NATIVES IN COUNCIL GISBORNE, 7th March.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 57, 8 March 1913, Page 9

NATIVES IN COUNCIL GISBORNE, 7th March.

The Natives ai Manutuke are busily engaged discussing Mr. Herriee's policy speech delivered on Wednesday. They intend to prepare a reply to Mr. Herrjes, and tjiis wiU^ probably, be; ava^a.ble, fJHßipiblicaWqnj.fla a wpMrtsaWltive^opin* ion of the whole Maori race. 'The gatfr-" ering is attracting large crowds of pakehas. King Terata and representative Taranaki Natives are expected on Sunday. " ;->* - The meeting will probably last about another fortnight, but the Ngatipurus, who are practically the only tribe in Now Zealand which dances the "red" war dances, return to Port Awanui by special steamer to-morrow morning. TRAWLERS' AGREEMENT NOT , ACCEPTABLE ' ; DUNEDIN, 7th March.At a meeting of the Dunedin Trawlers' Union the secretary" (Mr. S. Boreham) was directed to write to the clerk of awards stating that he had been instructed not to affix the seal of the union to the agreement arrived at before the Conciliation Commissioner (Ml 1 . J. R. Triggs) and assessors last week. The lettor states that tho recommendations are altogether objectidn'able and consequently are not acceptable. ■ W.C.T.U. AND SMOKING . ' NELSON, 7th March.,, The morning session of the Women's Christian Temperance Union Conference was occupied by ordinary routine business. Miss Roberts, of Christch'.rrch, advocated approaching schoolmasters with a view to addressing boys concerning the injurious effects of smoking. N.Z. DRUG COMPANY'S CAPITAL DUNEDIN, 7th March. At a meeting of the directors of Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co.'s New Zealand Drug Company, held to-day, it was resolved to increase the capital by . the issue of 35,000 new shares of £2 each, of which it is intended to call up £1, the calls being spread over twelve months. The premium upon this ißsue will be 2s 6d'per share, payable on application. ANXIOUSLY AWAITING RAIN AUCKLAND, 7th March. Farmers in all parts of the province are awaiting rain anxiously. Reports from the Various centres Btate that the grass is disappearing rapidly, while country settlers are badly in need of heavy rain to replenish their supplies.