GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 44, 17 March 1909, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

A .WlllT nil! ÜBEL. By Telegraph.—Press Association. tAiß'kl'aml, Lawl Nigltl. J. 11. (.Junson, merchant, to-day issued a writ claiming CjJOUO damages fur al- ! leged .ibel against Messrs Oddis and ililoiniu'ld, proprietors of the Observer. , Thie unit i* in respect, of an article published in the .issue ot' the paper named I 0,1 the 13Ul insit. i-onceming lite recent Harbor Board election. Messrs Gunson, lloU'thiT and Craig were returned, hut "tilMi election was afterwards declared void by vMr. C. ,0. Kettle, S-M.

A BIG RIVER SCIJEMK. Wellington, Tuesday. The Commission set up to investigate several important questions relating t<> the drainage af the Pohangina, Oroua, aaid Mano'wiitu rivers lias made its re' port. Four .sdicmes wre considered by the Commission, which- recommends tiro i c'utting of a, new clianuel for the .Manawatu river, starting at Fishermen's Point, their cutting i nto almost a straight line for Foxton, through the Hats to thle returned l)e<l of the river which it 'will cross, then cutting ■through a, point at -M'atakartipa. This scheme would reduce the distance fromi Foxton to the Jieads by two -milcn, a*n<lj the cost would be about £350,000. Thtt Commission is of opinion that the Stato should ibeax some portion of the cost. COMPANY TO BE WOUND UP. Auckland, Tuesday. The.Ferro-Concrete Company of Australasia, which has carried out most of the iii'w wharf construction in Auckland and erected a number of buildings in the city, is to be wound up in. consequence of a pressure of creditors. It asks to be allowed to complete the present harbor contracts under a liquidator.