GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 211, 5 March 1912, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

A SUCCESSFUL FETE. By Telegraph—Press Aseeciatu*. Christchurch, Last Night, i The fete recently organised by the Domain Board to provide funds for the .. upkeep of the Christchurch Domain re- .' alised a net profit of £ll2O. MOTOR 'BUS OR TRAM? Palmerston N., Last Night. . It was to-night decided to form a com- ' pany, Nwith a capital of £IO,OOO in £l' shares, to purchase and run motor 'buses>*& in Palmerston North and to the' but- v ; rounding districts, beginning with Bonga- '' tea. The type of motor proposed is to cost about £6OO in London, to carry 25 passengers, and be of 40 horse-power. A'. recent tramway proposal, at a cost of ' £6sooo for the town alone, is at present '. before the people, and it is likely that '.' the motor 'bus proposal will be urged ,• in its stead.

A CLEVER LAD. Palmerston N., Last Night. A Palmerst6n North High School boy, J. D. Monro, son of J. S. Monro, has ' been awarded a national scholarship of f £SO per annum and university fees. He ■ ... already held the Reid-Stobo Presbyterian " ; scholarship, and goes to Victoria College. • \

, RATING ON UNIMPROVED VALUE. ' •' Gisborne, Last Night. The partiality of farmers for rating on the unimproved value'was illustrated ' v to-day, when a poll was taken on the - question in the Waikohu County, which' ' resulted in 132 votes being cast in favor :'. of rating on the unimproved value andU 3 against.

HEAVY RAIN AT NAPIER. Napier, Monday. Heavy rain set in early on Saturday night and continued incessantly till the ' , following morning. From 7 p.m. on Sat- • urday to 9 a.m. on Sunday 2.10 inches of raid, were recorded. -The weather is etill dull and threatening. I

STANDARD'S,FIRE LOSSES. Dunedin, Monday. In moving the adoption of the report at the annual meeting of the Standard Insurance Company, the chairman said fifty per cent, of their total fire .claims were for losses in dwelling-houses. This was almost unparalleled. They gener- - ally looked upon dwellings as the beat' \ risks a company can hold. "

MISHAP TO A STEAMER. Westport, Monday. ..' The steamer Defender, bound for Lyi- ■ telton from Hokitika, lost her propeller ; off Stephens Island ye&terduy. Captain' * Jamieson sailed the vessel under well Spit, but a south-east gale coming ■ up, he put to sea again. The steamer Aleiander towed her to Westport this' morning, and a spare propeller will b* ' ''; fitted here.