GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 20 March 1907, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Per Picas Association Auckland, March IS. Two old settlers died yesterday, Mr. W. If. Monlg cry, formerly in the service of the Survey Department. a"ed S7, and Kdward Owen, aged 7."i. Wellington, March IS. A middle-aged man named Henry Stuuiicl attempted to commit suicide by taking chlorodvnc on Sunday. Accused admitted the oll'cncc at the police court to-day, and was remanded till next week. Auckland, March 10. The 'Frisco mail steamers have up to the present been free of harbor dues, the yessels using the port of Auckland' being exempted as carriers of mails. Now that the Government declines to recognise the service as a mail route to JOngland, the Harbor Hoard lias decided that exemption shall no longer apply, and steamers will in future pliy the due charged other vessels. Wellington, March in. Mr. Justice Mutton to-day granted a decree nisi in the divorce case William Edward James r Ada James. Costs were given against co-respondent (Whyman). Dimedin, March 1!). 'The ••('lutha Leader" understands that Mr. John Gibson, of Ashley Downs, has been formally advised that the Government have decided to acquire his estate for close settlement purposes. Theprice, it is believed, is L-t Ills an acre. The area comprises approximately .'J7IIO acres, Mr. Gibson retaining I he'homestead block, Wellington, March 111. Owing to heavy ra'iu yesterday a number of vessels in port were unable to imloi'il to-day. The whines presenl.-d a very busy appearance, as many as "7 vessels being berthed, including four ocean liiK'rs,

Duiiedin. M-irch Hi. At a meeting oi subscribers t„ i[ h . Patients and Prisoners Aid Society, a resolution was carried cordially approving of the decision ~|' the coni'miltee to incorporate Ore society as a separate institution under Hie 'llo,-.;i..| Charitable Institutions Act, lHS,"),'and requesting the committee to semi the Governor-iu-Council a petition for incorporation. This enables (he society to undertake the care of habitual drunkards. Wellington. .March til. At a meeting of billiard room proprietors, held to-day. it was decided to form an association for controlling the arrangement of billiard-rooms and applying for extending the license to 11 o'clock. II was stated that a scheme is alloat for forming a billiard association for .\'e\y Zealand. Auckland. March 111.

A syndicate has been formed and n[gistercd for (lie purpose of Inking no land in (lie King Country (o prospect lor gold, and in a short iiine lo go in lor I borough dovelopmeiil work. 'i'rnspeeling has been carried cut. and a reel' located on Maori laud, end il is in 1,.,,,]. '''l I M » meeting „r direclors „„ April .'!. alter which i, is proposed l„ pu.-h mi with gold iiiinin., operationAll hough some fair specimens of or» have been obtained, .pierl, has nol vel been opened up to ie,l H„. Vi ,| ll( . „ r \ h „ -tone. The capital of Hie vcnliire has been lim.il al >/2SS.n in )lo shares of .•120 each.

Wcilinglon, March 1!) Uclcrring lo 1!,,. Mediterranean I'mil illy in New Zealand, there is n„i u .( ,„,,, great ground lor a scare, but ilierc isullicieut lo warn propf. that: tho\ must give notice of the net a-- s,,on is they observe ii. There is n very .mod chance of stamping out (lie llv' before if can get n grip of the eounirv. and the Deparlmenfs ollicers will resort to all possible remedial menus. "\\Y will have to take very drastic measures," said Mr. ,). ]). Hitchie, ?ccre(ary for Agriculture, tliis morning. "The destruction of nil fruit from infected orchards is an imperative necessilv."

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