GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 122, 14 May 1908, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

MOTOK SPEED. Per Press Association. Christelwrch, Wednesday. Dr. Talbot and another motor car nvuer wore each lined X.o and costs for ] driving cars at more than eight miles an hour. The doctor said lie was driving at liftcen miles an hour on the Panama road at a lime when there \yu s little traffic. If the by-law were strictly enforced, doctors would have 10 use horses and trans, which could travel faster. One driver said he had seen cabs running to mid from the races at twenty miles an hour. .Many cabhorses in the city could do a mile in three minutes.

THE DAIRY SCHOOL SITE. Palmerston N-, Wednesday. The .Minister for Lauds met several members of tlic committee of the A. and I'. Association on the showgrounds this morning to consider the selection of a site for the dairy school buildings. The discussion was informal, and press representatives were not admitted. It is understood that a site for the school has been approved by the Minister, also the site for the manager's rcsuKnco. •V report will come before the next ordinary meeting of the full committee.

HAIiISDU CHAUOES.

Wellington, Wednesday. The Wellington Harbor Hoard has for some time been increasing the j charges on shipping, notwithstanding warning. A notable instance of tins policy was the resolution to construct a duck in defiance of the experience of other ports, the contention being that shipping was not paying enough and could well bear the cost. ft is now staled that two of the shipping companies are thinking of making Lyttellon their principal port of arrival and departure in consequence, of the increased charges. The Times, commenting on this, advises the Board to be very careful in increasing the charges to shipping.

PRISONERS' ESCAPE. Auckland, Wcdneday. The Auckland "West branch of the Liberal and Labor Federation carried a resolution culling the attention of the Minister for Justice to the dangerous class of prisoners sent to Wa'.otapu. Recently there have escaped two dangerous burglars and one armed highwayman, and two arc still at large. The meeting entered a strong protest against such prisoners being sent to Waiotapu, and thus again allowed to endanger the safety of the public.

A YOUTHFUL FORGER. Eltham, Wednesday. Fred Percy Piloher, who had previously pleaded guilty to two charges of forgery, to-day pleaded guilty of the theft of £lO at Kaponga. He was committed for sentence. WRECKAGE SIGHTED. Wellington, Wednesday. The Collector of Customs at Westport advises that on the voyage from Wellington the steamer Kittawa passed a deckhouse painted green, which appeared to have Monged to some small vessel. The house was floating to the westward of Farewell Spit. CIVIL SERVANTS AND THE BAILIFF.

Napier, Wednesday. The question whether a Government servants while employed in Government buildings is immune from the embarrassing attentions of a bailiff, armed with a judgment summons, came up at the Court to-day. A judgment debtor was employed in the railway workshops, and the Court bailiff, who had gone to serve the summons on those premises, had been put off by the manager of the works. The magistrate said he had considered it is duty to report the matter to the Minister of Justice, as he was not going to have officials of the Court treated with discourtesy. An impression prevails that Government Servants must not be served with writs while engaged at their business, and the decision of the Minister on the point should prove of some value.

THE OYSTER CROP. Wellington, Last Night. The Marine Department has teen advised by the Chief Inspector of Fisheries at. present in Auckland that there are now 71 men engaged in picking oysters for the market. Thirty-six of these are at work on the Waihekc beds, and the others are at the Bay of Islands. The oysters are coming to hand at a satisfactory rate, and he does not anticipate that complaints regarding slowdelivery will be made after a week or two. He adds that fully 90 per cent of the public and the dealers in the north are satisfied with the way in which the Department is meeting tlie demand. DIRTY BANK NOTES. Wellington. Last Night. Dr. J. M. Mason (Chief Health Officer) has been informed by the managing director of one of the New Zealand banks that during 1005 87,000 notes were burned. For 1906 the total destroyed was 84,000, and during 1907 the number of notes given to the flames was 64,000.

WELLINGTON TRAM SilllVlUi

Wellington, Last Night. The ratepayers of the Wadestown portion of Wellington city voted to-day on three alternative tram routes. The route favored by the majority is 33 chains long, and the estimated* cost of ; scheme is £25,000.

DAJJNEVIRKE HALF-HOLIDAY

Damievirkc, Lust Night. A poll'taken in Damievirkc to-day for the purpose of fixing the weekly 'halfholiday resulted i u 121 votes being east for Wednesday, and 2? against,.

EXPERIMENTAL FARM. Auckland, Last Night. A visit of inspection will be paid to the Stale Experimental Farm at Rua-' kura to-morrow by about 150 farmers ■ol the surrounding district and several delegates from Auckland. The object of- the visit is to show district farmers the work done on the farm and to give them an idea of the carrying capacity W the land they arc working. After the farm and the various agricultural experiments in progress have been inspeeded, a conference will take place. XO-LICENSE MOVEMENT.

Palmerston N„ Last Night, ■the annual convention of no-license workers in this and surrounding electorateg opened this afternoon. There are ™,„ ° n f L Undl ' ed delc S ates in mtoenco, and the questions under discusPri ' UC iraportance tu **

EOXTON HARBOR,

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