LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14943, 23 June 1919, Page 6

LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS

1 (P«r Press Association.) \ . ■ AUCKLAXD, this day. f The troopship Waimana brought thousands of war trophies for the Dominion museums, including 22 field guns, seven howitzers, hundreds of machine guns, • and samples .of- every -fighting de\"ice • ufled by the ' Germans. WELLINf4TON, this day. Considerable significance is attached i to ths fact that the Wellington. Labor i .'Representation Committee has chosen I tin ee leaders of the moderate division: of > labor as Wellington's nepresentatdves bf i f-he Labor Party Conference. The fourth i delegate is ■Mv.*.Fvase'r, M.l*. CHRISTCHURCH, this day., A meeting of the Canterbury branch • of the Engineers'; Firemen and Cleaners' > (Association passed a, A*ote o$ : confid?'..ence m the president and executive and i. appreciation of the manner m. which i< they had placed the 'branches' proposals • before the Minister of Railways and De- ; partment. i A deputation from ,'the executive of ' the Royal Life Saving Society inter- . viewed ' the Hon. Mr Russell* and re- ' quested financial assistance frcJm 4<he Government. Mi* Russell > said that apart from the Government grant, and [ a/ grant from the Swimming Association, "• the Society had no source of revenue, ' and 1 it would be a good idea if the work ' of two . organisations was consol'i- | dated, so that Government could j deal- with one -body and one grant, and he was prep&red". to recommeaid a £ for £ subsidy to bring revenue, to the Society am to £250, if the money were j, wanted, by s-übscriotions and swimming carnivals. > Obituary: Mr. T. J. Teschemakev. j aged 80, one of the earl y settlera. He |. arrived at Lyttelton m 1855. For many years he ' was a prominent pastor alist, r retii'ing about ten years ago. He was , also <a keen sportsman, being- one of the [ originators of the Grajnd National . Steeplechase, For several years he was [ chairman of the South Canterbury Jockey Club. He was also one of the members of, the Canterbury k Jockey Club, "holding the office of stew- : aid till the time of his death. He was . a. class steward of the Timaru A and P Association. He married the eldest daughter of the .late Hon. W. Rolleston, and is survived Tt»y; the widow and 'three daughters. " ■