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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1154, 17 August 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

i 5.W Y ■■■*'' «"« | |>/ ( TOITBD PEESJ ASBOOUTIOSI \ She coming/raoes. Palmbrsiom JKorth, August 16, The Jockey Club last night prepared a -programme for the Boxing-Day •The principal events are—Handicap Hurdles, £6O; Maiden, Manawatu 'Handicap, £200; XadieslEurse, IGQsovs,, added; District Handicap, £6O; Flying Handicap, £SO; Consolation Stakes, 126. The total amount of prizes is about £5lO. All the races are open except the District Handicap,' whioh is confined to the Manawatu County. About £BOO "has- - been spent during the year in improving , the course and grand stand. The meeting will probably be very successful, - HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. ,'\'J\: : « '-3 ;li August 16.'--; At the Harbor Board meeting it waß resolved to : nvite competitive designs for .harbor improvements, offering £6OO for' ;the -if',74o ,will ; be expended in sup'plying plans of roadstead-and- ; existing harbor works' ; tb oqmpßtitbn? ,i A 2-aore section opposite the' Post Office has been sold for .£3260 to the Colonial Bank. t'-ZIvMk :LANb"SALE. "V.'' ■\ : ' '] , '-'' i y : -■■ : :' : - '<■' Pwea this day. r " J: The' severe weather is r .creating greaV liavoc'among lanihs in this district. After last night's storm one farmer found forty dead; ■'i; • r.'.') tl^Oj■'";:;., , The coming land sale sales are bringing, speculators in this direction,'' j ;;! FAmiCOmMATMMABU;' !I ' ," Timaru,August 16. .^man.named,'William Chambers fell . offa'dra'y'at -Waimatß''thiß' afternoon. The wheel, passed .over He was'cbnyeyed to' v iiie Hoipital, 1 "btit died reaching there. He jwas a isingle man, and had lived in, the district.. i li or/12 years.:... -,"-"' ;: '; '"' : "'''.' . ' i\:} .-. 9 'DRUNKARD; : k . !" ; ;"l Duneein, August 16. ;■;■: 'Phillip Davis, a plumber, aged about' thirty, and a single man, who is living •.with' his .parents', uookjspiritfooif saltß, liseditfthetrade, Wriight, and to-day he died. He had been drinking' Very heavily, and coming home drunk, was re-j pi'imanded by his' father, j whereupon he nnd; took the 'puiaq'n, and stated'that he had done so. -A. doctor attended, 5 but, •although the drug was removed, the ' effects of it and habitual drinking killed b mi ±pp -:,:;,■ </•'■■- '• ■■<■■■-■■■ •' THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE! . ' poNEMN, August'l6, i ! W,^D.-Davidson, general manager in Edinburgh'oftheNiZ, &A.L. Co,, writes to the" Daily Times," giving full partiou- '••■ lars of result of the Dunedin shipment of : frozen meat.. Thd letterfshows'tha&after deducting' freigh'tto the sheep . netted within a fraction of 21a, and the i 1 lambs 10a 9d per head. To thiß ( sum i must be added the value of the skins, . less the expense of slaughtering, whioh .Mr Davidson estimates would add 9d per . jsheep to" the: het't return. -The result is that something like 8Q per cent, more was obtained! for the sheep' than could,have been obtained in the colony at the time of '' shipment. The letter concludes as follows: —""Since,the successful voyage of the ' Dunedin there has been (juite a stir in . refrigerating land' from what I hear there wil) be no lack of tonnage to, i. bringiHome all the muttop New Zealand' ■ ' can spare. , The New Zealand and Aus- • tralia.n land.Company.have just completed ) with; the Albion Shipping i. Company for another shipment' by the Dunedin, which'vessel is now being , fitted out with two new large j freezing chambers, and will next time be able to : .carry 6500.sheep, and, at the same time, •" leave the 'tween decks freezing chamber i to carry IQO tons of dairy produce. She , will be in ■ the colony in December, and fGaptain Whitson," to whorn the Com- • pany owes much for his anxious care and attention during, the ilast voyage, will > tain be in command. ; ['"''■ ... . ■ - '.:,■:" ,'- .LONDON PRIOES.; i, '■ l •'.-..•■; .. •'WEiSisapN, tlais day.;, "* [/ •' The N.Z.; Loan and Mercantile ComI pany report under date London 1 15 th- :- Wool: No change to report up to date. ■ The arrivals up to date are 855,000 bales. The wheat market is dull and exhibits Jf f a:dOivnward tendency. Adelaide worth , 60s per pits, New Zealand worth 49s ditto. ,il ;; .'' :-!' : '• f j Tallow; Market continues firm ; best |. mutton and beef tallow both worth £44 r !iperton. ■.;...;'; Leather: Market firm ; best!sides are J worth per lb. Flax: Market quiet'; New' Zealand fine s quality worth £2B per ton. j