Second Edition. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 47, 17 June 1914, Page 6

Second Edition. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Moller, chairman of the Dunedin Harbour Board, authorises the announcement that he will contest the Chalmers seat in the Liberal interest at the general election.

Detective Hawke, of Wellington, leaves for London to-morrow to bring hack to New Zealand a young man named J. A. McKinnon, who was arrested in connection with the Christchurch Customs frauds.—P.A.

S' At the Hamilton Supreme Court, Norman Conclery was charged with the theft of a horse at Otprohanga,but the jury disagreed twice, and a new trial has been ordered. William Morton, on a charge of the theft of a postal packet at Hamilton, was acquitted.—P.A.

The Hon. Mr Herries, replying to a deputation at Eotorua from the Bible-in-Schools League, asking for a referepdum on the League’s proposal, said he could not reveal the policy of the Government, and recommended them to wait for the Governor’s speech.— P.A.

The death of the Right Rev. A. R. Tucker, Bishop of Uganda, is reported by a London cablegram- He suddenly became ill in the cloisters at Westminster Abbey, and died in the Deanery. He had been Bishop of Uganda since 1899, and for the nine years prior to that was Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa.

A Rotorua Press Association message states that the Hon. Air Harries addressed a crowded meeting last night. His speech was on the lines oi recent utterances, the new matter being merely'of local interest. A vote of thanks and confidence in the Government .was carried on ,thf> voices by a large majority, an amendment of thicks'only receiving scanty support. v: -

The local Septs, .will bll|ffit to the extent ol about £2O, after everything has been cleaned up after the recent concert. This result must, on account of the wet weather on the night of the concert, be deemed highly satisfactory. A meeting of the committee was held last evening, and votes of thanks to :the ladies and performers were minuted. The committee are endeavouring to arrange a small social for “amang theirseives” for some time early in July.

Replying to a deputation of Rotorqa Maoris who asked for the leiuoyal of the restrictions imposed during the smallpox epidemic against travelling on Mr Renies said he would instruct stationmasters to carry -Maoris free of restrictions, and would see the Minister in charge of the Health'Department, recommending that the embargo be removed. A message from Wellington later in the day states ;—The Minister of Public Health says there has been no case of smallpox

in the Dominion reported for a con-

siderable time. He hopes that if all goes .well, he will, in the next few weeks, announce the removal qf the restrictions imposed on the, Maoris ’while travelling. The Department is still carrying on an active campaign - of inspecting and vaccinating the in outlying districts.

At the annual conference of the National Beekeepers Association, which opened in Wellington to-day, the Hon. Mr Rhodes attended, and made a speech, formally opening the conference. Mr James Alien (Southland) presided over an attendance of fifty delegates from all parts of the Dominion. The balance-sheet showed that the association was about £24 in debt. The first matter to be discussed is the constitution of the association, which requires remodelling after a year’s trial since the association was reconstructed from the federated association. Resolutions on the subject will be dealt with later. The conference hopes to make such amendments as will result in the natipnal organisation being acceptable to all district associations. —-P.A.