LATEST TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 308, 3 January 1908, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. Per Press Association, THE AMOKUIIA. Christchurch, Last N'ight; The training ship Aiuokura is to leave 1 Lvtleltou lor Wellington to-morrow j | i THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION". j! Christchurch, Last Night. | < Mr Jteid, the business manager of the j j expedition, has still a good deal of work j • to do in connection with the Ninirod. ' i Most of the ollieers and scientists had a j long list of iinal commissions for him ! j to execute, and last night he had to do- i spatch a big budget of telegrams and ! cablegrams. Mr 0. A. M. Buckley, of ; Ashburton, who went south with the ' Nimrod, did so at about an hour's no- : tice. He will probably return with the 1 Koonya. jVTr Buckley is well known 1 as a yachtsman, and he holds a master | mariner's certificate. The mail for King Edward YIT. Land, taken by the ' Koonya. consisted of above 1500. Pro- j bablv 1400 of these are dummy com- i munications, sent in order tint they may be returned through the dead letter oflien and kept as mementoes. REDUCING PRICE OF HUE AD. Wellington, Last Night. The "Wellington bakers to-day reduced ' ll'.' price of bread I'rojn -Id to 3'/-d the i 21b loaf. , BURGLARS AT WORK. Wangaimi, Ln«t Night. Oil*XVw Year's Day three houses, occupied respectively by \V. Andrews (In-ge.-tre-street), d. Andrews (Avenue), an I Mrs. O'llara (WiJson-tdreel) were broken into by burglars, owing to the owners of the houses being absent from ,» th« town. The full extent of the robii beiies is not known.

RAILWAY BOOKINGS. Invercargill, Last Night The total railway bookings at Invercargill for two #ys from district sta- i lions is 71MH) considerably less than Inst year. BLCFF UKCATTA. Invereargill, Last Night. Owing to the boisterous winds, jki rigger races could possibly be rowed at th' lUuiV regatta to-day. The only events got oil' were the working dinghy race, motor launch race, culler sailing race, and shipY* gigs race. The entrance money has l>een returned to all oarsmen. whose travelling expenses will als.) , Ik i paid. Yachtsmen get their entrance i money returned and a grant of Ll each 1 for expenses. Apart from the wind, the I weather \vat< very Hue. The attendance was .Vino, being nearly 201)0 less than I last year.

GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. Dunedin. Last Night. Tin' Olago Golf Club's championship meeting concluded to-day, when the fourth round of the championship wa«pltved. A strong wind prevailed and militated against good play. 11. Smith did the round in 81, as against !Ki by K. J. Smith and lIS by A, F. Uoherts. and won with the aggregate score of 334. B. Smith was second with 350, and Roberts third with 351.