VERY LATEST.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3751, 11 March 1891, Page 3

VERY LATEST.

(By Telegraph).

Press Association.]

Fatal Gun AcciAenv

Manaia, Wednesday. Thos Parsons, of Otakeho, went out of his house this morning to shoot a dog which was worrying his ' sheep; He was found dead shortly after with a gun shot through him.

IMPORTANT RETRENCH B3EKT A Savin? of £23.700 a year. The New Zealand Times has authority for stating that very important reductions are about to be made in the Public Services of the Colony by the following officers being retired : Public Works Department: Consulting Engineer Blackett, four district and resident engineers, eleven assistant engineers and draughtsmen, twenty inspectors, and ten clerks (permanent and temporary), representing a saving of about L6OOO per annum. Defence Department: The Commander in chief, three commanders of districts, viz, Wellington, New Plymouth, and Auckland, several captains of permanent militia, store • keepers and others, the saving being LBOOO a year. In addition to these savings, another L 12.000 will be saved in connection with defence works. Hitherto the defence works done by prisoners have been charged to gaols. This will be done awa) with. Total savkig in Defence Department, L 15.000. Police Department—lnspectors J. B. T. Moore, A. Thomson, W. Kiley and S. Goodall, to be retired, also Mr Fox, Chief Clerk, the saving being—Salaries, L 2.250; travelling allowances and incidental expenses, LSOO. Total L 2.725. In the.case of Consulting-Engineer Blackett, his salary is to come off the Public Works Estimates, and if his services are retained they must in future be charged to the AgentGeneral's Department. These redactions will, we understand, take effect by the 31st March, the end of the financial year, the Secessary compensations being paid !it of unauthorised expenditure. The salaries will, of course, not appear in next year's Estimates.

Further Particulars- . ("By Telegraph] Wellington, Wednesday. The reductions in the Civil service will take effect from the 31st March, tjsß_end of the financial year, necescompensations being paid out of the unauthorised expenditure. In the Police Department the number of the police Districts is to be lessened, the present ones being amalgamated in sections, and sub-districts being looked after by Sergeants. The new districts and appointments to them are:—Nelson, Westport, and Westland, In-" spector Acheson; Auckland and Bay of Islands, Inspector Broughams; Waikato and East Coast, Inspector Emerson; Wanganui and West Coast, Inspector McGovern ; Wellington and Blenheim, Inspector Pardy; Christchurch and South Canterbury, Inspector Pender; Dunedin, Invercargill, Ad Lake Districts, Inspector Hickson.

SPORTING. ■Wairarapaßaciag CluTjlTomiaatioas Hubdle Handicap. General Gordon. Lone Hand, Master Agnes,Argo, Halicore, Jacob, Angler. Flying Handicap. Wanderer, Noisette, Torohunga, Comet, Egalite, Forester, Verbose, Rebellion, Bight Bower, Box Iron, Mermaid, Scraps, Angler. • President's Handicap. Wanderer, Torohunga, Morehu, Verbose, Lancer, Egalite, Blenheim, Comet, Forester, Revolution, Frolic, Tirionea. Grand Stand Handicap. Wanderer. Noisette, Blenheim, General Gordon, Comet, Egalite, Morehu, Forester, Verbose, Argo, Revolution, Rebellion, Box Iron, Frolic, Mermaid, Torohunga, Scraps, Angler. Hack Hurdles. Timothy, Waingaiouna, Depression, Tananui, Sneak, Speculator, Melos.

Fiesx Hack Hdcp. Donnovan, Waingaimouna, Hamoa, Waihora, r Tubitarata, Wee Jim, Karamu, Seldomfed, Oleander, Maori Peer, Dolly, Jenny Lind, Deception, Ngaro, Ngawi, Brookfield, Mahara, N. 8., Homai, Empress, Sweet Dream, Tataki,~ Desdemona. 2nd Hack Handicap. Donovan, Evertime, Deception, Hamoa, Ngaro, Depression, Waihora, Pukekura, Parnell, Too Slew, Dolly, De3demona, Empress, Atkinson, Saeak, Brookfield, Speculator, Wee Maliara, Dromedary, Oleander, fsfjfct Dream, Black Eagle, Tutaki, Melos, Homai.

■Wanganui RacesWangandi, Wednesday, It is a lovely day for the races, but •yery hot. The coarse is in splendid order. The attendance is estimated ™ Hurdles.—Sentinal 1, Montrose 2, Myrtle 3. Won easily by four lengths. Time, 4:min 35sec.; div. JB6 16s. Peer and Comet fell.