DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 60, 25 October 1911, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

THE FOXTON TRAGEDY. , : t(Per Press Association.) o -.. Palmerston North, October 24 ..■Search .for ,-the bodies of three of the victims of the Foxton boating tragedy which -are - still missing was Corttimisd throughout the day, but so far with out result. All public functions to have been hold to-day' have been postponed owing to the interment of the five bodies recovered. N.Z. FEDERATION OF LABOUR. ! i Wellington, October 24. :R. Semple, organiser of the New Zealand. Federation of Labour, is advised that the Lyttelton and Auckland Waterside Workers’ Unions have decided to join the New Zealand Federation .•■of Labour (miners). The Wellington Waterside Workers arc taking a ballot on the proposal to join tile federation. A FARMER BANKRUPT. Timaru, October 24. It is a long time since a fanner was made bankrupt in this district. To-dfty ar Geraldine farmer named Con-nbllyj-'who began, farming and dealing ijßft'il'9o4 -with' £837, obtained' from hi'»‘ father, mot his creditors with unsecured debts of over £IOOO (chiefly Idsses.'in dealing) and no assets. The farm was lost by foreclosure. : GISBORNE SHOW. >• //.“..Gisborne, October 24. . The thirty-second annual A. and P; Show opened to-day in fine weather. The .attendance was not quite -as large as usual, but a, record .attendance. is expected .to-ihorrow, “People’s Day.” Interest in' the show was well maintained, mid the entries increased from 1229 last year to 1246. There was Eti-particular-ly good increase in cattle entries. -The sheep classes were only notable for the exhibit -of Romneys. - The ■ champion -awards in the sheep r classes werefl Lincoln ram, A. J. Cameton (Gisborne); Lincdn ewe, R. C. Miller (Gisborne); Romney ram A. and J. Gray (Masterton); Romney ewe, Hutchinson and Son (Hawke’s Bay).