GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 14 February 1907, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Press Association, A NEW MEAT BRAND. i CiiEisTcnriicn, February 13. I here was a trial of a new meat brand invented by Messrs G. W. Ens. sell and Gilbert Anderson. The British Government forbids the branding of meat imports with any kind of ink, aad the object of tlio inventors is to provide a brand to meet the Government requirements and at the samo tune be effective. The brand is a design embossed on a mallet, and tho millet is struck on the carcase, The shoep experimented on was placod for 3« hours in a freezer, aad when it cauie out tho brand was as perfectly fresh as when it was struck. LUNATIC IN A CHOUGH, 1 '"i Ai'ciiLand, February!:). A curious churci episode occurred at SI. Matthows this morning (Ash 'Wednesday). When the yiear entered the church to conduct service he was informed by the verger that a man had taken possession of (lie sanctuary. It appears that a young man had gone into the chancel, had docked himself out n ith a white "stole," and was sitting lu the Bishop's chair, Tho verger had trie 1 to get him to leave, but he would neither move from the chaucel nr answer auy questions. A polieeuan arrived, and aftor much persuasion the man was got out of the church, the uiau protesting that he .had a right to preach to the people when the bell raug. Tho man uppears to be menially deranged, and the police have bim now in custody. Owing to the interruption, the servico could not be hold.

UISHOKNE HARBOUR WORKS.

Uisborne, February IS. For the Oisborne Harbour Board, t he elcetivo seats luive been refilled by tliu retiring members, all of whom pledged themselves to support the construction of an outer harbour. Mr Mnrchunt, the Engineer, who is to i epoi l, in a letter to the (Secretary of tlie Jlarbour Board, states:—"The whole thing works out well, better than 1 expected when at Gisborue. X can give you a harbour of 150 acres, ' living 77 acres of water from 24 feet to 44 feet in depth, with a lorn wharf and all complete for £320,0110, ami t believe it will be done for .CHIOjOOO, as 1 have estimated tlyi nibble at a very high lute. LytteFt"ii is only lOii acres, Ximaru onlv SO acres, and half of that 50 is shallow, water onlv,"

XAl'lJJlt CALEDONIAN SPOUTS. ifapier, February 13. 'the annual Caledonian sports meeting was held to-day. The weather was line, and the attendance large. . 1.11 the running events, F. Mclutyre *■. ' 0' Shannessey, D. Sanson, A. 'Campbell, and J. C, iioyd won the 120, 220, 440, 880 yards, and one mile handicaps re-sjiectively, all the times being last. Ihe cycling races were well contested. In the one mile championship, D. H'yatt beat (3. Sutherland. The handicaps resulted as follows: Quarter mile, que mile, and' two miles, I'. Eddy, G. Sutherland, and li. Campion respectively, J. u (hu piping events, J. ileiveehnie was most successful, and in the dancing T. 11. •Miens and J. McKcchnie slmrod the prizes.

XILiDJiS UNION UONfJiIIKNCJi. Ureyinoutii, February 13. Tlio \Vost Coast Trades ad Labour Oniwit'il is holding its annuiil confer em-e in town, ami twenty delegates are present. 'l'lie pii'sidriil, J\lr Foster, presented the annual report, uliJch was "I a s;ilMuetory nature. The conference is likely To last a week. WESTI'OKT COAL COMI'AXY. Dunediii, February 13. Tile annual meeTTng of tue' »hareholders ut t lie U i nt jhu t t'oiTiT'ouipaiiy was held to-day. T)io vjiurt jyict I.alanee,sheet were adopted, and * dividend of .'is (id per share and a bonus of lis (id per share were .Mitred •Messrs J! Hay and (!. L. DeimiMoii were re.eleeteil directors.

I ni'XKDIX's NK\Y I'UliLlc Ijl I!I!A1!V. Dunediii, l.Vbriiarv 1:1 'he toimilalion stone of )i 1( . f,',,, public library for Hunedin was laid Wday by the Mayor. Spcr*! refer enee was made to Mr Andrew Car"cfn nrta b 7' nt -y,''"""""S li "' «»" <" 110,000 for (])(» lmrposo, Hi« ~v peeted that in six months' time the n.u' "ill l»e ready for furnish;,. S .