GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 269, 6 November 1908, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

ASHBURTON SHOW. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Ashbui'ton, Last Night. The Asliburton A. and P. Association's thirty-first annual show was held yesterday and to-day in fine though windy weather. There was an attendance o£ six thousand on People's Day, and the exhibition generally was an unqualified success. The features of the show were the horse and sheep sections. Clydesdales in the former and Bord.-r Leicestcrs in the latter being magm'!cent classes.

IA'TTELTON CASUALTV WAUI). Christchurch. Last Night. Sir. G. Laurcnson, who on Tuesday wired to the Hon. fI. Fowlds, Minister for Public Health regarding the disgraceful state of the Lvttelton casualty ward, has received the following telegram in reply:—"Vour telegram received. I have instructed the -Inspector(.leneral of Hospitals to report oil tiie matter."

AH'KI.AXD'S POTTLATIoN. Auckland. Last Night. Mr. Symons, of the District Health Oilice. has compiled ,iii interesting set of figures indicatiag that the population of metropolitan Auckland will, hv tire end of tile year, approach 10u,(ili(l, if that figure lias nut been actually reaeiied at present. The calculations are based on Ihe rate of increase for tli,lust few years.

A MATTER J'OI! CON'DEMX.nTOX". Pahiatua, Thursday. Al a meeting of till' Maiiganuiii" l school committee a motion was jiasso.l condemning the action of the Wellhgton Education Hoard ill sulmiilting naiiii's of lady teachers from Sydney and Melbourne and refusing to let fh'.s' coinmiitoe consider tin' applications of; several teachers trained under the Hoard at tile expense of the colon v. The opinion was express,.,! that (lie action of tile Hoard was most unpatri-! otic and unjust towards its own acr-1 vants. Xo linal selection was made bv the committee.

AMJBOED JJC'KSSIJfCi SCAXDALS, Auckland,, Thnrsdav.

ill', .\loss, after his reference to the specific case referred to in the declaration, said: "As a result of investigations made hv myself and my Irienils. not only in tlic ease referred to me \v have collected evidence which will incriminate besides a number of mino;- officials, Justices of the Peace, two returning officers and two resident magistrates.