INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13918, 1 June 1909, Page 6

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Per Press Association. DANNEVIRKE, May 31. 3lr McNab addressed a crowded audience here to-night on universal military training. The audience was very enthusiastic. A motion was carried unanimously that notwithstanding the enthusiasm of the volunteers the present system does not provide adequate means of defence, this meeting, therefore, asks the Government to introduce a system of universal naval and military training. WELLINGTON, May 31. When Conrad Wilkinson, a contractor, applied for an order of discharge from bankruptcy, Judge Cooper questioned the contention of bankrupt's counsel that his trouble was due to misfortune, and pointed out that lie went into land and building speculations with no capital, leaving his wife comfortablv off. There was a deficiency of £3OOO. His Honour adjourned the application till next sitting. HOKITIKA. May 31. Mr G. J. Roberts, Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands, who recently tendered his resignation, retires to-day on three months' leave of absence. j\l r Roberts has been a very old servant in West land, where he has done splendid work and established an enviable public record. He has declined any valedictory presentation from the staff or the citizens. CHRISTCHURCH, May 31. The iron barque Ganymede was offered at auction to-dav. Bidding started at £IOOO, and at £I2OO the vessel was withdrawn from auction. At a meeting of the Canterbury College Board of Governors to-day Professor J. Scott was reelected the Board's representative on the Senate of the New Zealand University. It is understood that Frederick Marshall, ex-manager of the United Farmers' Coal Company,, who-is wanted in connection with certain alleged financial irregularities, has been apprehended at Melbourne, and that a member of the local detective force leaves on Friday to bring him over. At a meeting of the Lyttelton Borough Council to-night Councillor Webb was called on by the Mayor to withdraw the statement "corruption of the worst type " made by him at the previous meeting of the Council when the estimates were under consideration. Councillor Webb refused to do so, and a vote of censure was passed. DUNEDTN. May 31. Roderick MeKenzio, of the Excelsior Hotel, was fined £5 for supplying liquor to an intoxicated man. His license was not endorsed. The Dunedin shop display for industries week is decidedly creditable, making an interesting show in the daytime and a brilliant spectacle in the evening. Over a mile of dazzling shops' meets the eye of the nasser bv. The various rjl'-'ses of manufacture from the raw material to the finished article are shown. Indnstries week coupled with the winter show which opens to-morrow, promises to be very successful. A very large number of country visitors are arriving. _