The Lyttelton Times. MONDAY, MAY 6, 1912. ANNIVERSARIES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 15921, 6 May 1912, Page 6

The Lyttelton Times. MONDAY, MAY 6, 1912. ANNIVERSARIES.

1863 First locomotive for Lyttelton railway landed. 1882 LoTd Frederick Cavendish and Mr Burke murdered in Phoenix Park, Dublin. 1901 King George and Queen Mary (tl)tn the Duke and Duchess of York) landed in Melbourne. 1910 Death of King Edward VII. TO-DAY'S NEWS. The •committee of the British Medical Association is aßking doctors to pledge themselves to resign all forma of contributory contract practice unless their demands under the National Insurance Act are conceded. (Pago 7.) A statement by Lord Morley regarding the Dardanelles question is considered by the Austrian Press to indicate that Britain counts on Italy's support in tlio event of a European wr.r. (Pago 7.) The Hon T. Mackenzie, in a speech at Balclutha on Saturday evening, said that he intended to establish three agricultural experimental stations in tlio South Island, two in Canterbury and one in Otago. (Page 8.) The Prime Minister xeplied to * number

of Opposition criticisms at Balclutha on Saturday evening, and was accorded a vote of oonfldcnce in his Government. "(Page 8.) Tho Italians' have occupied tho Turkish island of Rhodes.. (Page 7.) Mr Havelock Wilson, secretary of the Seamen's Union, was interviewed in Christchurch on Saturday. (Page 5.) Tho annual dinner of tho Cheviot Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held on Friday night. (Page 4.) Serious friction .has occurred among the staff of tho Auckland Hospital Board. (Page 2.) One hundred thousand people are homeless as a result of tho Mississippi floods. (Pago 7.) The discussion of Mr Toft's connection with the reciprocity agreement is being continued. (Page 7.)