GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 198, 11 August 1908, Page 3

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

MiNISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.

% Telegraph.—Press Association. .... tJ L'lirnstcliurcH, Last Night, the Hon. Carrol), Minister f 0 ? Xarne ;y l vV l ' , ' ivc<l iH t-'hrisichui'di i ~, \ Wlmgtou yesterday. H„ will attend the sale of the late Mr. G G Meads stud on Wednesday, and will cveni!!,, t0 Uvlli "°" :on on Thursday

WORKERS' DWELLINGS.

Clmslclmrcii, Last Night. r Representatives, of the Labor ami the | Lauds Departments to-day inspected an ;. area of lour acres of land on the Man- ; devillc road, near the Aldington workshops, acquired by the Government for •be purpose of erecting workers dwellings thereon. The are., will afford space for about 18 cottages and recommendations to Parliament will probably be made as a result of tile visit of tlie officials referred to. FIKE BRIGADE AND COUNCIL. Duncdiu, Last Night. The St. Hilda Fire Brigade has disbanded as a protest against Uie Borough Council's appointing a captain in defiance of the members' wishes. DIVORCE COURT. Wellington, Monday. In the Divorce Court to-day a decree nisi was granted in the cas« of Stephen Johns v. Florence Johns and William Wilson (co-respondent). A PALMERSTON SENSATION. Palmerston N., Monday. C. E. Harden, solicitor, was arrested at his residence this morning on a charge .of embezzlement of £2OO. When accused saw the detective approaching Hie swallowed two pills. He was taken at once to the hospital, being supposed to have attempted to kill himself.

IMMIGRATION. Wellington, Monday. The Mamari arrived from England' today. The passengers included 200 new arrivals, of whom 02 adults and 28 children were granted assisted passages.