LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 9123, 24 April 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho following, were tho entries at the Addington' yards 'on Wednesday., those for'the previous week being g?v«it in parentheses:—Oattle 547 (777), sheep 11,554 (21,182), pigs 754 (528) v

Messrs W. E. Jones, George Murdoch, and AY. Nosworthy, M.P., have been declared elected members of the Anama Road Board, the number ol nominations not exceeding the number of vacancies.

A Wellington Press Association teJe- , gram states that the directors _of the. Bank of New Zealand have decided to grant the staff, including members serving in the Expeditionary Force, a" bonus of 5 per cent.

At a meeting of the Wellington Teachers' ' Institute held last evening (says a Press Association telegram), the following; nominations of members for the executive of the New Zealand Educational Institute, ' were made: — President, Mr H. E. Couzens, M.A. (Auckland); vice-president, Mr A. Krskino (Wellington); secretary, Mr 11. A. Parkinson, M.A. (Wellington); treasurer, Mr E. V. Just (Lyttelton); non-official member, Mr A. N. Bums.

The Auckland Labourers' -Union passed a resolution . protesting against the Government.under : cutting awards "in paving less, than the award rate of wages j- against 1 violating the award in regard to hours of work, and compeJl-. ing labourers to pay,train fare when they were taken, out of tov/n. It was decided l!o send a copy of the resolution to the Prime Minister, Minister of Labour, and all, members of the House.—Press Association.

About 50 " members of the local' Senior Cadets on Thursday evening marcned to Winchraore, where they were the guests of -the'lloonoy family. A pleasant evening was spent, and the men returned ' home much impressed- with the hospitality extended to tlieni, and greatly benefited by the 16-miic tramp. We are informed that similar jaunts'' are being arranged,, several invitations having been extended -to the Senior Cadets by country residents.

The following telegram has been recvivod by the "Mayor (Mr M. Davis) 1 from tlio (lon. W. H. Rerrios, Minister of llnilu-fypi:—"Will h:>, glad to uK'i't thi> ( outicil on Monrby night. Tho General Manager Q,ir" E. H. FJili'v), ChW>: Engineer (Mr J. Bur-. nett). and District Engineer (Mr A. J, MeCredie) will also be present." The visit of the officials is the result of a recent interview between Mr Horries and the Mayor. The . gentle-, men mentioned will be received by the 1 Council at 8,30 p.m. Thti Government training shipAmokura arrived at Port Chalmers yesterday morning from her periodical cruise to the southern islands. Captain Hooper reports that he found the depots for shipwrecked sailors intact, - and that there was so sign of any castaways. The - depots had bee* visited , by , men from > the steamer Grantala, when in search of the* Commonwealth trawler Endeavour, • which. was lost on her way from the Macquarie Islands. At the Campbell Islands the Amokura found .that tlie residents were quite well. They complained of tho lateness of the summer-' The sheep-shearing had not been completed when the Amokura left there last Friday. During the cruise mode-, rate weather was experienced. . - There is ■ now a. prpsnect that' the work of erecting 'the-new Parliament I buildings will be resumed at an early - date. v For some time the, work ha* ■ been hung up owing to the difficulty of soeiiriug suitable large blocks of marble from' the quarries iv ■ tho Mot'uuka district. It is now announced that a supply of marble to meet requirements has been. located three miles from the old quarries, but about four miles of tramline will have to bo-built over difficult country. It is stated that the Government is affording assistance in the pushing on of the- tramline, so that the newsource of supply may be available to draw upon in a, few months' time.

Customers for Py-NoJ Fluid foi* Automatic Dir-infoctors please note that' Ihe Loon I Agents for this Excellent Compound of Disin.fectin'r O'ls are tho New Zealand Farmers' Co-onwative Association, Ltd. Price 6s 9d per gallon. 4 375