GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 83, 4 May 1909, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

[| NEXT BAND CONTEST. By Telegiapli— Press Association. I) Wanganui. Last Night. I 'I A meeting of citizens decided to-night e to n-k the North Island Brass Band - Association to have ih e next band conl' test held in Wanganui. A sum of £ljl) '" was .guiifaiiteed in the room, e * A FAX TAN RAID. '' Dunedin, Monday. I The police last night raided the pret miscs nt the corner of Walker and s Princes streets and arrested thirty-three '' Chinese taking part in fan tan on the ' basement floor. Not much money was ■' secured. The Chinamen were making a >' grab fur what was on the table when 1 the police put in an uppenranco, > Ah Veil, occupier of the gaminghouse, wiis lined .123 or three mouths' imprisonment. The other thirty-one Chinese found on the premises were f lined 20s each. All the defendants ■ pleaded guilty. }\o Europeans were prc- ■ sent at the time of the raid. LAND TAXATION. i ' Ellhani, Monday, i At a meeting of settlers at Ngiiirc 1 on Saturday night dissatisfaction was . expressed at the present system of taxi ntion on the farms. The following res'o- ■ lutio.i win, passed:—"That this meeting ' protests against (lie system of valuing unimproved land, uiiii suggests that the ■ unimproved value be reduced by fifty per cent., the improved value 'to be raised by that amount." ft is hoped other districts will support the protest. BARNADO -MISSION. Christchurcb. Monday. The Barnado mission resulted in £'3oo being subscribed for the new girls' hospital at Word. One hundred and sixty pounds more h expected INDUSTIIIICS 1 WEEK. Chris'tchtirch. Monday. Industries week here was a great success. SCARLETINA. Wellhiglon. Monday. , The Marine Department was advised to-day that (he wife of one or Hi,, lighthouse keepers at Stephens' Island is suffering from scarleliiui and that some children are sickening for it. Dr. Pollen. Port Health Officer, and a trained nurJV. have been scut to the island. RTCH NATIVE LAND. Auckland, Monday. The Hon. Hogg completed his country lour ye.s'lerday and leaves for Wellington by the Main Trunk to-night. Mr. . Hogg was much impressed bv the !a- \ mentalile waste of so much vie], native | land lying idle, retarding settlement and ,] crippling (he finance of local bodies. Tt | was the duty of the Oovernmcnl. he , said, before spcndiiis large sinus of mo- , ney (which had the result of bumping t up the values of thes,. lands) to secure , as much as possible for s'ctllcmenl. < STEEL PIPE CONTRACT. !! Wanganui. Monday. \ The North Island branch of 'the | Mephun Ferguson Steel Pin,, Company ~ has received advice that life coinnanv's ] tender of CIO.OOO for "the supply 'of slcel .pipes has been accepted bv the .South Australian rioveriunent.