LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14354, 20 July 1917, Page 4

LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) , WELLINGTON, this day. • A deputation, representing the business and farmmg people of Auckland district waited on the Prime Minister ".p-day to i advocate the -6 o'clock closing of .hotels m the interests of national efficiency. Mr Massey, 'replying, pointed out that New , Zealand's share m the war .meant very heavy financial considerations and it was absolutely essential tliat financial matters should be disposed of first. One of the first Bills, then, to be introduced would be a bill dealing with the matter m which the deputation was interested. He hoped, it would be satisfactory to them and the people of the country generally. . A delegation from the conference of the Second Division League waited on members of Parliament to-day and placed before them a resolution * passed by the conference regarding thepay and pensions of soldiers. , About 50 members were present, presided over by Mr Wilford. It was decided that Messrs Wilford, 'Guthrie,' and Forbes be the permanent channels of communi-cation between the league and members of Parliament, and that the Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, and Minister of Defence be asked to meet members of Parliament and the league at a round-table conference. Before concluding the president of the league said : "We are prepared to go to the bitter end of this struggle- and .1 will undertake to have a motion passed to that effect." MHMjMMIN—M MMMMr.