GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 184, 3 February 1914, Page 8

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

DECEASED PERSONS ESTATES. By Telegraph—Press Association. T Wellington, Last Night. During January, P. 17 estates of deceased persons were linally certified for stamp duty, the largest being that of Alex. McFarkuic, Canterbury, £101,2:12. The following are the principal estates in Taranaki: Simon Forsyth .CKi.IM: Anne Worthy .17121, .Michael Joseph O'Donncll .C 522:5, Edmund Julian CI2OI. and Frederick Martin Chapman 1,2211. NELSON ANNIVERS Alt Y. Nelson. Last Night. The twenty-second anniversary of the foundation of the province was celebrated by a close holiday to-day. The weather was line but overcasl. Various sports meetings were. held. The annual siiow of the Golden Bay A. and P. Association at Takaka was verv successful, CLOUD BURST AT TIM ARC. Tinuu'U, Last Night. The rain storm cleared, oil' early this morning. Reports of minor damage by Hoods arc received from the country. The check to the harvest and the wetting of the slocks is a somewhat serious result. This afternoon a cloud burst occurred on I lie hills near Fairlie. An unusual torrent (lowed down the main county road through Fairlie. The stream was IS inches deep at fairlie Hotel. Consdernble damage was done to the road by scour. The heavy sea did no damage.

SniIMMNT! IiF.TVUXS. Wellington. Yesterday. Returns of shipping lit the port of Wellington for the inont.li of .him y constitute a record in tin- history of the Harbor Board. Besides the natural expansion of trade, the huge figures are added to l.y (.lie fact of tile arrival of many coal boats occasioned by llic strike and tlie delay of others in sailing (luring the troublous period. The number of vessels inwards was 337, of a net tonnage of 325,500: outward vessels, numbered 33(i, and the tonnage was 324,527; oversea boats, arrivals, departures and removals by pilots were 1)3 and file gross tonnage 520,725 compared with January last year, with (IS vessels and al tonnage of -109,138, an increase of 111,557 tons.

SHEEP DOG TIUALS. Auckland, February 2. The. Sheep Dog Trials held by the Exhibition Kennel Club resulted: Smith's (Tikokiuo) (lien 1. I'. If. Tocker's (llawera) Cliiini i, P. Tf. .lottos' (Oaiinevirke) Moss 3. Tlie winner's lime (Urn in. 3Ssee) was TemnrknMy good. The trophy for Ihe best, looking dog' or bitch competing was won by Mi'. F. IT. ■lones' dog Lord Swat.

A IJHERAT, riATHERINC Wellington, Yesterday. A meeting of the Liberal Party will bo held in Wellington to-morrow. The Post understands that a plan of campaign will be arranged, including delivering public addresses and organising the Liberal,; Party, throughout New Zea-