LORD ISLINGTON.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 95, 12 June 1911, Page 5

LORD ISLINGTON.

VISITS WELLINGTON EXHIBITION. (I’cr Press Association.) Wellington, June 11. His Excellency the Governor arrived in Wellington from Aucidancl on Friday afternoon, and left .again for the northern city by yesterday s Main Trunk train. . . , Tr ... , Lord Islington visited Wellington Exhibition yesterday, and was met by Mefcsrs. T. Ballinger (chairman), Bull, Partridge, and H. F. Allen (secretary), and conducted through the buildings. Ho manifested keen interest and expressed himself as being greatly surprised at the extent and character of New Zealand’s homo manufactures, and also their variety and quality. Ho asked many questions as to juices in comparison with similar articles sold in England and also imported. He was plqasantly surprised at the art gallery, which contained some painting ot\New /eahad scenery that appealed most strongly to him. Before he left, the Governor wrote in the visitors' book: “Have visited the exhibition and am much impressed with quantity and quality of homo manufactures that arc displayed.’’ NEW ZEALAND EXPORTS. THE MANCHESTER MARKET. (Per Press Association.) Masterton, June 11. At a meeting of the,Masterton A. and P. Association yesterday, a communication addressed by 'the superintendent of the Manchester Ship Canal to Mr. W. D. Lysnar, Mayor of Gisijor.io, was read. It suggested that tlio producers of Now Zealand should seriously consider the question of opening up trade relations with Manchester’, which is claimed to be the host distributing centre in England. The Masterton A. and P. Association has given six months’ leave of absence to its secretary (Mr. Sykes), to enable aim to contest the Masterton scat at the coming election. AUCKLAND PLAGUE CASES. (Per Press Association.) Auckland, June 11. Two of.the patients who have been under treatment for plague at the quarantine hospital wore discharged cured on Monday, one of them being the woman from Oneliunga who was the first plague patient, and the other a boy who was admitted on Mqy Jth. Tlio woman who was sent to'the hospital on the latter day, and the boy who was subsequently found to have been infected, are still in the hospital. The former is making progress towards recovery, and tlio boy is approaching tlio stage of convalescence. ROUGH WEATHER. PASSING THROUGH A CYCLONE. UNFA V DURABLE FORECAST. (Per Press Association) Wellington, June 11. Tlio Meteorological Office has issued the following summary and forecast:—The centre of a cyclone is passing Cook Straits this evening. The barometric pressure at Wellington is 28.97, the lowest since August, 1910. A heavy westerly gale with heavy rain is reported on Sunday evening at Capo Maria Van Dieman, and a northerly gale and.- .■ thunderstorm at East Cape, Auckland. Reputs to-night show: —West Coast, fresh wind, barometric pressure 29.87, temperature 01; Bluff, showery, fresh easterly wind, barometric pressure 2). 31, temperature 50; Kaikoura, westerly gale and rain, barometric- pressure 29.90, frequent squalls. Indications are for a southerly gale, -j with cold and stormy weather in the south. ACC!DEMIS & FATALmES. SUDDEN HEATH. (Per Press Association.) Timarn, June 11. An elderly man, a retired farmer, named McGallaly, known in the Ashburton and Winchester districts, single, aged 50, died suddenly of bear; disease in the street this morning. He bad been under medical care tor some years. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT. REPORTED ARREST. (Per Press Association.) Christchurch, Juno 11. It is reunited that extensive misappropriations of funds have been discovered on tiie nai l of certain membei ;■ of the office staff of the local branch of the Public Trust Office. One cl -i k has been arrested at Dunedin, cr. lie was on the point of leaving New //.eland, and other arrests are expected locally. CLERK IN CUSTODY. Dunedin, Juno 11. \ young man named Alexander William Ironside, was arrested here Ini night on a charge of embezzling (;7()0 belonging to the Public Trust Office, Christchurch, where he had been omnloyed.