GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 215, 1 April 1913, Page 8

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

INDUSTRIAL WEKK.

tiy Telegraph—Press Association,

Chrislchnreh. Last Night. Encouraged by (lie f.iicef-ss which attended "Industries Week" last 'year, the Canterbury Industrial Association has decided to ask the business men of the city to make a similar exhibition of Dominion-made goods this year. Matters are already in train for this Year's "Industrial Week," which it is hoped will he held about the end of April.

WATKi; l/oi: TRMUKA. Tiniaru. Last Might. . The Dorough of Tcmnka's h'gh pres-' sure wafer supply has been completed, and water was turned on to-dav bv the Mayoress (.Mrs. Ifavhurst). At •t'irial the water was thrown through a halfinch nozzle GO feet high. The water is obtained from a creek at Winchester. There are "00 chains of rnain pipes and llfill chains of reticulation at prevent.

TIMAIiI' MA\'!!i;Al/l'Y. Tiii'.ani, Last Night. Or. 11. Orceu. late Sub-Inspector of Police (retired), Or. It, 11. Howie and the present Mayor (Mr. T. Hawkey) are at present candidates for the Mayoralty. CUSTOMS AND ENCTSI'I TiKYKNUE. lnvercargill, Last Night.

Tin; Customs returns for March are the highest on record for lnvercanrill, being' t,'10,l!)l>. as compared with .l'2S.352 for the corresponding ijUiirttT of 1912. The beer duty paid was .tMISti, compared witli £.' MS.

Mil. McNAH'S MOVKMKXTS'. Palmers!on N'orl.li, Last Nii'lit

| A paragraph in cirenh!bu> that Mill. McXab intends while in England seeking election to the House of ('.ominous in place of Dr. Chappie, member for SiirJingshirc, was denied entirely by Mr. "McXab when his attention was drawn to it. The rumour furlhcr st-i.'u-s that Dr. Chappie is giving tin politics at iloir.e because it is too cosily and (">;:::::■: to tin l Dominion to look after his business interests. Mr. McXab sail! this was the first 'he had heard of if.