GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 297, 10 December 1908, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

CANTERBURY SHOW PROFITS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurcli, Last Night. Tlic receipts at the Canterbury A. and I'. Association's Metropolitan Show last month totalled £21)50 4s 2d, and the expenditure .1,11)80 18s Id, leaving a credit balance of HOl'J Gs Id.

THE RAINS. Cliristchurch, Last Night. A refreshing and much-needed ram set in somewhat unexpectedly from the north-east early to-night and continued steadily throughout the evening. The parched land greedily sucked up the welcome moisture and'the benefit of the down pour will be apparent in the course of a few days, when the sunbrowned lawns and dusty gardens will commence to make headway again after the long and trying drought.

COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION UPSET. Dargaville, Last Night. An electoral petition was heard before Mr. Dyer. S.Magainst the election of Councillor Field for Maungani riding ot the llobson county, 011 the gruund that the roll was improperly made, that persons were disfranchised* and that a ■deputy left the booth unguarded several times. -Mr. li. ,1. Coates represented Edwin Harding and nine other petitioners. Mr. E. T. Field opposed personally. and Mr. Hayes, county solicitor, watched proceedings. The evidence showed that the county clerk omitted to file the 1007-08 roll, and added 10, mimes and deleted two. The roll used' was not passed by a magistrate. The Magistrate upset the election, granting costs Cl» Its against Mr. Field and the returning oiliccr. NEW PARLIAMENTARY BUILDINGS. Wellington, Lust Night. The Public Works Department will obtain competitive designs for the new Parliament Buildings, The condition? of the competition will be announced about tile beginning of the new year. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. Dunedin. Last Night. Cn,h prizes of C2II, ClO, t."i and Cli are to be competed for in the animal| tournament for the chess championship of the Dominion, play in coimcctiten' with which has been timed to commence here 011 the morning of Monday, December 28. A special brilliancy prize of one guinea has been donated bv the Rev. .1. S. Ponder,

sorniUNj) snow. Jnvercargill, Last Night. Splendid weather coudilions prevailed I for people's tiny of the Southland A. and I*. Show, except that light. rain fv'l •luiiiij; (lie latter iiart of tile afternoon. The railway bookings to tin 1 town were iniieli in excess of those of last slimv* day. an il the takings at the fjromn! were a record. There were line Jielils in draughts and light horse classes. in which Southland breeders held <lu-ii? i own. The Premier and Justice Williams I were present ami made speeches at the Iniieheou,

WKS'LTOKT XUWS. AVestporl. I.ast Night. I'y the s.s. Kaiapoi 10-morrow the lirsi eonsignnieat of the AYestnorlStocktoa screened roaT is being shipped to l.yttcHon. In appearance i 7 is similar to (he best Coalbniokdale coai. The mine is now in full working order, producing coal freely and with orders well ahead of the supply. At Deiiniston to-night ihe Miners' >1 aion lii-lil a re-election of pr»sid?nl owing to some irregularities at the election held recently. The voting was: Clarence Hawker !«.">. .lohn poster !W; majority for Hawker. 11(1.