INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14267, 5 August 1910, Page 5

INTERPROVINCIAL.

_^ Per Press Association. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. ■ WELLINGTON, August 4. Mr Hugh Ward. the well-known comedian, has ottered to give £IOO and the whole of the proceeds of a special performance, to toe children's hu-ot.ai fund, on condition that £IOOO is con-n-,™ted , b y the citizens in sums of £IOO and £SO. He also proposes to i-urn next Saturday into a children's hospital day. and believes that £ISOO can be raised m a week, which, with the Government subsidv. will give £3OOO to start the scheme' proposed" by the Mayoress.

DR-.HENRY'S MISSION. i l ' r Henry finished his mission at Hutt V alley last evening, and received the thanks of the churches for the efforts he put forth on their behalf. AUCTIONEERS' CONFERENCE. J lie Auctioneers' Conference to-day 'l*!' 1 '^" 1 strong disapproval of MY Witty's Sale of Goods Amendment Act to be introduced this session bv resoluj T-ion. The Conference decided "that the .bill should be opposed and characterised the measure as impracticable and uncalled for. The mover (Mr TTToincs. of Auckland) declared it legislation run mad. A committee was set- up to watch the progress of the measure through the House. The Conference also carried the following resolution : "That it is desirable that all land agents should be licensed " ENGINEERING TRADE. A deputation representing the New Zealand ironmasters waited upon the Minister of Customs to-day. and put before him certain matters affecting: the industry. The chief subject brought under' the Ministers' notice was that the Waihi-Paeroa. Gold Extraction Company, which is applying to the Government for a loan of £30.000, has accepted a tender for sixteen tube machines from an English firm, which, under the present tariff, can : import its machinery. The deputation contended that if the Government lent New Zealand money it was only reasonable to ask that the money should. as far as possible, be spent in Now Zealand. It Mas mentioned that the tenders of manufacturers in New Zealand were only slightly in excess of the lowest English tender. The Minister, in replying to these and other representations', said that any proposal to revise the tariff opened un a very big question. When the tariff was passed the Government was criticised severely for the sieos it had taken in the interests of the engineering trade. He agreed with the deputation that if a company was going to receive a convidernb'e. sum of money in:'" the G' vernmont such company ought to give consideration to local industries. He promised to bring the matter before the Minister of Finance. TRAMWAYS BILL. CHRISTCHT"CH. August 4. The Christchurch Tramway Employers Union has made representations to tlie Government that its members arc entirely in accord with the preprsnls of the Tramways Act Amendment Bill. The Union is making preparations to be represented when the Bill is befc.ro the Labour Bills CoDrmiftro. SYNOPSIS OF NKW ADVERTISEMENTS. O'Callaghan and Co. — Sales tomorrow, clearing sale 11th inst. Jonas and Co.—Sell purebred poultry, and trees to-morrow. C.F.C.A. —Entries for Taitersall's to- ; morrow, specials for Point sale Mon-' day. Theatre Royal—New Pathe Pictures L P.°G.'AU(?n—Seeds of all kinds fresh : and reliable. T. and J. Thomson—Early 6sason suitings, "W. F". Morrison and Co.—What the public should know. Lost—Bag, purse and money; reward this Office. Wnimate Racing Club—Tenders for removal of buildings. Guinness and LeCren—How to acquire a home. Morton ar.d Pearson—Boardinghouse business for sale. Neil's Dispensary chilblain cures. •T. O'Rourke —Reductions in price cf I trousers. \ Chalmers Church—Winter concert on 1 the Klrb inst. i Ralph Rodgers—Secondhand bicvcles • for -ale. * ; Holmes and Sou. Ltd.—Open furni- | tore business to-morrow. j JV&utexte-r-JTive