NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 321, 21 January 1908, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

DEATH OP A WAR YETERAN. Per Pi'csh Association. j Auckland, Last Night. | An old Crimean and Maori war veteran in the person of Lieutenant William Ilenry Herring, late of the 7th lloval l'Uriiliers. died at his residence, Auckland, yesterday, having passed his 70th year last Thursday. The deceased was a native of Cheshire. He fought at the battle of the Alma, where he sustained a wound from the effect* of which he never fully recovered, and I which ultimately caused his death. Eor I the last six months he was wholly rn

invalid, lie fought at lukermnn, and ' liefore the close of the campaign was He came to New Ze«;r land jorty-seven years ago. Landing in Wellington, he joined the Taranaki Military Settlers corpis, and. serving under Von Tempsky, took an active part'in the Maori war in that province, being twice wounded. lie leaves a widow, three daughters, and three sons, the latter being the well-known Auckland representative footballer, Mr. Frank Herring.

NEW SOUTH WALES SCHOOL 1 TEAUIKHS. Auckland, Last Night. The party of -\ew South Wales teachers who have been travelling through the Aorth Island during the pant month returned to Auckland from Kotorua via the Thames on Saturday evening, and left for Sydney by the Mokoia to-night. They have spent a thoroughly enjoyable holiday, and speak m high terms of the hospitality which j they have received in the Dominion.

PROPOSED RECLAMATION. Wellington, Last Night. Some time ago the Wellington Harbor Board appointed a committee to secure information which would enable the member* to reach a decision regarding the Evans Bay reclamation scheme. The detail* came before the Board this afternoon. At a special meeting the committee recommended that the Board ootain the spoil required for reclamation purposes at the head of Evans Bay from land to be purchased, aud for that purpose authorise the purchase ot sections neld by private owners. The Board discussed the report in committee. Ou resuming, the chairman intimated that the Board had resolved—"That in consequence of the excessive values placed upon their properties by owners of laud fronting Evans Bay, the whole question of proceeding witli reclamation at the head of Evans Bay be postponed." This decision was continued in open meeting. THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT Oitsborne, Last Night, in the course of an interview, the Hon. Mr. McNab said that at the present rate of progress the Agricultural Department would be a vast department in the course of ten years, and probably would require the energies of a Minister looking after the Department and nothing else.

DL'XEDIN'S RAILWAY EQUIPMENT. Dunedin, Last Night. The railway equipment for Dunedin has been increased and improved liv the introduction of a new electro pneumatic signalling and interlocking system, which was put into use to-day and works smoothly. The system a>i installed .it Dunedin the first railway centre in Zealand to be so equipped—represents a saving of labor. The motivepower of the system is compressed air, controlled by electricity from the Wiipori supply. The principal advantages of the system are close concentration of levers in the locking frame, accuracy of signalling, and saving of labor.

PRESENT TU THE DOMINION. Napier, Last Night. Mr. ti. P. Donnelly has presented to the Dominion, through the Minister for Agriculture, twenty-live purebred shorthorn heifers (BaW strain), specially selected for their prospective value as dairy cows. Their destination is the iiuaknra experimental station in the Waikalo, where they will be mated with imported bulls oi approved milking strains.