WITHIN THE DOMINION

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 215, 27 May 1915, Page 4

WITHIN THE DOMINION

FIRE AT WAUPAWA ».| k S&VERAL PREMISES S-TJTTEFy WAIPAWA, Tfefe Day. A- disastrous, fire occurred early this" mtoritf&g, gutting the premises'' of Mr Williteffs, jeweller; Vickers, tobacconist;; Bfott, stationer; Moir cycle agent and Parkin, tailor; while considerable damage was done to Houd'e. drapery by water and smoke. ISie fire lm#got a strong hold when it was discovered, threatening to sweep t&e Main Street, but the brigade madb splendid'efforts to sare. i?HE INSURANCES.WAIPAWA, This Day. The insurances were as follows: Carson's Buildings, £ll3O, in the Royal; Williams*, £225, in the State and £IOO in the Northern; Parkin £2OO in the South British; Bott, £IOO in the Vic toria and £IOO in the Queensland; Moir £3OO- in the State; Vickers,£2oo in the Royal; Hood Bros., £5500 .in each, State; "Queensland and Yorkshire NATIONAL FUND. TO REPLACE LOCAL FUND. CONFERENCE IN WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, this Day. A conference of mayors and district representatives was called by Mr J. P. Luke, Mayor, Wellington, to discuss a proposal to establish a National Fund, was held yesterday and attended by a dozen delegates. Mr Luke strongly (advocated a National Fund,' pointing

|but that men from one district were /enlisting in amtn-r, and therefore it : 3was desirably to consolidate the various funds. He snggoued that the fund pe in the olrar.Td of the Public Trustee, that a Foarl of Trustees, consisting of Hie Mayors of the chief centres and of Provincial districts appointed. Other speakers favoured? th e National Idea, while

i others opposed it on the ground that ! it'would destroy a lot of enthusiasm in ; local icommittees, and) subscriptions ; W'rulrj not be so freely fortbcomfng.At • th e fwtne time the general ?opimon was j eyprt-ssed that som Q uniform scheme i sVotild b'e»adbpted to prev eut overlap- , Eventually the conference went l/tntc committee to discus; j a proposal sttH'.ftjr: bVior e the Prime Mu.isier and of Defence 1 ■ ■ . —_ it

I \ A-- RETURNED TROOPER. £U"EFERING FROM TUBERCULOSIS. | ; WAN3SEPJNG TJdE STREETS | 2 im STATE OF•COLLAPSE. j' eHRISTCHIURCH, This Day. J At- a meeting -o/j the Hospital Board '•several? member?; spoke in indignant stones of the treatment of a returned I trooper, who, it was stated, came back 'from Egypt suf Bering from tuberculosis. IHe walked ab out the streets for some ; time-and fina Uy found fete way to the Board's Tube rculosis Dispensary,wher e it was disc* jvered for the first time that- he wa? , simply in a state cf col- ; lapse. Oiw . member said h e was astonished 1 0 learn that the Defence Aatfh-oritie s had not provided for-the i man ; Jtoe"'al bodies also must be held response de for the treatment of retuaraed t roopers. The matter was an absoMb 3 disgrace. Th e Board decided to ask the Public Health Committee to inves' igate and take action..