GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 49, 7 June 1910, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

PARLIAMENT OPENS ON JUNE 28

By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night.

An extraordinary gazette has been issued, calling members of Parliament together for the despatch of business on June 28.

N.Z. SHEEP IN THE ARGENTINE.

Feilding, Last Night,

Mr. Ernest Short sent a cable from Buenos Ayres to the Feilding Sta, expressing thanks for all the congratulatory messages received by him. He further states his intention to send back the five best sheep by the Corhithic, which will return via London, and asks for 30 sacks of Feilding swedes and carrots to feed these sheep on the voy-

FOGGY WEATHER. • -'-. *-** •■. r-- ; Christchurch, Yesterday. The season so far has been exceptionally foggy, and yesterday the fog was so thick outside Lyttelton Heads that coastal vessels could not make port. The morning was beautifully fine on shore, but just off the coast a heavy bank hung low. The Mairaroa, from Wellington, got within a mile of the

Heads and anchored. Her smoke and] the tops of her masts could be seen from the signal station. By the afternoon a' dense fog had settled over the land, and vessels had perforce to stay outside till this morning. Nothing was seen yesterday of the Storm from Wanganui, but the bell of a steamer, supposed to be the Moura from West-port, was heard. All three vessels came inside Imtween 6 and 7 this morning. FURNISHING GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

Wellington, Last Night.

The final batch of furniture tenders for Government House lias been dealt with, the following having been accepted: Messrs. Seoullar and Co., Wellington, furnishings and carpet, £2B; W. Strang? and Co., Christchurch, carpets, £2B 17s; George and Kersley, "Economic." Wellington, carpets «nd blinde, £lO5 0s (id; Kirkcaldie suul Stains, Wellinffton. carpets and curtain poles, £l3l 13s lOd. r ■■■ n

HOTEL LICENSE REFUSED. Nelson, Last Nicht. At the annual meeting of the Licensing Committee to-ilay the police opposed a renewal of a license in respect nf the Provincial Hotel, on the ground that drunkenness had permitted on the premises. After hearing the evident, the committee declined the re-nc'iv-i). l)iit allowed time for f suitable transfer to he effected. A nioticm requesting the Commission of Pol'«. to hold an inquiry into licenisng matters in Nelson wns defeated.