GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 171, 23 August 1909, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

-MUSICAL COMPETITIONS. By Telegrapli.-I'rcss Association. ti, • , x "l'ier, Lust Night. ihc musical and elocutional eou,pc ,! - tions were concluded last nhdit Re-sultsi-lenor Irish song: F. (;. Lvt ,„i. ton Napicr) I (.;. S. Punier -. liass or liantoue (Irish n «i. V G Blow (Wellington) V ?"" ur g a. Miickio Napier i,; 11 «„.:„"., sopg): A. Mackie 1. E. u. Swineid ' Bantone „r bass (Englishing): RcT Mow 1, D. ftge , Napier) 2."' Corn't : ■■»!' (iest selection— rc-plaved), \ .] , ;i ■■"ii (Hastings), 80 points, 1- «' | . ji '-'.:(Nap.er)a-| points, 2. Sacred jlcnui solo: R. Wilson (Napier) 1 A bm kie i \ ml I) " itone H. a olo W l'K\\ P r tts2 - Sacred bass solo: 1. K. S. Pascy (Napier) 1 P it Davie (Woodvillc) CoXt'L 0 foun fell f o Ben ;-i'"''" 1 '• "• ** Lie Hastings) 2. jm,,.,,., dW Mt co|n

DEATH OF A CEXTEXARIAX. , r _„ Dunedin, Saturday. Mrs. Ellen Odl.inic died „t Outam tins morning, aged 100 years AX AMUSING JIOAX.

„ , , Auckland, Saturdar. About a hundred Auckland loading citizens gathered with the utmost se crecy m the Drillshed at 10 o'clock this morning to witness a fistic exhibition a', winch two prominent boxers W ere to take part One of the prime movers, addressing those present, asked anyone not desir-ng to be identified with' the contest to leave the building as the attair was Hieing conducted unknown to the police. All present, however remained.

. A way having lieen made for the princnials, a leading citizen brought out two dummy figures, and. pnlling strings set them at each other. The spectators! convulsed with laughter, left the building hastily, realising that they had been badly hoaxed.

A CUSTOMS SEIZURE. Wellington, Pntnrdar. O n the arrival of the New Zealand Shipping Company's Tongariro from Waitava to-day ilic Customs officers made a search for dutiable ffoods and round a number of ostrich feathers, a quantity of TenerilVe lace, „,„] SO me overcoats, of the total value of £7l. also thirty-seven boxes of cigars valued at .•£1 each and 101b of tobacco, worth from (is to 10s per lb. Court proceedings, will probably follow, t