TELEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 February 1915, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

♦ , [PBB "BESS ASSOCIATION.. I THE FIRE "BRIGADES' CONFERENCE. Timarui, Tis Day. The Sixth Conference of the Firo Bri g&des opened this morning. The report showed assets £850, an increase for the year of £317. The Roll of the brigades showed 133; six more than in tho previous year. Fourteen members had earned gold stars for twenty five years of service and nearly two hundred members had responded to the Empire s call. TKe brigades are to keep these members good on their books. it is still raining heavily and tho .'ook is rather bad for thd outdoor festivities. INDISCREET GERM V s V. Masterton, This Day. A petition is being put in cm ".tlation asking that local Germans be interned. Pup is the outcome ol stro statements made by certain local Germane against the Allies. REFUGEES FROM BELGIUM. Wellington, This Day. Ten refugees from Belgium are among tfie crew of the Mataua which arrived yesterday. It is believed that they are the first to reach New Zealand from that oountry. Their recital of Gernitn atrocities is terrible. 1 One of i bedeck boys had a sister shot before his eyes, the brave girl preferring death L o dftltonour. He managed to escape to F« I'and from whence he aas sent io flhgland, there finding refuge and a woTooma. NO COOL STORAGETOR FRUIT EXHIBITS. Wellington, "This Day. The Union Company lias notified tho Agricultural Department that it is unable to provide cool storage on the M"bana for San Francisco on March 4th, for fruit, which the various fruitgrowers' associations of New Zealand had ;ir-nnged to send to the Panama Exposition. Suitable space ho'.-eve.* has been reserved in succeeding steamers tor San Franoisoo. SAWMILL EMPLOYEE DROWNED Greymouith, This Day. Peter Joseph Laini, a sawmill hand, agect 20, was drowned in the Paeroa Lagoon while bathing after work on Saturday. A verdict of accidental death was returned.