TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 April 1914, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

ll'EB I'HESS ASSOCIATION. I BELIEF FUADS. Wellington, This Day. A meeting called by the mayor last night decided to raise the sum of £5000 to provide lor those who lost their breadwinners in the recent Upper Hutt tire. It is stated that the dependents number not less than twenty ,the majority being children, some of them very young. MB J. BOBEBTSON, M.P. Foxton, This Day. Mr J. Robertson, M.!'., addressed about three hundred electors in the Town Hall last night. lie adversely criticised the Government's policy, and at the conclusion of his speech was accorded a vote of thanks and confidence, and given three cheers. IN TBOfftLE. Marton, This Day. At the police court to-day Frank Taylor, a young man, was sentenced to one' month's imprisonment for stealing a saddle and bridle, the property of his employer at Bewa. For stealing a horse and selling the same accused pleaded guilty, and was remanded to tlt'o Supreme Court for sentence. For failing to account for moneys belonging to his employer, at Waipukurau was fined ten shillings on two charges.

THE GOVERNOR'S ISLAND TRIP. Wellington, This Day. The Governor and party will leave Wellington by the Willochra on the 22nd May for flip Cook Islands. The intended trip, per the Tutanekai, has been cancelled. NO SEVERANCE. Wellington, This Day. The secretary of the New Zealand branch of the-Australian Institxite of Marine Engineers has received a cablegram from the head office of the institute, at bourne, giving the official result of a ballot mentioned in this morning's messages. The figures are : For severance 742, against severance 11 f»-"i: majority against 421. The result of the ballot in New Zealand on severance was: against 40fi, for 8: inajority against -IDS. The above is the result of a ballot taken on 31st March by all members who were financial on that date. Members of the Sydney branch alleged that some members of the New Zealand branch broke Ihe following rule during the recent strike: "Tn labour disturbances, except where safety of (lie ship is endangered, members, unless otherwise instructed by the institute, must remain strictly neutral; that is to say, must not handle cargo, manually assist in keeping steam, work winches, nor in any way take the place of unskilled labour." Accordingly a ballot was taken of all members of the institute, including New Zealand. on the question whether Australia should sever her connection with the New Zealand branch, and the result has been to negative the proposed severance. During and after the strike a charge was made against New Zealand members that they had acted as firemen. This was denied, the contention being that although extra engineers were carried, they were simply there for the purpose of in-structing-temporary firemen. OTAGO ITNTVERSTTY. Dunedin. This Day. The Governor this morning opened the latest extensions of Otago Hniversify: the Oliver wing and the students' building. The former cost i3fi4s, and the latter £10,292.