NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 32, 27 January 1908, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

CHIUSTCIICRCU MEAT CO. Per Press Association. Wellington, Saturday Night, The report ol the Christchui'ch Meat Company to lie submitted to tiio annual meeting next mouth, shows that 1,590,b«2_ head of stock were put through during the y uur , t, e i U g a record for tlie company, an increase of 240,350 carwises over last year's handling. Tile directors recommend a dividend of 4 per eent lor the half year, making 8 per To-oo 01 ' -!i ,; ycur > a,ul trying forward A.JJOO. lhe balance credit on the profit and loss account is £02,549

CONSORTING WITH CHINAMEN. n..f,.,. Ch , r , ist S u , rch ' Sat «rday Night. " fo ' e Mf , B '?">P. S-M, two women veie charged with vagrancy. Both had tn On! '" ChiUeSe de '» ! » M* ham. One woman was remanded, bcinc given a chance to communicate with her relatives The other was disnrfss d on the understanding that she go »■ situation, but would be under police surveillance. The Magistrate spoke in n«" g r te - rms of wonwn consorting with filthy Chinamen, and expressed a determunition to break up these dens. He declined to dismiss the charge against the first woman, who said she would set money from her father and would go to Wellington, The Magistrate said it was not fair to saddle Wellington with such a woman. b

WAIEOA SHOW. Wuiroa, Saturday Night. Magmliceut weather was experienced tor Die Wairoa district show, fuere was a large atteudance, estimated at 2000. Visitors were present from all parts of he poMimou, including Mr Uilruth, thief Veterinarian, Mr Koss ' (of the Mock Department), and Mr A, L. D. • Fraser, Ai.P, The judges were loud in their praise of the ladv riders, whose mourns were, considered" the best lot of horses to be found in the North Island. Jeflerson won Moellera' cup with 114 points, Vaughau being second with 07. J. Fowdrcll took a championship with his Shorthorn cow, while T. F. Walker also won a championship. A Napier showman, T. F. Walker, secured threefirsts in Hereford?. Following were the winners in the various competitions:— Gentlemen's driving, C. Sheriff; maiden. hunter's, F. B. Donnelly; ladies' hunt. er's, H. T. Carlyon; leaping (steeplechase), Miss Dennison's Luddv Doylepony leaping, J. McKay; hunteVs, F. B*. Donnelly; walking horse, Motor Co. The show was a great financial success all round. A great feature of the show, was the number and quality of the lo-cally-built vehicles. •

LAND SALE. Ashburton, Saturday Night. A further 3350 acres of Duncan Cameron s well-known Springfield Estate was auctioned today, the result being the sale of 2310 acres at prices ranging from £lO to £22 5s per acre, and a total of £35,082. Too average price per acre was £ls 3a lOd. *

ACCOUNTANTS' EXAMINATIONS. Auckland, Saturday. Following are the results of the Accountants' and Auditors' Association examination, associates' grade:—Completed partial pass, T. G. A. Harie; partial passes, T. L. Buxton and C. H. Potts.

CHEAP GKAPES. Wellington, Last Night. The Brat shipment of grapes from Australia is expected by the Winuncraon Wednesday. Fruit merchants here advised their friends in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia of the removal of the restrictions on Australian grapes, and the conditions under which they would be admitted were cabled. The Gazette notices were sent to grape-shippers by the Moeraki, which left for Australia on Friday. Local growers of grapes under glass feel the removal of the prohibition very keenly, especially as the Australian grapes will come in at a time when they will conH pete with the hothouse variety. One grower assured an Evening Post representative that if he could get 9d or lOd per lb for all his output during the season he would only just about pay expenses. ,

UNIVERSITY SENATE. Wellington, Lasj; Night. The deliberations of the University Senate were resumed yesterday morn'- , ing. An adjournment was ordered until 11.30 to enable the work of the committees to be carried a step further. Interim reports were received from the medical, law and scholarship committees. Mr G. Hogben, on behalf . of the last stated that they had come to ! a resolution that they could not consider the conditions under which senior science scholarships were held without also con- , sidering the conditions on which all senior scholarships were held. They therefore stated that the word'''science?- - before "senior scholarships" should b« deleted. Themeeting was then aeV journed until Monday at 10 a.m. (