GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 263, 29 March 1913, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

CHINESE AND GLAMBLING. I By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Friday. ! The Acting-Consul for China in New Zealand has made an appeal to Chinese resident in New Zealand in regard to gambling. The appeal, which is quaintly worded, emphasises the evils of gambling, particularly pakapoo playing, and concludes as follows:—"Be nobler men and turn your backs on gamblers. Be nobler men and do not seek to make money out of the vices of others. Be nobler men and set an example to those who still have the good fortune to have their parents alive. Be nobler men and think of your ancestors and continue to cultivate the virtue which you inherit from them." ALARMIST REPORT DENIED. Napier, Friday. Captain Foster, of the s.s. Takaptina, denies the accuracy of the telegram sent from Napier that the steamer had had a rough trip, and states tiiat no crockery was broken and that nobody was thrown out of their berths. CHARGE OF BURGLARY. Wanganui. Friday. A sequel to the recent robberies was provided in the' Police Court this morning, when four young men were charged with stealing goods and remanded for a week. A quantity of stolen articles was found in a "bach" where the men were quartered. Tn one. house visited by the thieves £IOO was locked up in a safe, which the robbers unavailing!}' tried to open. The house was occupied by the treasurer of a benefit society, and the money represented members' quarter's subscriptions. FLOODS AT GORE. Gore. FridayIt has been raining heavily in this district for the Inst 24 hours, 11/..l 1 /.. inches having fallen. The rivers are all in high flood. At Lumsden the Oroii river overflowed and entered the town. It is Hie highest flood since the big flood of IS7S. All tourist trallic to the Gold Lakes is cut oil. Three washouts on the railway, between Lumsden and Kingston, stop all trains. All the sluicing companies have stopped winrk, and have been compelled to turn the water out of their races. Much of the crops is still in the paddocks, and the outlook for farmers is very serious. HOSTEL FOR IMMIGRANTS. Wellington. Fridav. In connection with the evidence <;iven by Miss Bremncr before the iWierial Trade Commission, the Win. Mr. Bell has forwarded a letter to the Commission, stating, inter alia, that there was no necessity for any Government establishments in the nature of hostels, for there would be no occupants at tile present I rate of immigration.