GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 166, 4 July 1908, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Wellington NEWS.

liy Telegraph.—Press Association. . Wellington, Last .Xignt. The City Council das Committee l«s liistnicted its consulting engineer to draw up a report on the whole question of the acquisition of the Wellington. G'as-Coiiipany's property by the Corporation. l

At the Wellington poultry show F L. JUcGrogor, of I'airlie, Soiith Cunlerbury, secured the is'orth island championship for Wyandotte hen.

WAii-oiit buicmc rovvjiu. J JJunediii, Last Sight, epairs to the lluming at wikwn .rails electric power station were winp etcl to-day, and the power turned, on at • I p.m. JMerything i s „o\v work'in" satisiactonlv, °

KIM, TJJJi I'ItOI'IJKT. Auckland, J-'n.liiy JMeclive Cuon,,.. /,.„ ~e f i„.| lu(l t iiutwrni wjiJj- a. half-easte girl of ].",, • ■ wliom Him luul taken lls his wife. Una's son unit t'oimcil of JjftlA-s reused to give the girl „,,, threatening, oc-ut on the »,e iU l of t'he girl's father !»"il lo shoot tlie police piirlv. The de- . tective informed them that, if tUev used i»rml, troops would be sent to destroy and their pah. After eousidenuj'e (May the Maoris handed the. r Jri over' -Kims people are very s'hortiof mod' lAereare only a few men in |i, e villa-e hut there are a number of women Hn7 cluldreii, who are half-starved.