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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 968, 8 November 1910, Page 6

It is considered -unlikely that the Public Works Statement will be brought down iii the Eouse of Representatives today. ' '

The following officials and delegates will attend the eleventh annual meeting of the Builders' and. Contractors' Federation, which opens in Wellington to-day:— President, Mr. S. J. Clarke (Auckland); executive committee, Messrs. W.'H. Bennett (chairman), J. , J. Russell, and L. S. Humphries; treasurer, Mr. D. M*Lean; corresponding secretary, Mr. W. L. Thompson; secretary, Mr. W. A. Grenfell; auditors, Messrs. M. ,T. Nicholson and W. G. Emeny. Delegates: Auckland, Messrs. A. Grayson,. J. H. Maynard, and R. Nightingale; Dunedin, Messrs. C. B. Thomson, J. Lindsay, and J. Eobson; Gisborno, Mr. J. Colley; Hawke's Bay, Mossrs. K. Beecham and G. Philips; Canterbury, Mr. P. Foster; Wanganui, Messrs. N. Meuli and E. H. Ashwell; "Wellington, Messrs. J. Nicholson, L. S. Humphries, and A. Campbell. This evening the visiting delegates will be entertained at a smoke "social" in Godber's rooms, Lanibton Quay. The fusing of the cable in the trolley standard of a Blackburn (England) tramcar resulted in the electrification of the ironwork. All the passengers in the car" received violent ehocks, and two were .seriously burned.