INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14667, 26 July 1918, Page 5

INTERPROVINCIAL.

i (Per Press Association). WOODVTLLEi this day. Mr F. W. Ind«u\ pf--jNaseby, has been appointed 'actirig-Towaii' Clerk at Wjbodvafle. Thei'e were sixteen applications from all parts -.of./ the Dominion, from Whangarei to" the Bluff. WELLINGTON, last night. •The -Gazette notifies that the AttorneyGeneral has prohibited the sale of a pamphlet ., called V Gold for/ Iron," purporting' tor be issued- by the Auckland branch of a .society known as the *'Fellpwpu]* pii Reconciliation." y The Minister for Defence has received advice that.pw.ing to hicreased competition'arid^a decrease' in esfeblishriierit at the Royal Military Academy* Woolwich, and the Royal Military College, in^Utrirp.i qnly. ipne,, candidate for the former and two for the latter can be from any dominion for any Starfcioular 'entry. ; , : ', : -r ■*. i<? v I WELLINGTON, this day. _The treasurer of the Wellington , Racing Club was charged at the Magistrate's Ccmrt . to-day with allowing .money to jbA» Jmvested v jon .';the m the Trial Plate^at %he : reeent>races 'at Trentham after the time of starting the race. Chief -Detective Boddan explained that there was no 'suggestion of fraud, a .tephmc^.'breaph of /the law only having been xohimitted. Mr. Riddell. S.M., imposed a nominal penalty ;of 20b ■ and -7a\ costs,. ■'"■ . -■'_/ ; v. CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Appeals to the Military Service Board to-day included George Ernest Quprtermain, .who described -himself as an international S,ofiiajist,F. explaining that he thought that sufficient ground _fo,r .exemption, as he did not believe inimiHtary service. Mr. Bishop, chairman.: of the Board, said .was no ground at all, and fpromlptly disiriissed the appeal i ' \ DtT^EpiNT , 'tnis day. t '< M^arlebiMedderv^Sgedi 35 yearsjfthead fisherman at Seadiffe mental hospital, .was : drowned pn 1 Wednesday -at ;isCaritaW through •a^boat ' capsizing '"o|i- the jbai*. Asheavy spa\was ,1-urining. • Chi-is-tiari StcffeVseiiy ' who/ was" also * m .tho boat, managed to get ashore^ afterVbeing one hour m the water. ' "\