TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 137, 11 June 1909, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

fPHEBS ASSOCIATION^ FUNERAL OF THE LATE MRS. DONNELLY. NAPIER, 10th June. The funeral of the late Mrs. G. P. Donnelly took place at Omahu to-day, and was very largely attended. Local tribes were here m strong force, and representative Maoris from Rotorua, Gisborne, Wairoa, Taupo, the King Country, and the West Coast of the North Island also took part in the ceremonies. During the forenoon the usual Maori observances took place, and speeches of condolence were made by Mr. Douglas M'Lean, Mr. C. P. Skerrett, K.C., Mr. James Coates, Mr. A. L. D. Fraser, and others. The Maori .chiefs, in reply, expressing appreciation of the sympathy shown by the European visitors>. The Church of England funeral service was conducted by the Bishop of Waiapu (the Right Rev. Dr. WilliamsJ, assisted by ten European and Maori clergymen. The whole proceedings were most solemn and impressive, and there were many tributes to the memory of the deceased lady. Among the numerous wreaths was one from Sir Joseph and Lady Ward, and another from the Prime Minister and his colleagues. FATAL TRAM ACCIDENT. AUCKLAND, 10th June. An elderly woman named Anna Horsnell, a resident of Sydenham, Chrisfcchurch, slipped and fell while alighting from a tramcar at Onehunga this evening, suffering fracture of the skull. Death resulted several hours later. The deceased was on a visit to 'her daughter, and had intended returning to Christchurch to-morrow. WORK FOR THE WORKLESS. CHRISTCHURCH, 10th June. A conference of delegates of local bodies of the Christchurch district, held to-day, discussed matters connected with finding work for the workless. The Mayor of Christchurch, who presided, stated that he had received no reply from the Prime Minister to his telegram asking if the Government would subsidise, pound for pound, works started by local authorities fov tho purpose of absorbing the unemployed. It was decided to further communicate with Sir Joseph Ward by telegraph, and to adjourn the conference till » reply was received. Air. L. R. Wilson, secretary of the Unemployed Committeee, stated he had the names of 208 workless men on his list. Of these one hundred were married with families ranging from one child to fourteen. In the last-mention-ed case five children were earning something. He declared that there were at least 500 men in Christchurch out of work. The opinion was expressed by the delegates that the General Labourers' Union should issue permits to incompetent men to enable them to work for seven shillings a day, and one speaker advocated that this rate be paid all round in order not to attract unemployed from other parts. COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING. WESTPORT, This Day. In reply to a Defence League circular, the Borough Council decided that compulsory military tiaining was a matter of national policy, not one of local politics. The Mayor will rail a public meeting. REMANDED. WESTPORT, This Day. Wni. Nesbitt, arrested at Denniston, and charged with stealing a book, ot" the value of fourteen shillings, from the Waikuku Library, Canterbury, was i<?munded lo Chvistchwx.li.