LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12707, 9 March 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association.)

TIMAR'U, last night. The committee which arranged the gift from the Dominion to the battleship New Zealand met this afternoon to consider a letter from the Admiralty, inquiring whether the gift had been made to tho Zealandia, as a new ship given by the Dominion was named New Zealand, and the gifts should peihaps be transferred to the latter. The committee decided to reply that it desired the transfer to be made, but not until the expiry of the present commission of the Zealandia. ' , Mr J. Cralgie has definitely /declined re-nomination to mayoralty. Probably there will be several candidates. / WELLINGTON, last night. The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants' Biennial Conference in Wellington has concluded. A resolution was adopted expressing keen apprecia- j tion of the able manner in which th© j duties connected with the society's management during the past two years had j been performed by the retiring president (Mr W. A. Veitch), and the executive council, and also the general secre- ■ tary (Mr T. and the editor (Mr - C. *E. Wheeler). The newly elected executive council met to-day. Mr P. | <raine»s (lialclutha) was appointed vice- 1 president. Arrangements were com- j pleted for taking a ballot of members to i decide whether the A.S.R.S. shall, join! the unity scheme of labor organisation propounded by Professor Mills. The scheme, in the opinion of the. Conference, is best put forward as a basis for a general co-operation of workers to secure their desires by political or other methods. The Society wilL be represented at the conference of labor delegates to be held at Easter to finally shape the scheme. CAMBRIDGE, last night. A well attended meeting of stoe'e breeders and exhibitors was lield yesUrday (Mr John Fisher, president of the Waikato Central Agricultural Association in the. chair) to consider matters in connection with better and faster train arrangements for st^ck intended for exhibition at agricultural shows, and reciprocal entries between members of agricultural societies. This was the outcome of the action taken by the Mamwatu Agricultural Association. ]Vlr Perry (secretary) addressed the gathering, ■lucidly, explaining both propositions and showing the benefits contained th#ein. -The meeting warmly supported | b«» matters, and adopted resolutions, to^five effect thereto. The Auckland, j Frankton, Hamilton, and Cambridge Societies were urged to appoint committees to act in conjunction with the 'Manawatu Association on the railway question. - . . Tho Waikato Central Agricultural Association's annual show was opened to-day.