LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11249, 14 April 1908, Page 8

LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(Per Press Association.)

* NAPIER, last night. Mr Culver. Inspector of Factories and Labor, accompanied by .Mr Gohns, his successor, had an interview this afternoon with the bakers' carters, who' are on strike at Hastings. They were advised to resume work, and if tliey had ftot received any back pay, to put in claims fof it.

'WELLINGTON, last night. His Excellency the Governor left for Lyttelton by the Maori to-night. *The Hon. Dr Findlay, Attorney-Gen-eral, and the Hon. J. McGowan, Minister' for Justice, left Wellington for Auckland this morning. Mr T. E. Doniie, Superintendent of the Tourist Department, left for the South this evening, and will be -absent from Wellington for some days. Although the Wellington centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association declined to endorse the proposal to send Murray and Kerr to represent New Zealand at the Olympian games in Londori, tliere reason to believe that the scheme will succeed. Each man's expenses are estimated roughly at £100, and athletic enthusiasts in Christchurch are reported to have already collected £60. A meeting, to be presided over by Dr Newman, has been called for Wednesday evening, when the proposal will again be discussed by those who are anxious to sec Kerr sent to the great contest.

DUNEDIN, last night. " Concerning the question of drinking in hotels by women, the police report states that bars In Dunedin are visited by women to a very limited extent. Those who go in the hotels to consume liquor on tho premises go into the sitting room and not into the bar, and few other women' purchase small quantities of liquor Jor consumption in their homes. This report corresponds with the personal experience of the chairman and several members 0 f the Licensing Committee, who have made enquiries into the matter.