GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 221, 16 March 1912, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

AUTOMOBILE RELIABILITY TESTS. By Telegraph—Press Asflociation. Hanmer Spring, Last Night. The Canterbury Automobile Ajjsocia- ■.» tion's annual reliability tTial Vk" to-day, the run .being from Christchurch to Hanmer Springs, via East distance of 141 miles. Twenty-four can .!ssj started, and seventeen have made nonstop runs so far. To-morrow's run wsu"%J| be from Hanmer Springs back to church, via Cheviot,, a distance of l<®.p| miles. A petrol consumption test is also $ being held in connection with the trials. LICENSING ELECTION MISTAKE. Christchurch, Last Night, ■ ;Jj Of -5100 voters who recorded, their/ ?>J votes at the Christchurch licensing elec-'' ;, "j| ,tion on Tuesday, 893 delivered informal • |f papers. The temperance party contend ■; that the intention of these voters was plain that they desired to vote for the 1 temperance ticket but omitted to erase ,'jj the first name on the list, which was-■-.'.J; printed close to the top of the ballot paper. If these 893 votes had bjeen al-' lowed, all those on, the temperance., £ ticket would, have been returned. Attention was drawn to the matter by the No-license Party, but it 1 is understood " '•& that it is unlikely the party will take u any action. , DESERTER DISCOVERED AFTER SIX YEARS. "

Hamilton, Last Night, ■._<* In 1000 Ernest Prank Boyes, a signalling instructor on the Pioneer, deserted and settled in Hamilton. Under an as» ■sj sumed name he married and established a prosperous business. Boyes has now : been discovered and remanded until the -■ r r i authorities on the Pioneer have replied vfi to the communication from the police. AN ESTATE PURCHASED. j Timaru, Last Night. Information has been received that the Government has purchased Clare- & mont Estate, of 3000 acnes, for settle" ment. The homestead is a large mansion*/? .3 erected by Mr. J. H. Rhodes, and waa £ .';Vs once taken for the summer by Lady Rimfuriy. The property eleven miles from Timaru, ■.