INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 13696, 28 May 1915, Page 5

INTERPROVINCIAL.

I (Per Press Association. r I" AUCKLAND., this day. I At the annual conference of the. i\'o--\ A Zealand Furniture Trades industrial AsI sociation of Employers, the annual re I port and balance sheet showed that t*K 3 association had made considerable pro § gross during the year. -.'The • finance? * were m a satisfactory condition, tt wai. S decided that the headquarters should reI main at Auckland for" another year. The i folloxvi-jg officers were elected*: Presi - £ dent, Mr G. C. Gariick, Auckland ; vice^ | president, Air H. F. Nees, Dunedin: I trustees, Messrs Parkinson and L. Clark ; I I auditor. Mr W. H. Lamb; Auckland; i j assessors foi* the Conciliation Council. | I Messrs Nees (Dunedin). Cousins '(Au'ck^ I /land), and Collie (Wellington). jfii , Sharemarket sales: Waihi, 39s 3d; Coal, 6s : Auckland ons, 29.s i' 6d. [/ Norman Edwiii Keals was charged at j the Supreme Court with the murder, on • ' or ' about "Februai-y Bth, of his sister-in-law, _ Kdit.li Emma Keals. and her infant • child, at U'puatia, near Onewhero. The I prisoner, Avhen asked to plead answered * m a fii-m .voice "Not guilty." In opening the case the Crown Prosecutor said there would be no attempt made to. deny the acts but the jury would be called upon to direct the closest attention to the mental condition of the prisoner at the time of the crime, and whether that was' such as to make him"*, responsible for his act-. A football ' match between a team from the Ta'entham. camp and Auckland representatives takes place here on June sth iii aid of the Belgian fund. WELLINGTON, this day. It was recently reported fhat the Wellington hospital required the services of doctors and . probationery nurses. Mauy applications resulted. The authorities now announce that as they have many waiting appointmentthere i.s no need to ciall -upon the services of any belovy the age limit, namely 21 years. By Order-in-Council appearing m the Gazette it is provided that the limhVi tion of the amount of interest bearing deposits m the P.O. Savings ' Bank as fixed by Act of Parliament, shall not apply to deposits by trustees of any. fund approved by the Gpvempr nnd-?l saction 2 of . the -War Contributions" Vali datioii Act, provided a copy of the con ditions of the control and expenditure of such deposits is forwarded to the P^ostmaster-G eneral . TIMARU, this 'day. John Shaw, jun., aged about 22, son of Mr J. Shaw*, a well-known, horse dealer, was killed m the hunting lieio yesterday. He was a very fine horseman. DUNEDIN, this day. The death Is . announced of Canon Bryan King-, for many years Vicar of St": Peter's, Cavershani. He retired about three years ago, aged 68. He was grand chaplain of the - Masonic, Grand Lodge. ' Magdala's nominations for the D.J.C. winter meeting has been declared informal- The 'hor-fte.was at 'the time of nomina.tioh the property of Jas.-. Beck, but he nominated m the name of his, • son. ■'" ■ : ' '