NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2206, 20 July 1914, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Bj TelcfTOph.—liew ' AwooiaUon.) . ■■-. ~... $ .. . .. WAIKATO WAR VETERANS. Hamilton, July 18. At a meeting of veterans of tho Old Fourth Waifcato Regiment and tho •;• Hamilton Borough Council a committee was 1 setup to make arrangements to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of tho arrival of the regiment at Hamilton, on August; 24; 18G4. It is proposed to ask the Government to grant free rail- - way transit to veterans and tlieir wives. ■ The, council will give a banauct to the survivors and their direct descendants. It is also proposed tc erect a monument to commemorate tho occasion. . , "TRUTH ABOUT THE SUFFRACE." Dunodfn, July 17. 'A well-attended meeting was address-: ed by I/adyv Stout this evening on tho subject of ''The Truth About ffio. Suffrage." Tho address was almost entirely confined to references to tho 61 leagues, societies, or'associations in : existence in tho 'United. Kingdom which' had for their object the improvement of tho status'of woman, A motion was carried -. as 'under:—"That, knowing from twenty years' experience ..the value of the co-operation of women and men in political life, this meeting of-cjtizens expresses its desire that, tho principle . of equal.suffrngo be extended, to all parts of tho Empire." HAURAKi LEASES. .:■'■"'■ Thames, July 17. A larfie , area, of land is being tnken up under the Haurnki• pastoral leases,' 20,000 acres having already-been ap* plied for; .. ; ~.,.'.. ■.■■ MOTOR CYCLIST MULCTED. ,■'. Thames, July 17. • Sonio time back Bennington, a motorcyclist, collided with a cart-boy named Mnrtin, who fell; and received internal injuries, ; necessitating an operation.at the Hospital. . The lad's mother has since been awarded £110 damages against Bennington. '.