CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13718, 23 June 1915, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

(Press A^n. - Yiy Telegraph- CopyH^hf.) LONDON, JuneThe National Mortgage and Agency Company of Now Zealand lias declared an interim dividend of 7£ per cent. (Received Juno 23. 11.30 a.m.) LONDON.. Juno 22. Sir E. P.artnn sat for the first lime as a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. SYDNKV. Jtuxj 8». • Rain, liail. and snow m the southern districts are delaying >var news. Edward- Coyne, the well-known footballer, who toured New Zealand with the League team, committed suicide by hanging himself. Mr Samuel .Horderu has given £ICC\J to the Australia Day Fund conditionally that the money goes to the Red Cross. If all the. money collected goes to. the Red Cross. Mr Hordern will give ft further £ICOO. Mr Holman states that the Red Cros* will handle the whole of the collected moneys. (Received June 23. \OAS a.m.) . SYDNEY, June 23. Three OhinesV charged with smuggling m their countrymen were fined £100 each ; m default nine months' iinpvis'oument. Policewomen' appointed- are i Misstv. Lilian ArmfkM (of the nursihg staff at Catkin Park) ; "..<[ Maude Marion Rhodes, inspector of tJic children's relief department. The Minis! ci of Education is apply in-;' to .school chil.livn to outdo their own record m raising money for. the mothers' thirty thousand pounds fund m Connection with Aun'raH:i. Day. In tln» Asdoinbly. Mr Carmiohae] gave notice of a motion for taking a referendum m regard to the early closing of hotels. • Mr Ash ford ha* announced that the (.lovornmonl is opening two million acres for settlement. At t)u« jie-vt jticctittg nf the Cabinet Mi- .1 thick presents •■( suborn© for t li» j i *U('}lithnient of a Ftatr nicaV shop to supply liio public at :i cheap rsito. hi .the Assembly Mr Hall stated thai In* l.nd made inquiries -into the. tost of i.ho 'importation of sugar and found ie ixnild import black labor sugar at D2B a ton. H<- preferred to keep the Coi unial Companies employees at work at ;i cost of an extra 30s a ton. Mr lia.nnall al!c--d that the butkshortage had been deliberately pvoducod iiy o^er-exportatioa, being more than double that of the previous year. Me f.uggestc.l a special Council of* MinisUv.* to •deal w ith food problems. ADELAIDE. June 22. At the by-election for the. Alexandra seat, vacated by Mr MaeDonald m order to give Mr P^ake (ex-Premier) a -jhanec of regaining his seat m the .House, Mr I'eake was olcc.tod.