NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 108, 25 April 1908, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

TIMARU HARBOR. Per Press Association. Timam, Last Night. The llanbor Board to-day resolved to reduce the Charges on stripping for fenders and hawsers, making tlhc maximum I'm- csich trip .Clj. The harbor rate was. fixed at the same as last year, threesi.YlciMitlib of a penny on the capital values,

POST OFFICE REVENUE. Wellington, IjEist Night. The postal revenue of the Dominion, during the March quarter of this year wa, £112,034, as against £109,846 for the corresponding period of last year. Tim; telegraph revenue was £71,581, wmpared with £07,050. 'l'he total amount deposited in the Post Office, savings banks of the Dominion was £2,542.188, as against £2,325,090 during the first three months of 1907. The withdrawals during the same- period totalled £2,382,035 for 1908 and £2,000,251 for 1907, the excess of deposits ovw 1 withdrawals being £159,253 for this year and £324,849 last year.

TECHNICAL SCHOOL WANTED.. Palmerston North, Last Night. The Technical' School committee, decided to-night to inaugurate a movement for the purchase of a site upon which the Government will be asked to a.s'-ist in building a suitable school. Thei Pa linerst'on North Technical school is a very large institution, but it is housed in rented premises in various parte of the town, and difficulty is found in securing accommodation for the- increasing numbers.

CONCILIATION BOARD. Napier, Last Night. The Conciliation Board to-day heard evidence in the general laborers' dis--pule. Three Hawke's Bay freezing companies were granted exemption, it being stated that a union had been formed of, employees of freezing companies, with a view of arriving at an agreement, covering the whole of the workers employed in freezing works, so as to avoid having a "umber of different awards. The Hoard adjourned to meet at Wellington on Wednesday.

MR. MASSES IN THE SOUTH. Duncdin, Last Night. [ Mr. Masscy, Leader of the Opposition, I met informally this afternoon several supporters of his party, and it was decided that it was wiser to wait tor a little while before addressing a meeting on current politics in Otago, especially as the Government had given absolutely no indication as to its policy or business to be undertaken during the forthcoming session. Mr. MaSsey goes north by the first express to-morrow.

SUBJECT FOR SCIENTIFIC ItESEAJtCII. Duiieiliii, Last Night .Mr. G. AI. Thomson, the well-known I authority on New Zealand Fisheries, has ; sent a letter to Mr. Hogben, making , certain suggestions with reference to r>- . search scholarships. He says there- is , an immense field for research iu work- . ing out the life histories of the food , IMie.i. crustaceas, and molll ics of these , seas, and suggests that this line of subjects be added to those already proposed in this connection. Good work ha.s already been done at the Portobello marine fish hatchery and station, which is fitted with excellent appliances for (sinning on biological research. The laboratory is furnished with simple collecting tt nd compound microscopes, drawing apparatus, and preserving materials, etc. But great value lies in the fact that uquaria of all sizes, furnished villi continuous supplies of ~urc sea water arc always available. The station has also an oil launch and boat, and arrungements can be made at short notice for carrying out surface and bottom netting, dredging, and other modes of obtaining and collecting biological material. Anyone desirous of carrying out continuous research extending over days [or weeks would find all the required conditions for doing so to the best «,1Tantago. "I flopc » concludes Mr muwuwoii, "that these considerations will induce the New Zealand University to Include this line of work anions the subjects for research scholarships." '