GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 182, 6 September 1909, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

LIFEBELT MYSTERY CLEARED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. ,„, Auckland, Saturday. lhe mystery connected with Hie lifebelts washed ashore on the West Otest near Manganni .was cleared up loy a statement that in the general clearing up on the steamer Cornwall about a week ago, west of Cape .Alaria. va Diemura, a lot of condemned life-belts and other a-übtoh were thrown overboard Ifocy were probably marked red with ru3t-«ertainly not with Mood.

WAIROA NEWS. "^&K- ---„,, . Wairoa, Saturday. The sheep returns place the Wairoa county fourth place in the North Island and tenth an the Dominion It is stated on good authority that the Government has taken Duff's n in oi about 10,000 acres for closer sett e raent Most of the land is of excellent quality for grazing. It i s ctolle to £ town of AVairoa. REPORTED GOLD DISCOVERY. T , ._ , Wairoa, Saturday. " , Ib reported that a discovery of nl„ r * b -? madc in t,le W«*»e----i oana d.stnct and that a sample of foi alsay! SCnfc t0 Welli "glo» ' NAPIER HARBOR. Ti, n . , Napier, Saturday. Ihe report of Messrs Maxwell, Wil»s and Blair-Mason, the engineers ZZZ m pointed to investigate the GeoZ \T,' C '"' C . l»'01>0»mloa by Mr. of ft*™,! 1S ." dvcrse - It rehn chnnir f R T lt - V la "■""taming the drift Wh-l r:/ 1 Mnd . " >ar <"* s ™<' cliitt. Whilst the engineers consider the risks an d doubts attending the fo™t>on of a deep-water ImsininsneL «o considerable that it does not B pp£ r a scheme which commends itself, the repo ™"™ds the Board to actively »ii»h on the completion of a breakwater JXJ " l •"""•'"neo with a XT*.