NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 263, 26 July 1915, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

THE COAL BILL. A COMPROMISE.. As the result of renewed protests against the Coal Bill. Mr Kunciman accepted an amendment to the effect that ff the contract price Is above the statutory price th e contract shall continue subject to a reduction in the price. He said ft was impossible' to arrnge a flat- price for small consatners. CHILD KILLED. KICKED BY A HORSE.

AUCKLAND, This Day.

The eight-year ; oh! daughter of Arthur Gill, Mount Albert, died last night as a result of injury caused by a kick from a horse.

SHIPPING' SHORTAGE.

RECORD CANADIAN WHEAT CROP

AUCKLAND. This Dav.

The Hon. Watson, a passenger by the |M!'akura, says that Canada is greatly concerned about the shortage of ahipjpitrg-. It appeared hopeless to procure ,ships to get away the 1 surplus of '■wlhe’at.. It is expected' there will be a record wheat crop.

DECLARATION' DAY,

DANNEVIRKFT, This Diy

Tire- Rev. A. Grant, Moderator of! the Presbyterian General Assembly ,in re-sponse-to a general desire-; directs that August 4th be observe? throughout the Ptesbyterian Churches' iu the Dominion- as a day of prayer and inter- -

A BOXER KILLED.

WHILE BUSHFALEJNG

GISBORNE, This Day

Charles Cate,’ a well-known boxer, waskilletJ while bush felling at Mataw'ai. Great difficulty was experienced in caxrymg the body out over the rough bush tracks, and through: flooded creeks.. The deceased was married, and leaves a wife and three young children.

AT WELLINGTON FIRE,

BUSINESS BUILDING DESTROYED

WELLINGTON, Ths Day

A fire*- on Saturday night destroyed Wyatt’s- general store at Worser Bay, also the? Post Office, Public Hall, a bake hotrs e and two store rooms, all in one trtrilding. Was Prying fish iit oil, and left it for a few minutes, when, apparently the oil boiled over, and when he returned the room was a mass of f.ames, which quickly spread. Wyatt valued’ Ms (ind at £1500,.. It.was insured for £650. The insurances on buildings are- not ascerI tained.

the;main trunk railway

LANDSLIPS AND WASHOUTS

LINE CLEARED YESTERDAY

PASSENGERS’ TRYING TIME. SHORT OF FOOD. CANDLES.IN BOTTLES THE ONLY LIGHT. AUCKLAND; This Day.

Railway, communication between Wellington, and Auckland was restored yesterlay>,thre e express trains arriving at Auckland in the afternoon and evening,, and on e departing last night.

The- obstruction at Tdringamutu was two and a half miles- north of Taumarmmi, and was negotiated by the* construction of a tamporary track; skirting at the sceiie> of the accident; which occurred on Flriday, and the? hne was reported clear at 9 o’clock yesterday morning..

Similary railway gangers succeeded in clearing slips at Pyketutu, Pdrootarao, Waimiha, Piriaka, Owhartgo, and the wash out at Pokako. A new development in tUe> situation, however, was provided by hoods in Waikacovthe rapid rising of the river causing a washout one and! half miles north of Muntly.

The first two expresses to reach Auckland (yesterday, experienced no trouble, but the third was delayed for an hour while repairs to the brack wer e effected. Later the river was stated to h e rising steadily,, and water was reported at 8 o’clock fast night to be within a short distance of the level of the railway line.

Kearh| Bdo palsenixerlji Jin Aurk'aid ct day. the first train arriving at 1.38 p.m. was three days overdue,, and many of the passengers had spent four nights on the train. It was a trying experience for all, the

trouble commencing when the train ran into a mass of earth and boulders at Piriaka, six and a half miles south of Taumanmul,; on Thursday morning. : delays, owing to slips and waili,-outs,' passengers were for a time short ,of food. -There was no •gas in the■•'train and candles In lemonade bottles Were, largely wsred for lighting purposes, ■; ~ '

TR Z MTH ACO ?.1 Z: ioSfON

IMPORTANT EVIDENCE GIVEN.

WELLINGTON. This ISay./ , The Trentham Commission coat i n-* ! ued its sitting- this morning, Magnus Badger, sergeant in field smfoulance, stated that when he went oti d'aty at Che Racecour% Kiosk tiospitaf on the 28th June;, the hospital the.v was very congested; men werelying on the floor, but tire next day a. mmiLer of stretchers and beds were brought 5 m It was impossible to keep

the place" clean as convalescents were 'going In' and out with muddy boots. Beds ha'd' ho sheets; he had objected to the system whereby patients were compelled to walk from the lines to the hospital! In one case a man with, a temperature at 103, walked up. This i case was reported, and instructions ; were then giverr that patients' with, /high temn°ratures'had to be convoyed (ion stretchers- SonreiiOf these meir had |jto leav e their beds, and it was inrpospSible/ to deal with them otherwise. [jEverything possible was done to Keep ■ the plac e clearg and any complaitrfsItfo Colonels Valihtine, or Morice, wera jihimediately investigated.

VOLUNTEER* SISTERHOOD.

APPEAL TOR FUNDS. WELLINGTON, This Day. The Secretary of the New Zealand" Volunteer Sisterhood of Christchurch/ has Issued an appeal to the public assist thef with furrds.She points out; that the women of" Near Zealand aregiving themselves fdr a year or more to- help wounded and disabled men, and some thirty or, forty have now been called to work rh local military hospitals. She appeals for help to enable them to do their duty to sick and- wounded.

BUTTER IN COED STORE.

NEW ZEALAND’S STOCK

WELLINGTON, This Day. The Hon. Mr Massey has ascertained from th e Directors of the Dairy Produce Division, that the quantity of butter in store in the Dominion on Saturday was 13,906 boxes, or 347 tons, including 2,879 brought from England by th e Rbahine. Thus there is sufficient for another 25 days without making allowance for increasing production. Supplies for the near season are already coming forward' 1 in the North Island, where the majority of factories will resume operations before the w middle of August. Therefore there i» every prospeet of ample l supplies being available before the present stock is exhausted. ; 1