NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 837, 8 June 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By TeleeraDli—Press Association.)

, , —- FORMING A RAILWAY LEAGUE. NORTH ISLAND INTERESTS. '• Hastings, June 7. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, letters were received from most of the chambers iii the-North Island pro- ' mising hearty cooperation iu the move* ment to establish a North Island Railway League, it was resolved that all / North Island 'chambers be invited to fend delegates'to attend'a conference to be held at Palmerston - North during Winter Show week; to form a league for securing equitable treatment for the North l»iand in the matter of railway • construction and ' expenditure. DUNEDIN PRESBYTERY. ASSEMBLY'S PROPOSAL REJECTED. ' Dunedin, June 7. At a meeting of. the Dunedin Presbytery to-day, a proposal sent down by ,the General Assembly for consideratipn was rejected by a large majority. The effect of the proposal was that,- in the event ofa vacaucy in a pastorate, the Presbytery would make a list of ministers whom it regarded as: .suitable, and . this would bo considered by a selection committee. If the vacaucy" 6[ <was not l 'filled in nine months, the Presbytery- would hav« the power to fill without the option of % call. . '' 7' SUPPOSEOwINGENpi ARISM; , Waifoa, Juno- 7. What appear to^,be two-attempts nJ incendiarism occurred at' the old Clydt Hotel building at,sight and ten o'clock last night. Each ..tjme .clothes- in th« lauiidry were found "Jo be on fire. MAHENO'S PROTRACTED TRIP. Auckland, June 7. The Maheno ar-rived*"from Sydney half an hour after Tluy delay due to fog, which the vessel met on Sat. nrdav evening; when 18 miles off the Threfe Kings." The steamerc_was kept practically "stationary until. sVoclcck oa Monday morning. The Maheno. left Sydney at 2 p.m. on Wednesday hist, and was , tfue on Sunday.' vv- r •. THE ELLV/OGD TR^O.. ■ New PlymouthpnJjune 7.. The. Ellwood trio and - - ' Nixon performed to-night packedout house, sales bavins to btf'stopped at five minutes to eigflt The conr cert was an. immense success. \ ; v-