EQUIPMENT SATURDAY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2451, 3 May 1915, Page 7

EQUIPMENT SATURDAY

NAPIER MOVEMENT. (By Tclcgrsjih-Spccial Correspondent.) Napier, May 2. Next Saturday will be observed in Napier as Equipment Saturday, and a large army of . collectors has been commissioned to canvas for subscriptions towards tho fund for equipping the ntxt contingent. It is 'understood that about. 250 men will leave Napier during this month

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS (By Telegraph.—Press Afsn.—Copyright.) SEVERE EARTHQUAKE PROBABLY IN JAPAN. (Rcc. May 2, 4.30 p.m.) London, May 1. Tho most serious earthquake recorded for se\'en years in England has probably occurred in Japan. One needle at tho recording station at Bromwich was dismounted. HOSPITAL SATURDAY A BIG COLLECTION. . (Rec. May 2, 4.30 p.m.) Sydney, May 2. The Hospital Saturday street collections up to midnight totalled £7703, compared with £9087 last year. Additional lists will considerably swell tho total. THEATRICAL DIVORCE CASE CONSTRUCTIVE DESERTION. Melbourne, May 1. ' Mrs. Eranscombe has been granted a divorce from Edward George Branscombe, singer and theatrioal manager, on the ground of constructive desertion. HIGH PRICE OF MEAT DELIVERY ABANDONED. Sydney, iky 1. Owing to increased expenses, combined with the high wholesale price of meat, retail butchers are largely abandoning the delivery of meat. FODDER FOR VICTORIA Melbourne, May 1. The State Government has arranged to import 23,000 , tons of American, fodder. PLAIN CLOTHES WOMEN POLICE Melbourne, May 1. The Attorney-General informed a deputation advocating better protection for women that he approved the allotment of plain-clothes women polioe in parks and other congregating places of ruffians. , BANK-NOTE ROBBERY JURY DISAGREE. Melbourne, Mriy 1. The jury disagreed in the Burvill case. Accused was remanded. rSolley Burvill was chargfed with the theft of £2000 worth of Commonwealth banknotes. The police gave evidence in the Lower Court of tracing the paper replacing the notes to Burvill's order from a Sydney firm. Allegedly incriminating letters were found on accused.]

PREMIER SCADDAN ILL Perth, May 1. Mr. Scaddan, the Premier, is suffering from pneumonia, but is improving. INSURANCE AGAINST ACCIDENTS Sydney, May 1. In futurei all Government contracts will provide for insurance against accident through the State Insurance Office, and not a private company. MURDERS IN PAPUA - Sydney, May 1. Port Moresby reports that four native police and a European named Clark were murdered by natives at Robinson River, Papua, There are no details. .