Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3128, 13 February 1889, Page 2

Telegraphic.

Eketahuna Station Contract,

Wellington, .Wednesday, The following tenders have been received for the Eketahuna station buildings contract, Wellington-Wood-ville, railway. ;—Accepted—J. W. Cross, Woodville, £786; DoclinedA.""B. Dowderswell, Eketahuna, £800; Gifford and O'Connor, Wellington, £829; Croft and Hunt, Wellington, £864; Thomson and McLeon, Wellington, £948; John Bose and Co,, Masterton, £954; H, Johnson and others, Eketahuna, £1100; King and Mitchell, Masterton, £l2lß, -

Butter tor London. Auckland, February 12. A local firm of dairymen have received cable advices from London stating that a good price was assured if they would guarantee a sufficient supply of butter of a quality' similar to that of a sample sent by them in November last, ' v

New AppointmentWangandi, February 12, It is announced that Mr E. Ward, R,M„ has been appointed a judge of the Native Land Court. Colonel Roberts is named as his successor as the Resident Magistrate here. Important to Sawmillers; Dunedin, February 12, A 'sawmill owner at Cafchns and another at Glenomaruhave each been fined 40s and costs for discharging sawdust into the streams, the action being taken by the Acclimatisation Society,

An Extensive BusinessCnaisicuunoH, February 12, The fifteenth annual meeting of the Canterbury Sale Yards Company was held tonight, A dividend of lour percent/making ten per cent for the year, was declared, During the year 863,000 sheep, 19,000 cattle, and 10,000 pigs passed through the yards,

Housebreaking ExtraordinaryNew Plymouth, February 12. An extraordinary case of housebreaking occurred at.lnglewood on Saturday last. Alexander Long, a leading settler and member of the Town Board, School Committee, &c, was caught coming out of the window at Marsh's store at midnight. He had taken from the store 80 straw hats, valued at £lO 12s, American oilcloths, clock, tobacco, and a variety of other articles worth over £2O, He was arrested to-day, and'brought to New Plymouth,'where he will be charged with breaking and entering, He has a wife and a large family, and is in good circumstances. He had apparently no motive for the crime.