GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 14 September 1907, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Per Press Association. m, tv i. j m Dunedin. Friday. Mr Richards, Town Clerk of iWdin. leaves for Sydney nex, «c»TeS deayour to float there a loan of a quarter of a milium at 4 per cent, for the Dunedin City Council. . Mangaweka, Friday. A walking-match for £SO a-side, between A. E. Wakeman, hofclkeepe , of Taihape and Kelly, a telegraphist at Taihape, took place to-day Tha course was from Marton to T™. loft 6 v M t mile - The contestants eft Marton a little after 5 a.m! KeUy passed his opponent near ObiK 0 \ a ™ had ined alea <3 of two nules a Mangaweka Wakeman retired I™' 1 !? ?Ml<* from Taihape. Kelly reached Taihape at 4.25 p.m. y \r,. t r r, Auok! »nd, Friday. Mr. Justice Denniston gave his domT h thl \ mornln S on the applicatfoh Made by Alexander' Patterson, draper, Hawera, for the annulment of his .ankruptcy on the ground that the Sut,t„?i\ad^d,cate'him a bankrupt, he himself filed the petition hj« being a District Court in Taranaki he application was dismissed. Christchurch, Friday. Heavy snow fell to-day-the worst for ' J* years. At Springfield lambu£ B Z 1 tt 9now ls ■>» reported ,7oiFjfTn a?d generally along the ot of the hills in the middle of Carterury and northwards. <-» ul *r A strong society for the protection of ant M, has been formed here as the »ult of a meeting held last night, he meeting was addressed by Bishon. S »r, M T d s*s*> Eev - id Drs. Truby King and Brooke. ' w , , Masterton, Friday. News has been received ot the death an aged Maori chieftainess generally town as Rmgatu. Her age was conierably over a hundred years. She cged that she well remembered the sond visit of Captain Cook. Deceased is the Inst of her tribe, who were rce warriors in the «M A« m

m, „ , ~ Auckland, Friday. The Salvation Army has purchased Pakatoa Island, ia Auckland' Harbour, twenty-five miles from the city. The Army w IU a h<)me . » inebriates, with accommodation for fifty the Habitual Drunkards Act. Wellington, Friday. A man who had been brought from Hamilton was before the court to-day on a charge of disobedience to a maintenance order. The case turned out to be one of mistaken identity, and the man was discharged. The Magistrate remarked that the case was "Cfo" tunate."