GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 150, 21 July 1909, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

ARBOR DAY, By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christi'hureh, Last Night. ■Sixty schools in North Canterbury propose to celebrate Arbor Day by treeplanting, mostly in their own grounds.

THE STAMP OFFICE, * Chrisfcchurch, Last Night. Legal practitioners here are strongly opposed to the proposal for the closing 01 the Stamp Uflice, pointing out that the system of assessing and paying death duties at Wellington will lead to lelay and imneccsasry expense.

TONGAIiIRO IMMIGRANTS. Wellington, Last Night. Two hundred and fifteen passengers ore due to reach New Zealand about the middle of next week by the Tongariro. Of these 181 are travelling third-chus, I he number of assisted immigrants on (ward its 74. of whom 25 are children, 30 are women, and only II) are men. 'lhe assisted people includ:- 37 who are nominated in Nnv Zealand, Oi these •'.even are men who have work awaiting them, 12 are women and 18 are children. Among the women 18 are described as domestics and Jive as wives travelling jOut to rejoin their husbands. The men ! include eight farmers, seven farm labI uiei s, and a shepherd. One farmer | brings £901) with him, another £4OO, and another £3OO.

CHARGES OX TIJIBEB. Wellington, Last Night. It Ims boon reported from Grcyniouth that the .Minister of Railways proposed to place an export duty of twopence per hundred feet on all timber shipped over the Urcymouth wharf. Mr. William -Morris (chairman of the West Coast Timber -Millers' Association) telegraphed a protest to Hon. A. I{. (iuiimess, who interviewed lloii. J. A. _\lill ar on the oiibject. Ihe -Ministers'-.reply was that increased revenue is absolutely necessary to tlic' (Iri'yiuoutli Harbor Hoard, and that \}'ith this', object in view he had submitted <1 proposal to secure the consideration mid recommendation from that body. He would promise not to pass the Ordei-iiirl'ouncil fixing tlis charge until the new Harbor liollrd had been gazetted and "had considered the matter. He had found that all harbor boards- under the Uovernment'n control, with the exception of (irevmouth and Westport, levied the charge referred to.

t:oLDI''IJ.;U) WAT,Kit NCI'I'IA. Wellington, Last Xijrlil. A combined deputation o! members representing the mining districts will wait upon the lion. K. JlcKenzie, Min, liter ot .Mines, ibis week to urge that water power regulations ,be amended. It. IS .suggested by some of those who V" fo ™ the deputation that the charge oi 114 13s 2d per head per annuni for water which the Government Wll not pay „ farthing to collect is altogether too exorbitant, especially as many thousands of heads of water are running to waste oirthe West Coast. . Oine modifications in the restrictive nature of the regulations are also desired.

A NEW CONVEX!. Auckland, Last Night. A new Roman Catholic high school, or convent is shortly to he established in Auckland by tlie Parisian Order of -Nuns known as the "Sisters of the sacred Heart." It is expected that it ' , bC 0| '™; (1 al|)out first week in Hntl i lo !'' ,' C ' listcrs1 istcrs of 'be Acred Heai t have already two successful high school ill the Dominion, one at Island Wellington, and the other at

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TOWING A. SHIP. r| „ , , Auckland, July 20. lhe tug Champion left Sydney yesterday for Auckland to tow' back 'the Leicester Castle, which put in here disabled a fortnight ago. New spars and "KKing are being sent from England • he will be fitted in Sydney.