INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10640, 18 April 1906, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

a) Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, this day. Walter 1 1 Maxwell, who has completed a sentence in West Australia for au offence -under the Bankruptcy Act, has been toarrested, to "-answer ' similar charges in connection with a business failure at Cambridge, Auckland. Mr Charles E. Purchase, of fhe firm of Wynyard and Purchase, solicitors, died last night, as the result of injuries sustained tWo years ago when riding to hounds. _lr A. M. Myers, the present Mayor, and Mr A. L. Bradley, have been .nominated* foi, k the Oity Mayoralty. . HAMILTON, this day. Mr Hursthouse, chief engineer for roads, was iaken to Waikato hospital yesterday, suffering from gastric Hemorrhage. HASTINGS, this day. Tlie Presbyterian Church has unanimously decided to send a call to th© Rev. Donald Mclvor, of Herbert, Otago. Miss G. Gray, of Kumeroa, lias been recommended as third assistant mistress to Hastings district school. WOODVILLE, this day. Mr Hubert Burnett has been re-elected Mayor Vvithout opposition. MASI'ERTON, this day. Mr A, Reiiall, the .j»e«spjft^'. was 'r.-efec^-tWiSttfbioMy.'The nomination paper wfts signed by seven councillors. N. t this day. Mr Cohen, the present Mayor, was the only one' nominated for the Mayoralty for the forthcoming year. li-rvETAfIUNA, this day. A general store at Hamtni, owned by J. Cavahagh and occupied by P. Chirk, Wits totally destroyed by file. The origin is unknown.' The building was insured for £200 in the London Liverpool and the stock for £706 iu the Queensland office. WELLINGTON, this day. The New Zealand Rugby Union has received a further communication from the English [Rugby Union on the question of whether a player injured during a game can be replaced while the game is in progress. The English body, state that there is nothing m the laws of the game to prevent such a course, and leaves the matter to the discretion of the New Zealand Union. The latter ha notifying affiliated tiuiions of the Engluih Union's opinion. ilr T. H. Humer, Under-Secretary for Mince, has been appointed all Executive Commissioner of the New Zealand Exhibition. '■*,-■ The bhlauce-sheeb of the Police Provident Fluid shows that the amount now in kind is £27,121, as compared with £24,875 three years ago. The jit.amer Mararoa was lute in arriving from Lyttelton" to-day, owing to two mishaps on the journey. When passing near tlie moles at Lyttelton, the steamer came in contact- witli the moorings of the dredge, iivith the' result tliat she -jwung on to the mud hank, where she was de. turned about an hour and a half. At 5 o'clock tih w morning a slight breakdown occurred in the engine-room, and it was 8.30 befoj. matters righted sufficiently for the Vessel to continue on her voyage. The Hon. T. W. Hislop has been reelected Mayor of Wellington unopposed. PICTON, this day. Dr. Redman has been elected Mayor of Piclon unopposed. BLENHEIM, this day. Mr Edward H. Penny, the only candidate for the Bleuheim Mayoral chair, was 10-day dtlly declared elected for his second year. LYTTELTON, this, day. At the Lyttelton Magistrate's Court to-day, Lilian McMalion, alias Martin, a preno,_» j fisiiig young woman,, pleaded guilty to having stolen £68*f_om Catherine Buckley, an old woman with ,wlw>itt she lodged. She took the money from drawere, and a portmanteau in her troom. She was remmided to tlie Supreme Court for sentence. CHRISTCHURCH, thhs day.' Tlie Canterbury Caledonian Society offer a scholarship of £15, tenable for two years, fo:_ children of Scottish parents (on either side). The governors of Canterbury College have granted onp year's free education to the successful candidate. Tlie exalh illation will be (1) Scottish his. tory, 1560-1660, from Scot's Tales of a Grandfather; (2] Scottish language and literature, including the life of Walter Scott, ttto of his epics, and two of the Burns' larger poems. Tlie North Canterbury Saleyards Company, at a special meeting at Rangiora yesterday, decided to wiucii up, and accept an. offer of the Not. h OtUite.bury Stores Company for freehold of lhe yards and buildings, the amount being sufficient to pay the amount of the mortgage, bunk overdraft, and oosts of winding up. The Hon. 001. Pitt, Acting-Minister for Railvmys, returned from Haiufler yesterday, And will spend to-duy in Christchurch. At Haumer lie inspected the stream ffom which it is proposed to draw the watei" for the Hanttier sanatorium. He oonfers to-day with the Exhibition Commissioned re a railway siding at tlie Ex. hibition ground;*, and with Laurenson, M.H.R., re the Lyttelton tunnel rates. The Trades' Conference resumed to-day. It was i .solved to change the nuino of the official Traded Council organ from "Otago Liberal" lo "Beacon." An amendment in favor of "New Zealand Lubor Leader" was lost. A remit from Nelson, urging ili(e Government to introduce legislation to, provide for a universal compul•sory liuHj-iioliday was carried. The conference jieaffirmed the principle of land nationalisation, and urged tlie Government to nationalise the mineral wealth of the colony. On the motion of Mr Paul (Otago delegate) the following motion was carried : "Thai, tlie Governmeht be urged' to make an increase in the lund and incoine tux, with a reduction of the exemption from the Income tux now allowed, also a progressive income lind üb-.-_r.tee ttix, and the abolition of the duties on all necessaries of life that cunnot be prod (faced' in the colony." Tin. Trades Conference adopted motions urging the establishment of a State Labor Bureau rind public defenders*, urging lhe Government to .prevent the importation of volunteer uniforms; to remove all civil and political disabilities from Civil servants ; tjb nationalise the marine coastal and intercolonial service, and the Wanganui viyer service. Sir Jdhn Hall was elected Mayor of ChristchU_eh unopposed. TIMARU, this day. Mr J. Craigie, lhe only candidate r o. the Mayoralty, was re-elected for the fifth year in succession. INVERCARGILL, thi B day. Mr W_ B. Scandrett luim been returned unopposed us Mayor of Ihvercargill for the third consecutive term. The death is announced of Mr J. Nugent W.od, a former goldfields Magistrate and Warden, aged 80 ycaiw. DUNEDIN, thos day. Cr George Lawrence has been elected Mayor of Dunedin unopposed. Mr Clark has been re-elected Mayor of Palmenstpn South unopposed. (Special to Herald.) Captain Trask, at present acting as district adjutant at Nelson, has been appointed adjutant for Otago volunteer district. Ho begins duty here on May Ist. Owing to the unparajlelled dearth of rain throughout the summei' and autumn, farmers and graziers in Central Otago are rather despondent on the subject of winter feed for their stock. Curiously enough, With the exception of Good Friday and the following three days, there has scarcely been any summer weather in Dunedin. -: The city trams carried 183,000 passengers on jßaster Monday and three proceeding days. A record was established on Monday when 55,200 fares were collected. mamammmmmmaAaeaamam