INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14284, 28 April 1917, Page 5

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Per Press Association A

..'.'■ ; AUOKLAND, this day. 7 A resident of Penro-se, Frank Rhodes; was crushed "'between railway trucks a( Westfield, and ' died three 1 hours later m th_ hbspitaL y c* '■' .V .; V ■■■ ' -•. ' : '' HAiilLTdiN, this day. Mr Jameg Sillicli, who was on a visit to-. Hamilton East from the H'kurangiWhangarei distinct, expired suddenly on Thursday evening 'Upon reaching home, after spending an evening with friends.', It is understood that heart failure was the cause ''oif death. j. A lai-gelj'-attended meeting of, sawmillers -was lield at Taumaruinii vester■day m regard: to the position of the .industry m connection with the ■ curtail-, cdi railway service. It was resolved tr telegraph to> Mr: Herriea, asking when the carriage- of timber over the railwavf J will be resumed. If the carriag>3 "h" .much longer delayed the. ;bulk of the , employees must of necessity be discharg<ed. Sawmillers representing the indus-!,ti-y from -Rotorua tb Marton, employing •t^ree thousand, hands, were present. Mi fie'r'ries\ expressed regret that he coulci hot at, present name the date when carriage would; he resumed, as It.depehded* entirely on the action thejniners- take, li the miners carry out their .share of the; agreement .he hoped , to have sufficient; i coal m sight at the end.ofnelxt week to! 'carry. on without trenching op our stocks.;* '[."Sawnii-llers and employees might rely or. jthe embargo-' beiiig- lifted 'at the earliest|pqs3i)3le, •monjff-itv „- i ; -nx-^ -„,. .-.--■ •