GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 150, 16 June 1908, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

HARBOR BOARD FOR FOXTON. By Telegraphs-Press Association. Palmerston N., Last Night. . Sir Joseph Ward was in Palmerston to-day and received a deputation of delegates from local bodies from ManawatU) Rangitikei, and AA?Oodville, in support :•! the proposed harbor board for Foxton. The deputation urged the Govejnment to hand over the wharfage dues received by the Railway Department as was done at I'atea and Wangamii. Replying, Mir Joseph intimated that the local bodies would have to recognise their rcspo.iuibility with regard to harbor rating. The matter is to be brought before the sftliflifcters of Marine and Railways. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Wellington, Last Night. At the Magistrate's Court today, Jas, Smith, alias Griffo, was committed for. trial on a charge of stealing two watches and a chain from the person of James Watson.

FRUIT BLIGHT. AVelllngton, Last Niglit. "Yes, it is a fact that the San Joje scale has been observed iu 'some Nelson orchards," said Mr. T. W. Kirk, the Government Biologist, to an interviewer this morning. Mr. Kirk explained that the scale had been found 'by Mr. Blackmore, Government Pomologist and his assistants, on a few trees. The destructive character of the scale was so well* known to all orchardists owing to accounts from America and Australia, that the inspectors have had no difficulty in persuading owners of the orchards to take drastic steps to suppress the disease. One or two trees which were badly affected have been destroyed, whilst the others in the orchards hare been sprayed with the lime, salt, and sulphur mixture. This treatment will be repeated at an early date, Mr. Kirk added that the Department could be relied upon to keep a strict watch upoll the scale.

NAPIER NEWS. Napier, Last Night. ; At a largely-attended meeting addressed by Lady Plunkct, it was decided to form si branch of the Society for Promoting the Health of Women and Children, and officers and committee were elected. The Charitable Aid Board to-day set up a comifiittee to enquire whether arrangements could be made for some of the inmates of the Old People's Home', to do small jobs, it ha-ving been reported! by a visiting member that, he thought it was possible to introduce sucli a system.

COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENT. Wellington, Monday. In the Supreme Court, Judge Chapman to-day awarded £7OO damages to Arthur John Usher, wharf laborer, who claimed £ISOO from the Federal Steam Navigation Company for injuries sustained by accident on tlie Bteamjr Surrey. Through defects in appliances lie fell 42 feet into a hold, CAKGO PILFERERS. ■ Wellington, Monday, Two employees of tlie Wellington Harbor Board wore fined £2 and costs each for stealing twenty-nine packets from a case winch they liad found open in a goods shed.

[ PAK-A-POO. ' " Wellington, Monday, The Magistrate reserved his decision to-day in the eases in which sever il Chinese and Europeans were cliarg'-id I with breaking the gaming laws by playing pak-a-poo. TOE WEATHER. Hokitika, Monday. A Hioavy thunderstorm occurred early, on Sunday morning. It caused considerable damage to telegraph lines, several poles being shattered. The Hoki-" tika post office had a narrow escape from damage by fire, a gas-pipe in the "/• telephone room being melted and the gas gas fired by the electric current. The lire was found early in the' morning before the damage had become serious The weather is cold. There has be-ro a heavy fall of snow on the ranges. TUAPEKA ELECTION IRREGULARITY. -pi, i, x , Wellington, Monday. " J.he Post states that the names of - one hundred electors were wron-ly placed on the roll for the receht, Tua peka bye-election owing to an error on the part of an officer in the Electoral rnwm - Tlle roilS lmd bw " up on the basis of the new boundari-*. and when Mr. Bennet died the Tuapeka list had to bo reconstructed on the formuisti ict is included in Tuapeka under: the new order .of tilings, and the clerk: 11 ed to re-transfer the names ii| quiaturn to the old receptacle. The error is, lcidental to the change of boundaries. tlle . initiation of the card systent; of compiling rolls. It is not known yei;. th 0 il' th ® l> el 'sons wrongly placed on. tlie roll voted or not. '