TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 May 1914, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[pee press association.] OLD AGE PENSIONER BURNED TO DEATfi. Carterton, This Day. James Andrews, an old age pensioner, was burnt to death at Martinborough. He was living with John Lyons, also an old age pensioner. The latter went out early yesterday morning and when he returned the hut was in flames. He tried to pull Andrews out, but was unable on account of the fire. ANOTHER CANDIDATE. Christchurch This Day. Mr H. D. Ackland is announced as the "Reform" candidate for Avon. SUICIDE. Yesterday "William Thompson, aged 75, unmarried, committed suicide at Rangiora by hanging himself from a rafter. At the inquest a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned. NEW ZEALAND AND CANADIAN PAPER Dunedm, This Day. In his speech at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Paper Mills Ltd., to-day/ the chairman, Mr F. W. Mitchell, said : "I cannot clopse my remarks without referring to the unfortunate position which has arisen through the reciprocity arrangement existing between New Zealand and Canada. By it Canadian manufacturers of paper are entitled to ship their goods in subsidised vessels at very low freights and thus escape the preferential customs tariff. They are proving our most serious competitors. No effort is being spared by your directors to cope with this, but undoubtedly it is a difficulty of some magnitude. The bag trade, however, will, we expect, be a big factor in dealing with it." FRACTURED SPINE. Ashburton, This Day. Joseph .Nicholson, aged sixty, a farm labourer, fell off the late train from Christchurcß" to Ashburton at Qhertsey on Saturday night and sustained a fractured spine. A MEMORIAL CAIRN. New Plymouth, This. Day. A movement is afoot among the coastal Maoris to erect a memorial cairn at Tataraimaka in honour of the forty-height natives (chiefly of the Wanganui tribe) who fell in the engagement, at Johnny's Flat on June 4th, 1863. Mr Charles Honeyfield,. the present owner of the land, lias generously promised to give sufficient money for the purpose. BLENHEIM REDIVIVUS. Wellington, This Day. The second annual match for the Western Electric Shield open to companies of the Post and Telegraph corps was tired on Saturday. Twelve teams were entered this year, but two did not fire owing to inoessant rain.. The conditions were teams of five men, ten shots at 500 and .600 yards. The teams finished in the following order: —Blenheim 404, Wellington 401, Auckland A 399, Auckland B 387, Timaru 314, Westport 295, Christchurch A 254, Dunedin A 245, Auckland C 196, Christchurch B 187. TELEGRAM ABOUT NOTHING. Palmerston N., This Day. A military enquiry is proceeding to-day, before the following Board:—Colonels Heard, Logan, Tait and Reid.