GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 143, 14 July 1909, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

IMMIGRANTS WITJI GRIT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, July The Atiienic, which arrived from LOll- - brought over 400 iinmigrimro. 'ijiey ivere surprised to near of tile condition of the hilior market here, but were not downcast, the men saying that tilings could not Uo W ors ( . here than in the old country. One hundred and sixty-live ot Hie newcomers were assisted by the (jovenunent. A SOLN TTOII ARRESTED. i, . Tailiape, July 13. At liaetihi yesterday, I{. w. Hall, solicitor, was committed for trial on a charge of appropriating money given to him to pay into court to satisfy a judg-' ineiit. Bail was allowed in self £IOO and one surety in £loo. COLONIAL OFFICE VISITORS. Cliristchurch, Last Night, oil- Clias. Lucas and Mr. A. A. Pearson. representing the British Colonial Ollice, arrived in Cliristchurch from WelI Imgton this morning. They wiill re1 1 " ain Cliristdiurch for. a couple of unys and leave for Dunedin on Friday, FEILDING STATISTICS. . Fei'lding, Last Night. During thi past twelve months, there I were Seven fires i, t the borough, entail-1 ing a total loss of £2355, and a loss to I the insurance companies of £1072. All tire lires were in dwelling*. The Court } (.'turns show no .serious crimes here during the past twelve months, and in tile s tcd onu was comrait - FIRE BRIGADES. CONFERENCE.

Ti,„ . t ~, Hayings, Tuesday. J' 1C ' I,eflf 1 t '»l''™ Brigade Coilfcri"edfo,.F , llßld «* ««»««»». luu. tason n.\ed for February 14th, 1010. RAILWAY SI'PBIUXXUATIOX FUND

,! Wellington, Tuesday. At a meeting- 0 f olu lUilway SmVrnwVr 1 ' M ; tiri "B in Khput of 33 members retiring on sulH'ramumtion wciv authorised Grant* jlmoiintnijj to tl7(il L,< 2,1 were made'.' S veral members resij-ued lhl , Si , r . ~mrt -l" ,- Wo '' C R 1 '"" 11 '' 1 I'l'lUlHls Of UIIMI- - 11 ntubutiuns, amounting to uItMU Jfw - tew, to 5,v,., widows am! amount "l 1 " |l| l""vnl•uiumiitmg to uu amiun dmr«e 0 f rril h T».sr% ■?. th " «"*»?» Ift with a family of s even vcm.io ehildmi and. whose circumstances wore verv W'? V " e """i'" 1 "I'uWiUK-,. of tl«l) approved until the cider child j, ,■ the age of 14. i;e flra(| ,. t() , ,

AREQUmRBKfm u.■ ' 1!,1,V ?■ V ii! lti,t,on <>f su-burl.au fU ' .f - 1 1 ? t ,? h !' slmuM tli« Hutt Park railway. a mi-nUely-owned line. lYtone. ' ' XISW 55EAUX1) CLDB. Ti, i . W( ' llin K |n »- Last Ni<?ht. 1 lie newly N( , w ZeaUa j C|nlj i W its inaugural ltiiivlu-ini to-day. Tii»_ I'linnt n'" "" } r t o| ' informally ; out once a fortnight, an,l for the prinMMI guest at en oil lunchcoa to deliver Jirief iwldvuss. I|r. Jl>er» (Crown Jo.iK-utoi) was I'locted piwident. Tin-.'nnci-pal guest to-dav was tie Hon. A. v, fi 5 i'l? tlu ' , sll< "j K,t •* Ws »«-ii ».is the relations of nis racn,aftUllsOttJ', •learly -the aims of tl„; Vouiur Maori "! r „ 80 •I 11 ' 1 '* 0 "* "Me piwent. nclmlniif the Hon. A. U. Guinness, wessrs Henl-man, 11.P., li!»h e r, M.P.. •rofessor Manes' (l'r«i m ficimanv), Proessor PicU'cn, .r,i<l several elem-men. I lie principal Riiest at tlis next lunlieou will 'be .Sir Charles Micas, of tlio dominion's department of ttw foltlrfi olonial Office. THE WESUCYAX CTXIICH. Wangamii. Iwwt NI?M. I lie Wcsleyan mmrterlv session toihrlit pas'swl 11 resolution in favor of tlve stmlilislinient of an independent confernee for New Zealand.