LAST NIGHT’S TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15800, 15 April 1922, Page 9

LAST NIGHT’S TELEGRAMS .

(Per press Association.) j .WELLINGTON, Inst night. The City of Wellington loan of) £683,000 at 5£ per cent, at £9B, re- j payable in 1940, has been under-written, j Tliej Department of Industries and j Commerce advises that, as the supply of tiipber is now in excess of the de- j mand, and prices are being regulated bv competition, tho government has J decided that the .control) of prices be j discontinued immediately. Madame Ouer.pi, .tho Poppy Lady of j France , aryd the. director of the French ! Children’s League, has cabled to the j general , secretary of the N.Z. Returned < Soldiers” ~ Association ' stating that, she j is forwarding him six French flags to ■ be .-utarded to the six towns selling the ! most, poppies during the poppy cam- j paign. .... ! Training operations for the world's j sculling championship to be rowed on the Wanganui river on Tuesday have practically finished. The weather for the past couple of days has been rather unfavorable, especially for tho Australian. who needs warm, dry conditions. Both men are in good fettle, and though Hadfield is' favorite, a. keen contest will probably be witnessed. By notice issued in the Gazefie the Public Trustee, Hr. J. W. MacDonald, defines.'the local districts and the names of District Public Trustees for each also'being given. The regulations come into operation on May 1. North Island —• Whangarei, Allan 'Marshall; Auckland, R. F. Ward,; .Hamilton, 'G. IT. Chesterman; Gisborne, K. A. Henderson; New Plymouth, F. M. Whyte; Ifawera, Ernest Barns; Wanganui, T. R. Allen; Napier, S. W. Smith; Palmerston North, A. S. Fair; Mastcrton,.. T. Gilbert; Wellington, C. Zachariali.