GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 313, 12 February 1910, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

A NEW BUILDING

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night,

A very fine building erected in Mul grave Street for the Australasian lu stitute of Marine Engineers was oll'ici ally opened this afternoon. The Hon J. A. Millar (Minister for Marine) do clared the buildings open in the pre senco of a large attendance.

A SUBSTANTIAL GIFT. Christc'hnreh, Fridav

Mrs. Townsend has given £IOO to the funds of the Society for the Promotion of the Health of Woiiipii and Children.

WELLINGTON WOOLLEN CO,

Wellington, Friday

The directors of the Wellington Woollen Company have announced an interim dividend of 3 per cent, on a'l shares for the first half of the financial vear ended .January 31.

PURCHASE OF NATIVE LANDS

Auckland, Friday

The Hon. Dr. Findlav. Attorney-On-eral. in a, speech at Kawhia. plated that the Onvomment intended to devote half a million each veav to the purchase of ■ Maori' lands for four year—in all. four miTTion pounds (?). lie anticipated a great "future for the K a whin district.

DAIRY PRODTTE EXTORTS. Wellington, Friday. The Rnahine. which left for Londm yesterday, took a car;ro of dairy produce valued at about £170.000, The shipment consisted of -!0.0:17 ca«es of butter and 14,207 crates of cheese. TTIE RAXIIITATAU RUSTT. Wan<rnnui. Friday.

Smoke in town at mid-day imiirvil.vi that the Ranuitatau hush, which was felled during the winter liv co-nporatiee labor, and which was to have been burned to-day, had hfen set oil fire. THE DAXXEYTRKF, SHOW.

Dannevirke, Friday. At the agricultural show the chainpiont=hips were awarded as follow-.—Jer-sey cow and bull. W. IT. Booth. Carterton; Ayrshire cow and lmll.C. Wood, lev, Palmerston North; TTolstein bull. X. "Nikolaison, Ormondville; Romnov ram and ewe. W. IT. Buiek, Masterton: Lincoln ram, D. McDonald, Waitahora; Lincoln ewe. IT. Oarsford, Orinsi; Border Leicester ram and ewe, W. H. Blvthe, Man«atoro Valley. The local exhibitors scored heavily.