Second Edition TELEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 April 1915, Page 4

Second Edition TELEGRAMS

[PKH I'UKSS ASSOCIATION.} ANNUAL COLLEGE CRICKET MATCH. Ciiristciiurcii. This Day The annual cricket mulch, Cante:bury v. Victoria College, started yesUrUuy. Victoria College batted a; si and made 171—Ciadduek (70 Crump (4o). Canterbury College 'ost (six wickets i'or 230—Crawskaw (nut out; 131,), and Real 38. TONED TOR RETTING. Christchurch, This Day. At the court to-day Llewellyn Grant pleaded guilty to a charge of being a bookmaker and betting in a hotel. The police said it wun accused's first offence and was one of the small try. He was lined £20. MOTOR CYCLE RACES. .Napier, This Day. I'he Napier Motor Cycle Club held its annual" meeting yesterday in beautifully line weather. The meeting was not marred by a single accident. The live miles Light Weight Championship was won by It. Jones, ol Palmenstou North, and the fifteen mile Heavy Weight Handicap by P. Coleman, of Palmerston North. THE SAWMILL INDUSTRY. "Christchurch, This Day. A conference of the New Zealand Federated Sawmills. Timber Yards and Coal Yards Employees' Union was opened to-day. The report ol tie executive isaid that the timber milling industry was one of the first to fool the effect of hysteria which followed the outbreak of hostilities. Parliament and people both displayed itiysteriu ant one result was an almost immedinte cessation in the building trade and the el<>siiig down of many sawmills. The )>o*>r|VJi had now improved, but the industry had not yet recovered from the shock. The report ulleged that the employers had abnormally increased the cost of living and reduced the effective wages of the working clauses.