TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3784, 13 April 1891, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

(United Press Association). Greymouth, April 12. Work has been getting slack at Brunnerton lately, and it is expected that still more men will be dispensed with. Westport, April 11. The coal shipped this week was 3452 cons. The total collections at the Customs for the past week were £366 4s 3d. Auckland, April 11. The Hon P. Buckley arrived this morning from Wellington fcy the Hineraoa. Orders have been received at Whangarei for the construction of several new ketches for the fishing trade in Torres Straits. Napier, April]]. . The committee of tho Chamber of Commerce have approved the action of the Melbourne . Chamber re bills of lading, and have resolved to send a proxy. a TuTwouline Experiment. Dunedin, April 11, At the Hospital this morning, Dr Gordon McDonald experimented with Dr Koch's tuberculine on a consumptive patient. He reports that the usual reaction has been produced. Sotch in the CoalmineAuckland, April 11. A rush of water took place in tbo dip at Huntly in « hich four men lost their lives last December, The rush was so great that the men at work had to leave, and as all efforts to keep it down were unavailing, the proprietors have decided to abandon the drive. A good seam of coal had been started there. ~ Sakanui Belief FundDonedin, April 11.

| The Kakanui Belief Fund Committee have adopted the report drawn up Iby the Bub Committee, in which a plan is proposed for allocating the fund on the basis of £I9BO being collected under it. A certain sum is put down for each, ranging from £319 for Mrs Nordeen, £297 for Morgan's children, to £l6 10s for Mr Cowan. The cash is to be paid to Mrs Best and others, while the allowance of others will be given in weekly payments, which will expire in about eight years. A trust deed is to be prepared, and the fund will thus exhaust itself. If there is any more received it will be di7ided pro rata among those receiving weekly relief.