TELEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 April 1915, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

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SUDDEN DEATH.

Marton, This Day

James Fergusson, aged about 00, dropped dead whilst walking in High Street on Thursday evening. At the inquest a verdict was given of "death due to heart failure from diseased valves." BRITISH BEER AND GERMAN GUNS. Marton, -This Day. At a meeting of the conference of Sunday School teachers at Marton, 120 delegates attended. It was resolved: "That this conference views with delight the lead shown to the Empire by the King and leading Statesmen in banishing intoxicants from their respective households, and expresses a hope that the Hon. D. Lloyd George will be successful in his proposal for National abolition of the drink traffic during the war, believing that such traffic is a greater menace than the German guns." KILLED BY A TRAIN. Auckland, This Day. At Greenlane railway station this morning, a man named Barnaby was instantaneously killed while attempting to learo the train, which 6lows down but docs not stop when passing the racecourse. He was seen to jump from the carriage and he disappeared beneath it. Practically the whole train passed over his body. POULTRYMEN'S CONFERENCE. Wellington, This Day. It was stated at the annual conference of the Poultry Association, which opened to-day. that New Zealand's export of eggs had been most disappointing; not so much on the score of poor market prices as on that of the wretched shipping accommodation, which spoiled more than lialf of the eggs. While eggs had not improved in price, food was costing exactly double what it cost last year, and unless the Government intended to see the industry absolutely ruined, something would have to be dono to relieve the financial pressure- caused by dear foods. DROAVNING FATALITIES AT AUCKLAND. Auckland, This Day. Two young men. John Hair and John Nicholls, residents of Otahuhu. were drowned in the Tamaka river by the capsizing of a flat-bottomed dinghy. In company with John lanson they were fishing, when the craft capsized. Janson was the only one of the three able to swim. All neld on to the capsized boat till Hair and Nicholls were exhasted and sank. -Janson's cries brought a launch to the rescue, and he was landed much exhausted after having been for one hour in the water. Efforts to recover the bodies of the other two fai'ed. Deceased both were single men, aged about thirty years. They were employed in the Southdown Freezing Works. Two youths. William Waugh (21). a warehouseman, and Charles Sherer (20) a carpenter, left Ponsonbv in a rowing boat on Friday morning, intending to camp at Henderson. Oil a heavy gale setting in, friends searcncd in a motor launch, but found no trace of the boat or the men at their' camp. They have reported the matter to the police. OATS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH Wellington, This Day. The Commonwealth Government !ias made application to New 'Zealand for 8000 sacks of oats and a quantity of oaten sheaf chaff for defence purposes. The Premier states "that the Government intends to grant the request. INTERNATIONAL PRESS CONGRESS. Christchurch, Tli,is Day. Mr Robert Bell, pioprietor of 'he Ashburton Mail and Guardian, has been appointed one of the delegates to the New Zealand Newspaper Proprietors' Association at the International Congress at San Francisco next July.