NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 322, 22 January 1908, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

MADAME CLARA HUT! 1 . Per Press Association. Wellington, Last N4IIL .Madame Clara Butt gave her lirst concert in Wellington to-night. Thy Town Hall was lilted, and the audiei|c were most enthusiastic throughout, cheering Madame llutt and recalling her many limes. EXCITEMENT AT STEWART,! ISLAND. Invereargill, Last Night. There was excitement at Unlf\Al|iori JJay, Stewart Island, lasi night when, the Kekenoa, a small craft, laden with pleasure-seekers, failed to make the port after a trip to Port. Adventure. A big gale was blowing directly out of til* bay. The Kckenoi tried for lour hours to get in. She lost, .some canvas and took water aboard. Then she gave it up and ran into I'alerson's Inlet, where the passengers spent the night. The morning was line and calm, and HalfMoon Hay Wits reached shortly after eight.

NATIONAL INSURANCE CUV. Dunedin, Last Night. Tin: directors of Die Nivtionaly Insurance Company will at an early (late bring before the shareholders proposals' to take further powers for their business and to limit the liability of the shareholders. HALF-HOLIDAY QUESTION. Wanganui, Last Night. The question of the weekly half-holi-day ha-s created considerable discussion, •the advocates of Thursday and SaUuJ day being fairly evenly divided. The Borough Council decided to-night to take an informal poll of burgesses on the I -illth iust., and to be guided accordingly in fixing the day upon which the halfholidav shall be observed.

STIFF FINES. t Whangarci, Last Night. £ At the Whangarci Magistrate's Court to-day seven young men, all of Auek- j land, were charged with playing a game ( of "two-up" in the Sanatorium grounds at Kamo on January 9. One was discharged, and the others fined £5 and , costs, with the alternative of one ■ month's imprisonment. DEADLOCK. ENDED, l'almerston North, Last Night. [ The deadlock in the Borough CounciS that has caused considerable comment in these districts was ended at the meeting to-night. The position arose through the Mayor refusing to accept a motion to rescind a former resolution in reference to the appointment of a public works committee. The councillors protested by refusing to attend important committee meetings, and the municipal business was at a standstill. To-night the Mayor put the motion under protest, and it was carried; his being the only dissenting vote. Business has now resumed its normal course. The Mayor will address a public meeting in reference to the matter on Tuesday. POULTRY ASSOCIATION. | Palmcrston N., Monday. At to-day's meeting of the Manawatu A. and P. Association, a letter was'received from the North Island Poultry Association, stating that the disqualification placed upon certain exhibitors of poultry at last winter's show had been removed, and no action had been taken with regard to exhibitors at the last spring show, nor was it intended to take any. Generally the letter indicated a desire that the recent breach should " be healed. It was decided that, the As- ' soeiation should record its satisfaction ' at the terms conveyed in the letter, and " that the Association should take out a 1 license under the rules.

AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE. Wellington, Tuesday. Three Johnsonville residents left Makara on Sunday in a small boat for a few hours' fishingi They landed on a sandy islet, and moored the boat. However, the boat drifted away and compelled them to spend the night on the little island, which is submerged at high tide. They were knee deep in water for some time. At daybreak they were rescued, much exhausted, by a passing fisherman. A GOOD COLLECTION. Cambridge, Tucsdiy. A collection amongst members of the Seventh Day Adventists' Conference, which is being held here, produced £315. CONGO AIBQQ£EJUSSi„.»-...,.-The Council of the United Churches decided to ask the co-operation of kindred organisations in a protest, against the Congo atrocities, and in an appeal to the Imperial Government on the subject. DAMAGE BY GALE. Dunedin, Last Night. Last night's gale did considerable damage to the new Burnside Hydraulic Lime and Cement Company's, buildings in course of construction. The damage is estimated to exceed four figures. SHORTAGE Ob' SEAMEN. Auckland, Last Night. 4Shipowiiers on the West Coast are experiencing considerable difficulty in getting crews for their vessels, and the scow Hawk has been detained in Onehunga for several days on this account. The full complement, however, was stewed yesterday, but not before om »f the number had to be paid the exonpt.ionally high rate of £8 a month for his services. A DEADLY POISON. Auckland, Last Night. The evidence at an inquest to-day once again fumed on the subject of the sale of cyanide of potassium, one of the most deadly poisons known to modern science. The Colonial Analyst for Auckland (Mr Pond) expressod his strong disapproval of the system of allowing this drug to be sold with such few restrictions by photographers and others, and considered that it should most certainly not be allowed to get into the hands of any person who unshed to purchase it. The analyst also stated that the deceased, who had swallowed some cyanide, hud by some coincidence given himself almost as speedy a death as possible. He had partaken of a quantity of strawberries, and had afterwards, it is considered, taken the poison, which, combining with the acids of the fruit, had liberated the deadly hydrocyanic acid almost instantaneously-