DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 48, 26 February 1913, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

THE REFORM LEAGUE. (Per Press Association.) Rotorua, February 25. Mr Lindergren, tlie Reform Party s Organiser, addressed a meeting here to-night, when a branch of the Reform League was formed. Mr J. '<■ McLean was elected president, HAUL'OF 1000 TROUT. The Tourist Department started netting in Lake Rotorua last night, by contract. The first haul was 1090 fish, and these will be retailed fresh, or smoked. PRESS ASSOCIATION ATTACKED. Dunedin, February 25. At a fully-attended meeting of the Council of the Federated ClothingTrade to-night a resolution was carried, protesting against the absence of any newspaper report, outside Christchurch, in connection with the wholesale clothing trade dispute, which was before the Arbitration Court there last week. The resolution stated that in consideration of the fact that over 300 females, and many male workers were concerned with the dispute, that it was a Dominion dispute, and that the public was always closely interested in the conduct of the industry, the Press Association failed in its duty in not making known the leading facts as brought out. BOOTH MEMORIAL. Subscriptions for the General Booth Memorial Fund in New Zealand amount to over £BOOO. Local subscriptions include £IOO from the Union Steam Ship Company, £IOO from Mrs Ritchie, £SO from Mr J. T. Wright, £SO from Mr John Sidey, £25 from Mr J. A. Johnstone, £25 from “A Friend’’ and £2O from Mr John Roberts. THIEVES AT THE GRAND HOTEL. Auckland, February 20. Thieves entered the Grand Hotel last night, and vjsited the rooms of many boarders, robbing them of money and jewellery. Harry Clark, the American actor,was the principal loser, a roll of notes totalling £516 being taken. One of the delegates, to the Press Association meeting had a purse stolen. Evidence showed that the Grand Hotel thieves gained access to the rooms by means of a fire escape, entering through the windows. The total losses in money and jewellery are about £6OO. Mr iSTibio, who was in a room near Mr Clark, had over £SOO, which the thieves overlooked and which the owner promptly banked this morning. Mr Hall, the Hon. Mr Fisher’s private secretary, lost a gold watch and chain. THE KATOA’S EXPERIENCE. Auckland, February 25. While the Katoa, from Westport to Auckland, was off Westport at 12.38 on Saturday she was lifted by a submarine disturbance and shaken from stem to stern. The sensation was as though the steamer had been raised from under, and was scraping her way over a derelict. The shock lasted only four seconds, but had no appreciable effect on the sea. Captain North is of opinion that the centre was out at sea. A WEAK-MINDED GIRL. Wellington, February 26. The girl Ivy Scong, aged 16, an inmate of St. Mary’s Anglican Home, Karori, to-day pleaded guilty to a charge of having set fire to her home, ft was stated the girl said that if the place was destroyed she watild be allowed to go back to her people. The Magistrate said the girl evidently did not realise the seriousness of her act, and committed her to the Supreme Court for sentence. * THE THREE MILLION LOAN. Wellington, February 20. Though no official announcement has been made, the Post understands that the price of the three million loan works out as nearly as possible at 4i per cent.