TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 71, 26 March 1910, Page 9

TELEGRAMS.

TPBBS3 AS3OCUTIOK.I KNYVETT DEFENCE COMMITTEE. CONTINUING THE CAMPAIGN. AUCKLAND, 24th March. Mr. Dickson. chairman of th» Hnyvett Defence Committee, in an interview to-day, said that Cabinet evidently considered that the- Knyvett case had been disposed of once and for all. In thinking that, however, a very great mistake was being made. Representations were made to the Hons. G. Fowlds and Dr. Findlay on 14th February last relative to further action, but Cabinet did not bother to consider the question until yesterday. "We now know where we are," declared Mr. Dickson, "and it remains for the people to say whether justice 6hal be done. The Ministry refuses to give us satisfaction, and so we have no alternative but to carry on our campaign, and demand justice through our representatives in Parliament. The Knyvett Defence Committee will redouble its activity, and arrangements will be made straightway for holding another mass indignation meeting in one of the theatres. It is likely, also, that the committee will undertake a Knyvett Saturday collection in the streets. Many ladies have already signified their willingness to assist in such an undertaking, and at a meeting to be held this afternoon, we will discuss a proposal to organise street collections on some specified Saturday, and so enable the committee to secure possibly a couple of hundred pounds to form the nucleus of a fighting fund, and thus carry on a campaign throughout the Dominion.' COMPLAINT BY FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. DUNEDIN, 24th March. At the annual conference of Foresters at Alexandia to-day the following resolution was carried : — "That this meeting, representing 3500 Foi esters of Otago and Southland, regrets exceedingly that Parliament has excluded from the Friendly Societies Act of 1909 the proposed Sections 15 and 16, which appeared in the original Bill, such step, in •th- opinion of this meeting, being disastrous to the best and most vital interests of Friendly Society movements in New Zealand, especially a* these sections received the almost unanimous sup. port if the meeting of Friendly Societies' delegates held at Wellington in 1906, and more especially as they were so strongly requested by the GoverntneiU's own responsible) officers and the actuary of the Friendly Societies, and that we combine with the 1.0.0. F. and M.U., 1.0.0. F. to bring the matter before the Minister in charge, and members of Parliament for Otago and Southland with a view to having these sections made lav? by an amending Act next session if possib'e." MISCELLANEOUS. CHRISTCHURCH. 25th March. A five-roomed house in Maori Hill waE destroyed by fire this morning. The owner, Mr. David Bust, was away from home at the time, and his brother was sleeping in the house alone. He awoke at 4.30 to find th« place in flames The outbreak is supposed to have been due to a defective chimney. Insurances are not available at present. PALMERSTON N., 25th March. The body of & man has been found on the beach at Himitangi by some children. The Foxton police have been sent out to investigate, but no other particulars are available. DUNEDIN, *sth March. Ac a meeting of the Dock Trnst last night the long-standing dispute with Scott Bros, over the construction of the dock was settled, the Tmst agreeing to pay Scott Bros. £559 14s. This will clear the way for merging the Dock Trust into the Harbour Board.