GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 224, 15 September 1908, Page 3

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

A TOOL LETTER. By Telegraph.—Press Association. j l .-. Napier, Last Wight. At a meeting of th« Hawke's Ba>l Education Board to-night it was rei solved to return to the Painters' Union of Workers a letter in which objection iwas taken to the Board appointing an instructor in painting without consulting the Union. If IRES. Wellington, Monday. Yesterday the Skating Rink in lugestre street, which had been closed for the season the previous day, caught fire. The building was gutted, except the front portion, in which the stock of skates was stored. Hhe building ,waa owned by Mr. T. 6. McCarthy, It was insured for £1250 in the Phoenix Office. Die origin of the fire is .unknown. Wellington, Last Night, A two-storey Bix-roomed house at Keliburne was destroyed by fire this evening. Particulars of the insurance are not available, as the owner (Mr., Thurston) resides in the country. The bouse was occupied by Louis Martin. iWhile tiie brigade was coping with the outbreak part of a chiiimey fell on one of the men, 0. R. Roberta. Medical aid was summoned, and the man attended to. The nature and extent of the injuries were not known at the time of telegraphing.

DOMINION DAY. ) Christchurch, Last Night. •The City Council decided to-night to protest against She proposal to observe Dominion Day as a holiday. FRUIT FLY~REGULATIONS. Wellington, Last Might. ■The Minister for Agriculture cont:ndicts the statement contained in tlw "Press Association from Auckland, that lie had re-considered his refusal to suspend the fruit fly regulations to permit the Hauroto's cargo to be landed, and that the mile certificate will not Ire required. In an interview with a reporter, Mr. McNab said he had never J issued instructions that the shipuis'it was not to be inspected or that the • mile certificate would not be required. He,tow declined to interfere in connection with tfte administration oi the | rules by the ofiScers of the Department. FLOODS IN THE CLUTHA. ' _ Dnnedki, Monday. There is heavy rain with gales in -Otago. The Arrow and Shotover rivers are in higher flood than for years past. This will be disastrous to sheep after the heavy snow. The flood waters must considerably affect tue Clutha river. WAIROA HARBOR. Wairoa, Monday. The Wairoa Harbor Board has de- ;> eided to take a poll on a PJOP O^ 1 to * carry out Mr. Leslie Reynolds' scheme for the improvement of the harbor at a cost oi £77,000. A SAFE ROBBERY. Gisborne, Monday. 'A safe was removed by burglars from rfennesFy'a shop on Friday night. It has since been found in the sand on the beach, having been dynamited and Tolbbed.