GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 180, 21 July 1908, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

A DARING BURGLAR. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. At au early hour on Sunday morn' ing, Air. J. F. l'ovey, of Ponsonby, was awakened by a sound in his bedroom,! and saw a man lifting some trinkets oM the dressing table. Mr. Povey sprang 1 at the intruder, but the latter and sprang through a window, linalljy escaping. Mr. Povey discovered tliat about £2O worth of jewellery was missing.

POLICE RAID. / Invercargill, Last Night. The police again raided the Arms Hotel, kept by Mr and Mrs. Poll', who were recently convicted and fined £SO each. A small quantity of liquor was found at to-night's raid.

SNOW IN THE SOUTH, Uunedin, Last Night. The railway line between Oturchuo> and Kanfurly is still impassable owing, to the frozen snow. It is impossible to plough after 3 p.m. owing to the frost. Very little progress lias been made, though two ploughs are at work. The District Engineer is still unable to return to Dunedin.

FIRES. Nelson, Last Night. A seven-roomed dwellinghouse at Belgrove, owned and occupied by 1). 'lhoinas, was destroyed by fire on Suit-/ day. There was an insurance of £3ooi on the building in the Commercing Union and £IOO on tlie furniture in the Royal. Early this morning a fire occurred at, Ngatimoti by which tile house and contents of John Guest were totally destroyed. There was an insurance with the Norwich Union.

JROADS IN MINERAL COUNTRY. Wcstport, Last Night. The \\ cstport Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution asking the Government that in the allocation of fundisi for roads to backblocks mineral as well as agricultural and pastoral country be considered, road communication being urgently wanted for the mineral country lying between Collingwood and the Upper Buller.

MISAPPROPRIATION. Wellington, Last Night. A clerk named Robt. James Roberts pleaded guilty at the Magistrate's Court to-day to stealing sums of money totalling • £45 8s Ud from Peter McArdlo. Roberts was remanded to tho Supreme Court for sentence.

I'ATliOiY -SAINTS' DAYS. . Wellington, Last Night. Ihe members of the recently-formeo Welsh Society, headed by Mr. DUloit M.P., waited on the Minister for Labor: (lion. J. A. Millar) to-day, with a re-' quest that the Ist of March, St. David's Day, should he made a public holiday. Mr Millar stated in reply that lie would be glad to bring the representations of the deputation under the notice of the Premier. The probability, however, was that St. Patrick's, St. George's, and St. Andrew's Days would be swept oil' the list of public- holidays. If the three days mentioned were to remain, there : was no reason why St. David's Daly, should not be added to the list.

TWO-DP SCHOOL RAIDED, Hastings, Monday. The police raided a two-up school at Tomoana yesterday and took the names of twelve players.

PRODUCE PESTS. Auckland, Monday. Mr Arnelt, Government Fruit Inspector, has condemned eight cases of oranges brought by the Tofua from the Islands, though they were covered by a certificate from the shippers that they were from a district free ot disease. About 300 bags of maize brought by Hie Tofua are also diseased. Mr. Arnett has no authority to destroy the diseased maize, imt lie has arranged with importers to place the shipment in t'lic freezing works for three days, hopl ing to kill the lly in the grain. This, •pest, Mr. Arnett says, is most dangerI ons. If it once got a hold in New Zealand it would bring ruin to farmers.

LAMBING IN THE SOUTH. Oliristehnreh, Monday. Lambing has begun in various parts of north and mid Canterbury, but the season will not be at its height .for n| month at least. The present iambs were intended for the early demands of butc'liers and probably for show purposes as lambing so early is not generally favored by farmers."