TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 July 1913, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

U'BR PiIKBB ABBOCIATIGIT.' UNITED LABOUR PARTY. WELLINGTON, This Lay. A well-attended and representative meeting of delegates to the United Labour Party was hold in the Trades ll,ill last night. A motion was carried confirming the -advisa'bleness of the United Labour Party maintaining its identity. During the discussion speakers advocated a contained existence of the party, as a rallying ground for "the great, sane, constitutional, non-revolutionary majority of the -workers of New Zealand. A committee was appointed to cany out the purpose of the resolution. Amongst the speakers .in favour of the motion were Messrs G. Kowlds and D. McLaren, both '<! whom seceded from the Unity Congress. KABTIiQUAKK JX THE I.SLAXOAUCKLAND, This Day. The Tonga group was visited by \ iolent earthquake on July !Jrd. At Yavati, llaapai and Mukualofa, the ground rocked violently for two minutes and the natives were pauiostricken, calling on their gods tor aid. The concrete reservoir at llaapai, containing the natives' water supply, was civicked ironi top to bottom, and the water ran to waste, tint otherwise the damage .was trilling. Tho beach at llaapai was covered two feet deej) with grey pumice, and on other beiaches a similar deposit was lelt by the sea some days: later. SI It WALTER'S IJOM INCOMING. CARTERTON, July 10. It is estimated that between foui and live thousand people attended the welcome home to Sir V\ • C. j Buchanan, K. 8.. M.P.. in Carterion yesterday. Speeches were made b\ the chairman ol all Wairarapa, local bodies and the mayors ol boroughsThe Caledonian Pipe Baud was in attendance; also the Carterton BrasBand. A presentation was made !<. Sir Walter by Mr -I. Coradine, Mayor of Mastodon, on behalf of the coinniittee of the Highway .Society, of a bull's horns attached to a board, bearing the inscription. "'Gillie ronoli do na .seaiiu duine grinn." meaning "lirindle laddie to Ihe grand old man. - ' Sir Walter Buchanan gracefully acknowledged the gift.

Tugs-of-wnr. a five-mile harrier event. and a ladies' hockey match ('Kiwis, Ditleficld versus; Kia Toa . (ii'eytown). provided interest for t!it afternoon. A team from Wiaingawa M« .•at Works won the tug-of-war: the Harrier raco resulted, Bradbury 1. l'crston 3. Mac Kersey 3. time 25min 20sec; the heckey match was drawn, one goal rach. Moving j»ictures were taken of the whole of the events. A remarkable feature wa' the number of motor cars- -over l.~>o being present. Refreshments were provided free to all. IiLRXKI) TO DKATII. AUCKLAND. This Day. i Kruest Kdwiard Cooke. aged )s">, a baker residing nt Nnrfhcote. was burned to death last night in a lire which destroyed his residence. It is supposed that the lire was causer] by the upsetting of a lamp, which Ceidcs was usrtig to prepare grind. At 11 ..'SO p.m. his wife discovered tin kitchen to be in flames, and Cooke in a collapsed s/tate. with his clothing ablaze. A neighbour named Kitzpa trick made a gallant attempt to rescue Cooks, but was beaten backby smoke and flames. Cooke's incinerated remains were found thi morning in the debris. The house was insured for CI To: the furniture was uninsured. The Teinuka Leader has received information that the wile of a set-

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