LATE NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 March 1917, Page 1

LATE NEWS.

( TPEK PiijSSS ASSOCIATION. —-COPYRIGHT]. RAILWAY SERVICES. Culling Out Trains. WELLINGTON, March 30. The Minister for Railways announces that on Ist May, the Auekland-Well-ington expresses will be reduced to one each way. Through expresses Christchurch to Invercargill will bo eliminated. All Sunday trains, including troop trains, will be discontinued. Suburban services will be confined to carrying people to and from work. Country services will bo reduced, no return journey to exceed twelve hours. Special Race and Sport and show trains will bo abol'shed. Holiday excursion and week-end qnd commutation tickets (except workers weekly tickets) will be cancelled. The ordinary single and return tickets will bo available for three days only. Dining ears will be discontinued. A Company’s ftiove

SYDNEY, March 30. At: the annual meeting of tho Mutual Life and Citizen’s Assurance Company, the Chairman stated that the Company, one way and another, had contributed upwards of five millions in financing the war. He announced that it is proposed to make a patriotic appeal to policy holders to apply their share of the year’s profits to tho equipment of ono more brigade of artillery for presentation to our forces in the field, known as “the M.L.C. Artillery Fund.” Those desiring to contribute a portion only of their year’s profits nr more than one year’s. R; puciatei!. SYDNEY, March 30th. ' The executive of the P.L.L. at a special meeting repudiated certain alleged disloyal statements made by Mr. Brookfield, tho recently elected member. Mr. Sturt at Broken Ilill asked him to repudiate or withdraw them, failing which to show cause why he should not he expelled from the movement and not allowed to sit at the Parliamentary Labour caucus. gg?!' . L