competition at ujfo dm mg the week ending December U which the'tot-il to date to ■«« 100. The best totals for t 0 W c* ■