THE CONVICTS WITHDRAWN,

(BY TELEGRAM. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Wellington, this day. It has been decided to abandon the attempt to make a load from Milford Sound to Southern Palls, and the convicts will bo re moved. Pack tracks will be substituted for a road, and this can bo done more cheaply by ordinary contract.
The extraordinary rainfall is the chief reason for bho withdrawal. A hundred and fifty working days were lost lasb year from that cause.
THE MAORIS AND THE DOG TAX.
