LATE DOMINION NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3871, 6 March 1915, Page 9

LATE DOMINION NEWS.

A BIG MAIL. (Press Association Telegram.} AUCKLAND, March 5. Seventeen hundred and twenty-three hags of European, American and Island mails will arrive here on Sunday afternoon by the Niagara from Vancouver. These include mails that should have been sent on by the Marama, which met with an accident at San Francisco recently and was unable to keep to her time-table. Mails for tho south number over 1200 bags and these, together with tno southern portion of 585 European and Australian mails arriving by the Mahcno from Sydney on Sunday morning, go south by the Main Trunk express on Sunday evening.

RAIILAVA YMEN’S CONFERENCE

(Press Association Telegram.') WELLINGTON, March 5. The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants’ triennial conference was concluded to-day and the newly elected executive council has commenced its sittings, at the end of which tho Minister for Railways and General Manager will be interviewed on a lai : go nurnjer of subjects discussed at the conference. The new executive was elected by ballot of the conference delegates as follows: Messrs R. Hampton (Addington), R. Moore (Petone), representing the workshops branch of the Department; A. Whisker (Taumarunui), and D. Wilson (Christchurch), locomotive branch; P. Barry (Auckland) and P. Gaines (Balclutha) traffic; and I Saunders (Dunedin) and L. Geraghty (Auckland), maintenance branch. It was unanimously resolved to forward the- following motion to the Prime .minister and press:—“That this large and representative conference of railwaymen views with alarm the rapid increase in the prices of commodities and wo view with regrot the apparent disinclintion to grapple effectually with those who arc exploiting the people in a time of national crisis and that the Government be urged to take Immediate and effective steps to remedy tho present state of affairs.”

MASTER PRINTERS’ ASSOCIATION. [PSE3S ASSOCIATION TEIiEGUAM.J TJMARU, March 5. The annual meeting of the Master Printers’ Association to-day was attended by forty members from all parts of the Dominion. Mr W. G. Someriield (president) was in tho chair. Among tlie business done it was decided t-o bring under the notice of members that an attempt was being made to export to New Zealand certain paper made in Germany and shipped through Holland to New York. Members were urged to deal only with firms whose members are British-born and trading with British capital, and to assist the Customs in dealing with sneii attempts. The following executive was appointed for the ensuing year: President, Mr L. J'. Watkins; vice-president, Mr C. Jenkins; council. Messrs Somcrfield. Jones, Gamble, Wright. Cook; associate members of council, Messrs Bond (Nelson), Duidgnn (Wanganui), Avery (Taranaki), Cliff (Hawke’s Bay), Gwynn (Auckland country), Young (M anawatn). Smith (Southland), Buslniell (Gisborne). The visiting pressmen and printers, as the guests of the local proprietors, were taken for a car run to Winchester this afternoon, over 20 cars being used, as a, wind-up to the annual session.

N EAYSPAPER PROPRIETORS’

TJMARU. March The annual meeting of tlie Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of New Zealand was continued at 9.30 Il ls morning, Mr P. StTig (president) m llie chair. The question of additional cable communication with the North Island was brought forward by tlie president. After discussion, it was unanimously decided that the President should make, representations to the Government in the matter. it was resolved that the Association act in sympathy with the Federation of Master Printers with respect to any applications to the Arbitrati in Court, Ala Pi rani to act as the Association’s representative. A letter from Lieut.-Colonel Gibbon, chief of the Headquarters Staff, referring to the War Office’s latest regulations respecting the publication of references to tho expeditionary forces after they leave New Zealand was rea i and discussed.

It was left to the president to reply to the communication. Amongst other matters dealt with were Lin- selling of advertising space for manufactures of enemy countries. Height on news printing papers, and claims for damages to paper.

The thanks of the Association were accoidc-d to the municipality for placing tin- Council Chambers at the dispr.;; l of the Association for meetings, and ii was unanimously resolved that the cheque for £25 be forwarded to the Mayor of Timaru ns a donation to his fund for relief of the Belgians.

It was resolved to hold the next annual meeting at Rotorua. Mr Seim was unanimously re-elec-ted president, and other officers were elected as follows: Vice-president, Mr F. E. Hyman ; committee, Messrs L. Blundell, Geo. Fenwick, F. Pirani, E. Abbey Jones and H. Horton; awards committee, President and Messrs R. B. Bell, H. Horton, F. E. Hyman, F. W. Pirani, AY. C. AYestou; hon. auditr, E. G. Kerr; secretary and treasurer, L. J. Berry.

ISLANDS-SKIPPER IN TROUBLE. AUCKLAND, March 5. The only means of communication the 25 white people of Nino Island have with the outside world is by means of quarterly visits paid by the ketch Kereru from Auckland, 400 miles away. On tlie last trip twelve people urgently wanted a passage and the captain accommodated them. He Sad ample berth and life-saving equipment, but his survey ticket only licenses him to carry nine passengers. Therefore he was prosecuted by the Marine Department to-dav and was fined £2O and costs. The Magistrate said the case was not one for a punitive fine, but such breaches of the law must be made unprofitable.

THE PARNELL TUNNEL. AUCKLAND, March 5. The actual constrution of the new railway tunnel at Parnell was completed in the ear'y hours of this mornih’g and traffic, it was expected, will be running through it within the next fortnight or three weeks. A considerable amount of cleaning up has yet to be done before the neiv set of tracks can he laTtl through, the tunnel. Some of the track-laying work outside the tunnel has already been completed, and all wi’l he in readiness to cope with the Easter traffic.