GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 327, 20 January 1909, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

WAXtiAN'UI i'mfS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wanganui, Uist Night. Lieut. Knox delivered a lecture on the o/licialsof the Navy League to-night. A branch was formed. Tin. Borough Council to-night decided to appoint a borough engineer at t.CJUO per year. .UAur'-HOUDAY. lnvei'cargill, Last Night. At a meeting to-night of representatives of the luvereargill corporation and the adjoining boroughs it was decided that Wednesday be the weekly shop half-holiday as hitherto.

THE WOOL CLIP. Ecilding, Last Night. In several instances in the t'eilding district the wool dtp is much larger than was anticipated. In one case a run-lioldrr shore 200 less .sheep n:xl ohmined more wool. Sheep fanners credit this desirable state of things to the mildness of the weather. Tin? export of wool and stock from I'Vihling promises to lie a record this season. EXAMINATION KISI'LTS. •Wellington, Last Night. The following New Plymouth candidates passed the special examinations for junior free places (the names of candidates that similarly c|iialilied in the junior •national scholarships are not included):—A. E. White, K. M. White.

THE AWAKENINU OE "SLEEPY JIOLLOW." Nelson, Last Night. For some years the Nelson Harbor Board has been carrying out a scheme of improvements with a .'iew to opening the harbor to large ocean-going vessels. The works are now approaching completion, and with h view to reporting on the facilities of large tonnage the harlior was inspected to-day by Captains Hone and McDougail. marine superintendents of the New Zealand and Shaw, Savill Shipping Companies respectively. The result of their investigations has not yet been disclosed.

The erection of the Xelson Freezing Company's works at Stoke will be com pleleii in a few days, am] the company 'lias decided to commence operation; early in February, NAPIER HARISOn. Napier, Last Night. Meetings of ratepayers in tlie Xapici harbor rating district were held to-du> to consider the Board's proposal ti liorrow .t200,(l()l) for the completion ol the breakwater harbor. A motion was submitted in favor of a poll being taker on (lie proposal at the Xapier meeting which was attended by about 411 persons The motion was carried with one dis senter. At some of the country meetings. a feeling was disclosed against tin Hoard being granted further rating pow ers. The chairman of the Hoard (Mr. J Vigor Drown. AM'.) stated at the meet iugs over which ho presided in Napier unci in the vicmity that, in his opiaion (lie loan would not entail an increase in rales, but. tlnil, on the contrary, if || if loan were carried the rates wouid in the first year thereafter be reduced liv oneuilf, and in the next year be wiped out illogelher. He indicated that If the loan were carried it was intended to In•rcase by Ihreepeiiee per (on the charge ui goods eiileiiugaml leaving (lie port.

AUCKLAND LOCAL BODIES. Auekhmd .Tnniiarv l!l. A poll of lli«- ratepayers at Dev'onpnrl, a suburb of Auckland, was taken yestcrday to decide |i) whether 'the Council should apply f■»,- power to construct tramways ia the borough: and 12) whether such an order should be delected to the Dcvonport Transport Company. The first proposal was rejected bv 131 votes to 1040. and the second b'v ?!) to 11107. Only M per cent, of the voters I wenl to the poll. The (,'rcy Lynn Borough Council lias decided to borrow, subject to (1m ratepayers' poll, i!4,L000 for rouding Ihc Surrey Mills Estate and other borough improvements. |