TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1919, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

11-fcK PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYBIOHT.] RETURNED SOLDIERS ORGANISER PALMERSTON NORTH, July 15. Lieut.-Colonel J. Mitchell has been appointed by the Returned Soldiers’ Association as organiser for the Wellington provincial district, including Marlborough and Nelson:

SUSPENDED FOOTBALLERS. CHRISTCHURCH, July 15. To mark the signing of peace, and the services of footballers in the Great War, the Management Committee of the Canterbury Rugby Union decided to-nigbt to remove the disqualifications on all its players who are at present under suspension. This action is, of course, subject to the decision of the New Zealand Union to which the motion will go as a recommendation. WAIRARAPA NEWS. MASTERTON, July 14. 'Hie Masterton Golf .Club’s four-ball match on Saturday resulted in a win for A.C. Major and J. G .Bee (handicap 9), whose score was 75. 'A meeting of A.P.N. on Saturday night decided to endorse the action of the executive in refusing the offer of the sheep owners re shed hands’ rate of pay, and pledged itself to assist the executive in obtaining full rates for shed hands. THE MARSDEN SEAT. WHANGAREI July 15. A fourth candidate is out for the Marsden representation in the person of Mr Albert H. Curtis of Maungaturoto, who is declaring himself an “Independent in the interests of the farmers and the wage-earners.” I AN AUCKLAND CENTENARIAN. AUCKLAND, July 15. Mrs D. B. Williams of Mullet Point Kawau Island, celebrated the one hundred and first anniversary of her birth on Tuesday last. Mrs Williams is still in good health. INDEPENDENT YOUNG STER S. TIMARU, July io. Each township is arranging peace celebrations for Saturday. The Fairlie official committee, on account of the met ground and the winter weather, decided to drop the adult programme, and to postpone the children’s fete till ethe spring. The young people who have been preparing took matters into their own hands, and will carry out a programme of their own, including a procession, fireworks, bonfire and a dance.