GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 99, 4 August 1910, Page 8

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

A MISSING MAN.

t Bjr f olograph.—Press ;•- ..■„■,,.,-.; : „i illargayille,, Last Night* Nothing more has been: heard'of Fred, employed -as,cook on the schooner Isabella De Fraine... Police: investigations ,show • that ■ the Mssirig' man had been taken on board twice on Monday evening in a partially intoxicated condition. At a little after ten he went ;ashore..: again ,with/ as * to get more beer for.supper, but was refused at the hotel. Since then he has not been seen, and the. general impression is that in retiring to the vessel l;e, fe,U intq the river and was drowned., !,,),.,, i ' 'WELLINGTON jPQLL. ;,; ;,.. ; Wellington,: Last Night. ■ Wellington city ratepayers voted to-day: on the city councilV,proposal* .to borrowr£loo,ooo for diiplicationnof the, vyainui-fwater-maini tandi the extension o£ithe:«tat'er service in- ithe city aid suburbs. Only about 15 per cent, of those qualified voted. The proposal was carried, the; voting' being' ifOr. 846, against 749. . EXPLOITING AN INVENTION. Nelson, Last Night. A syndioate has been formed loci-hy to exploit the invention of n local rorident designed to govern the speed and prevent racing of steamship propnllbrs. The apparatus, has been tested with : satisfactory results on coastal vessels, and is now to be placed on ll<e market in England and Australia. ' : ""' OBSERVATORY FOR WELLINGTON. _ Wellington, Last Night. It was decided at nweti?i» of the Wellington Philosophical Soc.ety to form an astronomical branch to piomote the establishment of an obs.erva-' tory m or about Wellington and for the study of astronomy generally. Jt is proposed to call the observatory "The King Edward VII memorial' opserva-: tory."