GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 300, 15 December 1908, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

TKAJWiS AND LABOU COUNCIL. | By Telegraph.—Press Association. 1 (Jhristchurcli, -Monday. 6 Tile Trades and Labor Council eon- 1 deimi the action taken over the Lyttelton casualty wind and call for un eu- 1 tirely new building and appliances. 1 The council also congratulated the ' Government on introducing free school J books and condemn those Education ' Boards which oppose them, claiming that 1 they are out of touch with public opinion, and that the time has arrived when , they ought to be elected directly by ' the people. 1 The council also object to the practice of demanding money from school child- 1 l'en for anything but school festivities. INFECTED FRUIT. Auckland, Last Night. The lluddart Parker steamer Winimera, which arrived from Sydney on Sunday, brought a shipment of 7!W cases of fruit for this port. On the consignment being lauded, it wa» discovered that about 100 cases of oranges a.. 1 apricots were badly infected with the truit Uy, and were immediately ordered to be condemned. LINCOLN CULLJ-XiK. Uiiistclnirch, Last Night. To-day was larineis' day at Lincoln Agricultural College, a .id lliere was a huge attendance ol fanners and others interested in agricultural and pasionu pursuits. At a luncheon in the afternoon, the Director, Professor Lowrie and .Mrs, Lowrie were the recipients of presentations of plate made by the dincrent agricultural and pastoral associations of Canterbury. .Mrs. Lowrie was alsu presented by members of the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club with a Imndsomely-litted lady's travelling dressing case. The chairman of the Hoard of tiovernors, in proposing Mr. Lowrie's health, eulogised the work done by him during his seven years' connection with the college, and stated that til,- Hoard llad been unable to get . a man in Australia with the necessary qmililiealions to take Professor Lowrie's , place at Lincoln College, and arrangements were being made for the selection of a man in Kngland. Professor Lowrie leaves on Thursday , for Western Australia, where he taues up the position of Director of Agriculture wider the State Government. FREE SCHOOL BOOKS. Napier, Last Night, la a report on free school books sub niitted to-day the inspectors of the Ilawke's Bay Education Board stated: "Although sixpence is a small allowance 'for tile purchase of books in the pre- ' paratory classes, as two and often three t infant primer readers are used during > the years, we are of the opinion that , by careful management and expenditure I of Hie funds available it will be possible to provide plenty of reading matter for the use of junior pupils." The Hoard deferred consideration of the report till jiext meeting. DtXNEDIN HOSPITAL SUNDAY. Duivedhi, Last Night. The Hospital Saturday collection t realised .-CI2JS 14s Bd, and the amount 1 available for distribution is £1350, which has been ap|iortioiieil as follows: Dunodin Hospital .€575, St. John's Ambulance :C175, Patients and Prisoners' Aid Society ,€73, Victoria .lubilee and Convalesce7it Fund C7O, Karitane Home I 1210, Hospital lor Incurables £45. ELECTION EXPENSES. Ashburton, Last Night. ; Hr. E. I!. Whitman's election expenses . are returned as—First ballot .CKI3 0s • Od, second ballot C 42 Ills O'd. •MEAf.'JiK KAINFALL. C'liristcliureh, .Monday. November's rainfall was the lowest i recorded for twenty years. December's j record to date is 2'/, inches, and the fall for the year to date is 24'/ 4 indies.

OCEAN' YACHT IiACR Auckland, Momltiv. The Royal Xe\v Zealand Yacht Nqnailrou'a ocean raw over a distance of 83 miles wm completed on Sunday morning. Tin: Yikin» iimshed at 4.U a.m., the Ariki at the Heartsease at 4.57, and the Kotiri at 0.3. The Vikinjj was dis<pia]i!ied ]'or not adhering to tlie cuiivse. ,Llu> Ume-ullowiince deductions places tile yachts Urns:— Heartsease lvotiri 2, Ariki 3.

MISSIXO. HALLOT-PAl'liUS. Dunediu, December 14. It is stated that seventeen ballot papers aiv missing (rom I lit* Duaedin North ballot hoxo. bin no informalio» i 8 available as to the manlier of their abstraction.

CO.ML'KXSATIOX KOI! ACCIDKXT. Christchiireli. Monday. The Arbitration Court awarded' R Drury C:>.>o compcii-ation lor (ho loss of an arm. The accident. occurred Hv tho CXplusillU of ;t Jill;, which lie Mil's inirving in one hand while hol.liiifr down a fence with the other on the land of his employer, 1!. Ornie.

| two-cr \(> i aki i;s rixi:j). . Wellington. .Monday. As ii se,|uel to the recent, raiil on a |wo-ii|i school on the waterfront seven transgressors were to-dav lined CM and costs each. CHl>lSTCll(j]!(!|l cjas CO.MIWXY. Christclmreh. Vlondav. (living to the great expansion of ils business the Cliristchureli (.'as Co proposes to double iis capital be issuing •■>2.000 new *5 shares.' Of theso 8000 wil be offered to (hi' present shin-'.hold-ers at a preiniu C2 Ills per share.

A THIEF'S HAUL. Wellington, Monday, f-asf evening about CUft, the takings for the day of lb? municipal trains, disappeared from the trannvnv receivim; olliee At 5.30 lliis morning a dark went to the safe to get some keys and noticed that the ,a-h bad vanished. I'e found the door of the sale open The lock had not been broken, ' '

MASTUUTOX l.tCl'.N'Slxr: POLL. Owing lo tile serious illness of Mr f A. Pownail, tile solicitor who was'inslrueted to appear in suppovl „f tlin nnplicatinn lo up-oi tic. result of (lie licensing poll i„ M ts |erto-i, an anidica-i " ill be made „„ AVednUv ftl'! I. Tt is understood (tie ,io ' license parly liave no objection. I