NEW ZEALAND.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 94, 10 June 1911, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND.

LAST NJGHT’G TELEGRAMS. THREE DAYS’ SERVICE REFUSED. i fPor Press Association.) Auckland, Last Might. At a meeting of the council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce this afternoon, the question of the acceleration ;f the steam service between Auckland in cl Sydney was again discussed, and a •eply was received from the Union Company stating that the request for a three lays’ service could not be acceded to. After discussion, it was decided to again .vrite to the company asking for a more •speditious service approximating three aid a-half days. ■SMOTHERED E): A FALL OF EARTH. Gisborne, Last Night. An accident occurred this morning on he railway construction works at. Ra- • •cauroa, a single man,. named James 3 rent ford, being killed. Deceased and i number of other men were engaged on i cutting near a watercourse, and a sudten fall of earth smothered Brentford, vho was dead before he could be extri•ated. .lie was a recent arrival, and iad only been two months on the works. In inquest will bo held to-morrow. Acceding to the Department’s books ail hat was known of deceased is that ice las a sister at Wanganui. A BIG ESTATE. ’ Auckland. Last Night. Tho .‘state of the late Mr. D. L. Murloch will, it is expected, real'se-about £Bo,odo. In his will Hr. Murdoch bequeathed £IOOO to the jubilee.lnstitute a]>tVtlK*toßtencc .riff, o (Tmnrctinns i;i ' Scotland. The pri- • /ate bequests having been made to connections and not to first olood relaivos, the-death duties in the estate will ye "heavy, and it is stated that Hie kunonnt which will have to bo paid into;;. 'IT cw Zealand Consolidated Fund on-vy this-'account wiil be about £20,0110. A TRAMWAYMAM'S APPEAL. Hf Wcllinpfcon, Last Might. Judgment in John Keirnaiulcr’s case, the first case heard by tho Tramway Appeal Board, set up under the legislation of last session, has been delivered. Mo definite charge or dhoft was sustained against Kiornamlcr and tho appeal was allowed. In so far as the charge of the theft of twopence was concerned, the Board felt that there had-been neglect of uuty bv Kiernandcr in not resiling tickets to passengers when hr received their fares. The Board mctnmcmled disrating him frdm'promotion ior a term of six months. THE -SHEFFIELD CHOIR. Palmerston M., Last Might. Some COO lOs scats were allotted this • hgfcoon for liic Sheffield Choir matinee lore .ra June T). Applications were reoived from Mew Plymouth to Mapicr, •nd the scats were hnllottel for in blocks for each town. Tho plan, which provides iOOfi If;? seats and a largo number -„t -3s in the big hall on the show ground, >■;:! now he opened to tho public. COR OM. VT lON' CELE JR AT TOMS. Palmerston N., Last Might. Coronation Day celebrations here will ■emprise a parade of territorials, cadets, scouts, etc., in Hie Square, with the local hands. They wiil bo addressed from tho rotunda by tho Mayor, the member for the district and. clergymen, -.inging by school children, prnvcr and Benediction in the forenoon. The Ovcr- ■ ras Club and Maw League give a patri.Lie concert in Hie Municipal Opera House in the evening, for which 2ao school children are being trained as a choir.