GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 94, 17 May 1909, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

OIIKtSTCUUIICII CITY miilXG FUNDS. ! Br Telegraph—Press, Association Christchurcb, Saturday, be Mayor has received a report Iron, I .' t S ' ,l , k, "K "'■ Gomniissioner |„ the ''l Oct thai the fund lias reached U>,OIH(. i'ie drainage loan, maturing i,, 1023. will have accumulated sufficient in Hill |iml at maturity it is expected there .ivill be a surplus of £30,000. UMPIRE DAY. ( Cllrisleliurch. Saturday, the Mayor |,„ s proclaimed Empire; "7, ". Il "'" l f- II- favor, a patriotic gathering and will try to arrange, it. ||,. says we. should m ,t allow- this dav with its many patriotic associations to lr«|e j

JX'TIES OX CIGARS. ~., ~. Wellington, Saturday. The Minister of Customs, in reply to questions put as the outcome of'the I handier of Commerce Conference, said |t is .impossible, ils the law stands, to have cigars weighed wilien taken out of bund, so that duty may hj,. paid on the dry commodity instead of on green. He "as willing to briny i M ~ ||jf| u ] amend the Act in the direction suggested. The Minister could not agree lo | issue Inller statistical information. Ilo.vI ever, ~ monthly statement of duties was now prepared, but not published, and if it were of any service to merchants arrangements might be made for its appearance in the Gazette. The .Minister held that legislation regarding export entries', as proposed, was uuncees6iiry, ''