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Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1917, Page 1

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.Per press association.—copyright). • 'vHLifidirt Q.'E T.SPI C ninet’s Prososals(REtTTF.a’S SERVICE.— CCIViaGHT.) LONDON, May it> Tlie Government lias communicate:! to the. Irish leaders-a thrcifcld schema : Immediate establishment of an Iri i Parliament at Dublin, the clean c: r. extension of South-east Ulster, ai d the formation of a jjirand council eqally composed of Dublin Parliame ... members and Ulster Commoners i > transact all common business between the excluded area and the remaind of Ireland, with power to direct, if thinks tfit, that any enactment of ti e Dublin Parliament shall apply to tin excluded area' V, OF PfXDU E Frwcr S' ps Av.vl-bit WELLINGTON, May 17. The prospects of being able to quit the large stock of perishable produce held in store in: the Dominion, and also the possibilty that next season there may be fewer ships available for the New Zealand trade, was considered by Cabinet to-day-and a cable was sept to Hon. Mr. Massey on a number of points connected with the shipping difficulty. ■ The Cabinet has decided on'a conference between the National Efficiency Board, the Requisitions Committee and the Board of Trade to go into the whole problem of production, storage, any shipping and To report to the Government. **

Purchase of Wheat Mr Macuonald's Mission. * r WELLINGTON, May 17. On Tuesday tlie Wheat Supply question was considered bv Cabinet and afterwards Sir James Alien stated that , the rfews from Australia that the Hon. W. D. S. Macdonald liad completed the purchase of 1J million bushels of wheat was not authentic on ar actual fact. A cable had to be sent to Hon. Mr. Macdonald that evening again. Probably the purchase would be completed in a day or .two. The wheat is being purr chased to make* good the • prospective shortage, which must at the present rate of consumption come to us before next harvest* Some of the NewZealand millers had plenty of wheat for their requirements, but many are already short. The price paid in Australia isf higher than the Government expected' to ' pay,, but it was calculated that millers will be alile to sell flour from it. at schedule rates,- except at wheat ports in the South Island. If the new wheat is landed at Auckland it will be loaded with carriage from-Australia. Tin Terms tf Purchase. : MELBOURNE, May 17. i 'Hie Hon W. D. S. MacDonald’s mission to buy to meet the New Zealand shortage was successful. Air. Hughes has announced the. sale of 1,500,000 bushels, with optibn of " a further 1,000,000 at 5s 6d net f.o.b. The New Zealand Government .undertakes to provide the shipping and pay for wheat whether delivered by the end of August or not.

Thß First Division. Ken Left in. V WELLINGTON, May 17. The number of men left in £lie First Division on Aray 3rd when tlie Seventh Ballot was drawn was as follows:—• Auckland 6775, Hauraki 1073, Nor . Auckland 1184, Waikato 1830, Wellington 4094, Alanawatu '6,089,' Hawkes Bay 1703, Taranaki 1875, Chriytchurch 2635, South Canterbury 1570, North Canterbury 870, Nelson 1239, -Dunedin' 2691. Southland 2138, : North Otago 752, South Otago 655, Clutha 992, Waira-' rap a: 1508, Poverty Bay 1121, Wanganui 1486, West Coast 1678,. Total 39,620.- - . Voluntary recruiting for the 32nd Reinforcements will he closed down shortly, probably at the end of next week and the Ballot to make up the defieiences will take place in the succeeding week. .

Miners’ Federation WELLINGTON, May 17 Before the Miners’- Federation Executive left Wellington fit made strong '. representations -to the Government urging the release of Mr. Semple and others imprisoned for ■ sedStion. The Government, it is understood, firmly adhered to its former decision not to release .these men. The question ofballotted miners who struck work being ordered to catap has not yet been fully decide'd, some not -haying being , medically examined The Minister of Defence has power, tljoir appeals having been dismissed, either to order them into camp or .to allow them to remain working in the essential industry—the coal industry.