GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 79, 29 April 1909, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

•rj CONCILIATION' SETTLEMENTS. if I i- By Telegraph.—Press Association, ■e Auckland, Wednesday. i, Mr. T. Har-lc Gflcs. ((o-iciliat'ion r Commissioner, presided at the conferi, euce between the parties of the ship, ,| yacht, and hoatbuilders' dispute and the carters' dispute. In both cases the v settlements arrived at were satisfacII tory to both parties. The Commissioner was accorded a heartv vote of thanks. • ALLEGED THEFT. Taihape. Last Xight. A man named Frederick Arms! rung. Ilea,l waiter at tlie Grelna Hotel, was arrested today on a char:;,, ol the al--1 | leged theft of a from Hie Gretna safe. . Il is stated thai several oilier charges arc pending against the same accused. 'PIiOGKICSSIVE XAIMEII. ; Xapier. Last Xiuhl. [ The burgesses to-day voted on loan . proposals totalling ,Ci:i4.2rili. with the result that all were carried by large majorities as follows: —Forming and metalling borough boundary roads. I U2750 icarried by SI!) voles'to 137) j' i permanent road formation..Cl.Villil (carI ried by 7!M votes lo lf.0); duplicating '\ waterworks' plant and installing destructor and water meters. CIJ.IIPU (carried by 2!U voles to SI); erection of'a municipal theatre. ,t:2.">.0ll0 (carried bv . 7-"i4 votes to 20; l); -borough park iii I j Xapier South. CjOOO (carried by 81(1 i votes to 147); installing electric 'i ramways and electric lighting. .00.001 l (ear- , ried by S2o votes to Hill: new lire -U- i tiou, I'IOOO (carried bv 74ii vote* to 20: i): drainage construction. IXi.OOO , (carried by SS2 cotes lo 77J. j OIHTUARY. | Auckland. Last Xight. ] E.v.ludgc Wilson, of the Native Land | Court, dieil to-day. Deceased, who was j 1 borne in IS2O. arrived in Xew Zealand ) lin l,s;l:i. his enrlv daws being spent ill the Bay of Islands district. JIALI-'-lUILIDAY Ot'IiSTION. r Dunedin. Last Xighl j. The poll of electors iu the combined |, districts taken to-day on the half-holi- ' day ipiestion. resulted iu favor of Wednesday bv a large majority. .The voles T recorded were as 'follows: —For Monday p , 22. Tuesday 11. Wednesday ,"i7OO, Thills- j day 24, Friday !). 'Saturday 31107. Christc'hiirch. 'Last Xighl. s ' The half-holiday poll iu the city re- *]' Milled:—Thursday. jl!2j: Saturday. 322.1. ' ' J":

JiOXINC TOIUNAMIOT. I'iiluicrstmi X.. Last X'i R h|. , At (lie luixini; tournament (o-iiijrlit I WaU-liliosH. tin- local lij-hhvci K lit, du- ■ tented Ueleall'e. of Auckland, \ew ZeaJliiml liglil-'wei K lit lOiiiiiipion. in a sixj round i>o. I.cckie. Wellington and New , Zealand middleweight champion, knocked (stit Clifton, of Palnierstnn, in the first round,