THE DOMINION.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 428, 6 August 1915, Page 6

THE DOMINION.

THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. IMPERIAL APPROVAL. , Wellington. Aug. 6. The Governor has received the following cablegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies: —“Please inform your Ministers that we have: learned with much jdeasun that, iiolitical parties in New Zealand, nave united to form a National Government.” NEW MINISTERS MAY BE ’ SWORN IN THIS EVENING [m PBF"" •‘"•OCI4TTOF I | Wellington. Aug. 6. i At one o'clock to-day. Mr. Massey, stated that he was unable to make' an announcement as to whom the new Ministers would be. An unexpected development has taken place which he is having difficulty in settling, but he did not anticipate it would interfere with the general scheme for a' National Cabinet. He fully expected I the Ministers would be sworn in at Government House- this evening.

EIGHTH REINFORCEMENTS AUCKLAND UNEASY. [m PBZ» 1 Auckland. Aug. 6. The Mayor of Auckland lias telegraphed to the Minister of Defence that considerable uneasiness is stiil felt here regarding the proposals to assemble the Eighth Reinforcements at Trentham before the Royal C’onimission’s report has been received, and asks the Minister to reconsider his decision. OVERSEAS AIRCRAFT FLOTILLA SUBSCRIPTION LIST The local secretary the Overseas Club (Mr. C. D. Kennedy ) acknowledges the following further dona-

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The annual meeting «>f the ILL. branch of the New Zealaiui \et elans’ Asosciation will held in th' Napier Working Men's < I'tb r-wur at 7.30 p.m. to-morrow. A Wellincfoo Pr« - A'-- ,, ciati>»ii message stat'-' that tie- Fe>-ir<i >•: Advice to assist. th»j D>-t’<-iu <- I >• part inent on questions of .supplies, "'ll conist of Mr. A. H. Miles, one »>fj’’e proprietors of Messr.-. Mum.'. Iv-I. erts and Co.. Mr. A. Ma* hit‘>nn. . t DalgetCs. ami Mr. George WiL«»n. of Messis. Aitken. Wil-«>n and Up t»> the present donati-ui-amounting to £23" !' - have been handed to the local secretary of t lie Overseas Club (Mr. C. P. Kenneth! towards th® fund to purchase an aeroplane for the Overseas Aircraft Flotilla. The sum of £1269 11 - is still required, as the machines cost £lsu»>. To-morrow morning, at 8.45. a commitee of the Hawke's Ba' County Council will meet certain ratepayers at Mr. Baker s. the Puketapu-Redelyffe road, b r toe purpose of considering the request, made by petition, to hate a road deviation constructed. A letter was read at ttedaj s met ' ing of the Hawke’s Bay A. and P. Society from the Panama Pacific Exposition stating that the frozen mutton and iamo exhibited by the society had been each awarded a gold medal.—lt was decided to thank vie three companies (Nelson Bros. North British and R.B. Freezing Co. and Borthwick and Sons), who had chosen the exhibits. At todav’s meeting c; the H.t>. A. and P. Soviet v. the following new members were •*!»■< ted: A. H. Wing, ,1. H. White, W. A. F. N. Williams. K. K. Griffen, G. F. Bonner J .Selwvn. A. Dohertv, E. R. Tomlinson, R. W. Dalgleish. H. T. Hanlon. G. W. McDonald, H. Hj’l. <• L. Thomas, A. W. Harris. 1.. Freedman. R Griffith. E. Harvey, D. Koo re- F .Rhodes, M. Beauchamp, \K. T-ovd. T. Bens--'i, T. Edwards. R. A. Strang, A. F. Gallien. J. Baker. W. McLean, C. D. Buddo. J. W. Sandtmann. P- Evans. W. A Clfitk. \\ Howard .ih'i Miss N Williams

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