GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 117, 15 June 1909, Page 3

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

318. HOGG AND HIS COLLEAGUES. ' jjy Telegra.ph>--Pres3 Association. Wellington, Last Night. • tfpeaking to a Post reporter this afternoon on the subject of Uis Address-in-Keply speech, the Hon. A. W. Hogg said: •"As fir as I am concerned my position ■with my colleagues is totally unchanged. . I know nothing of any unpleasantness whatever in the Cabinet." \ A COAL COMBINE'S ACT. InvercargiJl, Last Night. The Nightcaps Coal Company, while endeavoring to make a market in Dunedin, found itself face to fac ? -with something in the nature of a combige in the ahape of the Otago Coalmine Owners' Association, who refused to allow Diin*diß merchants to buy and sell Nignt-.eaps-cflal at not less than 24s a ton. It is staged that the matter will be ventilated and brought before the Legislature. ! WOOWiLASSING CLASSES. ' Peilding, Monday. ' Th. -Technical School Committee, in inunction, with the Wanganui Educatol Board iave arranged for woold.Lg toW'onin various parts o the district. The instructor engaged ~ Mr 3 % Cahill, «'("»* known to all large TVOoKgrowers/ fV »»t class was held at Waituna on &*»<•* torty-vx ■?upUs teing present. Arte,- m« instructive lecture by Mr. Ohill, Mr I . Short, a famous Romney breeder and gave an address on how " M start and manage a flock, t Vo-ther part.,' of the district promise strong; support. . EARTHQUAKE AT WANGANUI. Wanganui. Monday. A sharp stock of earthquake was felt tere at 10.20 a.m. Heavy ram set in •arlv this mom'Kig. and continue. There is a prospect of the river rising. . RAILWAY APPEAL BOARD Diuiedin. Last Night. The Railway Appeal Board «si this morning. Tlie first case heard was «n appeal br Driver 11. Woodhead, of Hie locomotive branch, who had been reduced to foreman grade in consequence >»f runnm? at excessive speed on the '•©two Central line. IVcision was reserved. Mr. MeKie. who appeared on Mmlf of appellant, said that by verbal : - 'ruction and telephone, e,igin» ilrn..i vcrc induced to-run their trains »t *• .. dve speed on the Otago Central.

BAILWAY STATION" ISURGLED. -■ Carterton. Monday. BirriJars last night forced open a -nmlmr at the railway station, smashed :a t'ltJ, «*d took « - unl ' n mAi - T Li mount is Jiot yet known. > JsEW ZEALAND DREIXiES. We«tport, Holiday. Sit. L. Larsen. who is at present at | T?aifll?r supervising the construction .iv jfcssrs R' Fleming and Ferguson 01 ■the new suction dredge for the 'vVest■port Harbor Board, reports: ;T !ia*c W a *ood- look around Fleming and Ferguson's yard. They seem fairly 'hu«T. Thev are beginning to push oui (flreilge along pretty rapidly now. The 4*2, so far as.they have gone, looks •very well on the stoefcA Alongside of this thev are commencing u. Jay the keel of f, new Auckland bucket nwdgc and are also trailding a pontoon suction dredge for Auckland with a 20in pump ■for reclamation *ork in connection -witti the bucket dredge. I understand thev have got a contract to make a Son dmlge for the Sew Plymouth 'Harbor Board."