NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 70, 12 March 1908, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

UE.WIC.IAL iiALNS. Per Press Association. Cambridge, Wednesday. Beneficial raina liavc fallen in tliis district, and farmers' prospects ar.; much brighter.

.south islam; ecc-layinc com PETITION.

Cambridge. Wednesday. Tlio result of the lirst egg-laying competition is very satisfactory. It returned live per cent to the company. It is proposed to increase the prize money lor the next competition.

WAtMABAMA ESTATE SUBDIVISION.

Hastings, Wednesday. .Mrs. lJonnelly and her brother have decided to subdivide '.Mi acres of the Waimarama Estate, fronting the coast, l'or the purpose of establishing a seaside resort. They will set apart a portion as a public reserve, ami oiler the rest for sale or lease. The Waimarama I'.state will be divided into blocks of troin oil to ;!()» acres. This, with the 111,000 acres acquired by the ( luwrnineut. will make 17,000 acres available for closer settlement.

WELLiNCTOX CATIIICDHALS. Wellington. Wednesday. The Anglican Cathedral site in Taranaki street, purchased for ;C7OOO in 18MS, has just been valued by the (!overnmont Valuer at £13,700. J here is a mortgage or £3OOO on the hind. The building fund amounts to £1430. The late Mr. C. T. Hrmvn left £IOO and the late Mr. Owen McAr.lle e->:,O to Ihe lioman Catholic Cathedral l'und. which now amounts to £I4OO.

A TEMPESTUOUS VOVAOE. Auckland, Last Night. The Union Company's steamer AVaipori arrived front Wcatport to-day. She had a tempestuous voyage. The day after leaving Westport she encountered a heavy gale. The decks were flooded with water. The doors leading from the starboard side of the bridge dee!: to the engine-room were broken down. The officers' rooms on the. same deeK were Hooded. The steamer was hovo-to overnight and also on the succeeding day, when the mountainous sea running almost buried the ship.

NEW DRAINAGE BOAKD. j Foxton, Last Niglit. ' The following were elected at to-day's poll as the first trustees for the Moutoa Drainage Board:—.Messrs F. fe. Eastoiij It. G. Hammond. 13. G. (lower, W. E. Barber, and .las. X. Symons. FETLDING TECHNICAL SCHOOL. Feilding, Last. Night. The Minister of Education opened the new technical school here this afternoon in the presence of a large gathering. In his speech the Minister stated that the Wanganui Education Board was_ most alert ill technical education especially in agricultural anil dairying instruction. The Minister left by the express tor Wellington.

NAPIER NEWS. Napier, Last Night. As the date of the opening of the Napier carnival draws near, the success of the carnival seems assured. The entries for the events, which have already closed, are on the record side. Visitors are already arriving in fair numbers. The long spell of dry weather broke last week, and welcome rain fell up to yesterday. THE FLAX INDUSTRY. Wellington, Last Night. Cabinet lias decided that when the pi'ice of llax falls below £25 per ton, f.0.b., New Zealand, the charge of "3 per ton now levied for grading and inspection shall be remitted. TRADE COUNCIL AND HABITUAL INEBRIATES. Auckland, Last Night. At to-night's meeting of the Auckland branch of the Liberal and Labor Federation, the following resolution, moved by the. president (Mr. P. .T. Nerlieny), was carried:—"That this meeting disapproves of the Government's action in committing habitual inebriates to Bell's Island, when the cost of their maintenance is borne by the taxpayer. This meeting is of opinion that it would be much better if the Government pursued the policy of utilising the labor of habitual inebriates on, say, a State farm or market garden, «« Suggested by the

Premier, plying such persons a fair and Reasonable wage for such work done, the balance, after reasonable provision is made for maintenance, to go to those depending on them for Support."