LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12411, 22 March 1911, Page 3

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, last night. The Acting-Premier, the Hon. James Carroll, who hag been on a visit to Parihaka since Saturday, arrived here about mid-day, and received deputations on various local matters. During the afternoon he visited the petroleum works at Moturoa, and saw the bjow-out m progress at No. "3 bore, oil flowing at No. 2, drilling at No. 5. He also witnessed an exhibition of the use of oil and natural gas from the bore m the furnaces, and seemed greatly impressed. WELLINGTON, last night. The Trades and Labor Council will present a petition to the Mayor to-mor-row for , a poll on the question of the weekly half-holiday, with a view to having Saturday adopted. Over 7000 persons' have signed the petition, which is considerably m excess of the number re(|iijred by law. At .i meeting of tho local committee of tho Festival of Empire sports, tho Australasian Committee stated that the , New South Wales Government had agreed to give a £ for £ subsidy up to ; £200, which enabled G. , Smythe, cham- ' pion middle-weight wrestler, to he sent. The secretary stated that the amount collected m New Zealand was £122 Is 6d. With this the amount m sight totalled rougtfily £218 4s 6d. A telegram was received from R. Opie stating that he could go on Thursday, but no berth was available on the Cbrinthic. It was decided to send him by the Ruahine, sailing on April 6th. |t was resolved to send a letter to Sir Joseph Ward informing him of the personnel of the team and also the events m which they are competing. It was also decided to nsk the Acting-Premier to arrange with the High -Commissioner for the team to h& met on arrival m London, > DUNEDIN, last night. Further inquiries by the police m connection with the alleged theft of goods from various firms m the city resulted m the arrest of two women, Frances Elizabeth Beatrice Bell, who is charged that between January lßt and February 28th she did receive certain goods of ■'& total value of about £20, knowing the same to have beem dishonestly obtained, and Frances Elizabeth Bell, mother of ■the other woman, charged that between the years 1908 and 1910, at Dunedin, she did steal Doulton ware and glassware valued at £30, the property of the Dunedin Importing Co. These charges Are a sequel to the charges laid against McLean and Belford, who came before the Court this morning. GREYMOUTH/ last night. Mr Edward Ivpagh Lord, late town clerk, died to-night, aged 67. The deceased was over 20 years m office. He was responsible for many important municipal works and was closely identified with the progress of the borough. NAPIER, last night. The following motion was carried unanimously at the meeting of the Napier Harbor Board to-day :— "That m order that doubts of the origin of the .sand \ bar reierred to by Messrs Maxwell, Williams' and Mason's report, .and m Mr Geo. Nelson's harbor proposals, should be cleared up, and m order that the likelihood or otherwise of any channel dredged through such sartd-bar being wholly obliterated m heavy weather being- given a aeries of practical tests, the Board considers it desirable to charter a suitable dredge, for three to six months for the purpose of dredging out a sufficient channel' to show what effect heavy weather or floods would have upon it, and that the sedretary be instructed to collect all information by next meeting as to what terms a dredge can be obtained m the Dominion and how soon." TIMARU, last night. At the Hospital Board to-day, highly caustic comments were made on the manner m which the Board was being treated by the Inspector-General over the regulations for a consumptive sanatorium for South Canterbury and Ashburton. The two boards, under the provision of the statute expressly provided, entered into an agreement to establish and maintain a sanatorium near Fairlie, and Dr. Valintine ap proved. Regulations were drawn up, but the gazetting was delayed by the Department. A new Act was passed, and tho Department say that the Doards must proceed de novo. The board today decided\not to do so, but, if necessary,, subject to the approval of tho Ashbarton Board, apply to the Supreme Court for a mandamus directing that the regulations be gazetted. A second subject of similar comment is the In-spector-General's conditional approval of the plans submitted for the new old Keople's home. Dealing with ordinary usmesß, the board adopted a recommendation of the Waimate committee that legislation should be sought to provent accident patients making a com promise with an iiccideiit insurance company without the consent of the Hospital Board to_ which they are indebted for treatment. A remark was made that the children's ward, nicely equipped, is pretty much a white elephant, and is very little used. A lady mem-

her (Mrs Newnham) said that parents did not like sending their children to a hospital if they could manage at home. The health officer reported nine cases of infectious diseases during the month, chiefly diphtheria.