INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14236, 30 June 1910, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Par Press AssociationA ROUGH PASSAGE. WELLINGTON, June 29. The Ruapehu, -which arrived from London tliis morning, had a tempestuous parage from Capetown. When off Cape Leeuwin a gale of exceptional severity crime up from the east, and heavy- seas laboured the vessel, whose speed was greatly reduced. Off the New Zealand coast he.avy and misty weather retarded her progress. No damage was done, but the passengers had an unpleasant voyage much of the time. POWELKA SYMPATHISERS. The executive of the Powelka Committee to-night made preliminary ai - - rangements for a public meeting "which it is proposed to hold on Sunday, July I.oth. It is computed that about seven thousand persous in Wellington have signed the petition to the Minister of Justice for mitigation of Powelka'a sentonce. PROPOSAL LOST.

Voting took place in Lower Hutt and Petone boroughs to-day on a proposal to borrow £85,000 "for electric trams for the Hutt valley. There was a majority of 62 for the proposal in the Lower Hutt and a majority of 60 against in Petone. As a majority in each borough was required to carry the proposal it was lost.

LICENSING MEETING. GREYMOLTH, June 29. ' At th eGrey Licensing Committee's adjourned annual meeting this morning renewals were granted to eacii of the adjourned applications. Th© Suburban (Greymoutn and Seven Mile (Port Elizabeth) were granted for a month only, the former for rebuilding the back portion of tho hotel and the latter owing to the licensee negotiating for sale of the property. One removal from the Junction Blackball line to Blackball township was granted, a new hotel being partly ready ior occupation.

MAIN TRUNK LINE. CUMSTCH'CKCH, June 29. A conference is heinjj hold in Christ•church in connection with the agitation for the speedy completion of the. South Island Main" Trunk line. Some forty delc-rat-os are present, representing public iMiclies at Cheviot, KlaxluiiiriH', Kaikoura, Blenheim, the Marl!>orou<di Railway League, the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, and the Industrial Association. Mr TT. J. Marriner. acting chairman of the. Chamber of Commerce, who presided, urjird that the completion of the north line wa-s a work of national importance, the cost would be under £l,000.000. and the line would open some of the most fertile land in the South Island. TOO SMALL A GRANT. The Education Board to-day had before it a letter from the Department to the effect that f's7 would he allowed the Board for reinstating the ■stool at Lakeside, destroyed by fira.

and that :>u additional allowance of i'iHl would be made in view of Ihc increased size of the new building. The letter also stated that the Department's liability in regard to- replacing; the school was only lo per cent. The Board decided to inform the Department it could not carry on its work if it had to accent the responsibility for replacing buildings destroyed by Jiro on the basis laid down by the Department. SUBSTITUTE FOR RUBBER.

The directors of the Rubber Substitute Coy.. Ltd.. formed to exploit the invention of an Ash burton resident lor the manufacture of a snbtititute for rubber have received a cable from an influential firm in Australia, who represent largo capitalists, asking the company to place the invention in their hands to deal with the full Australian rights, and also to have the handling of the same on the London market. ■SENT ON FOR SENTENCE.

James -Arthur Lambert was charged at the Magistrate's Ciurt to-day with on June "7th at Christchurch breaking and entering the warehouse of Walter Thomas .Tones and stealing a number of articles valued at £3O '_'.■> 3d. Evidence was given that accused had hired a house and man, and so lemovtd the goods. Accused pleaded guilty and was- committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. "TWO-UP" SCHOOL. DT7NEDTN, June 29. At the Police Court eight men were j fined forty shillings each and costs for playing "two-up."