NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 30 July 1917, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

WEBB RELEASED. CHRISTCHURCH, this day. , Mr. P. Webb, M.P., was released this morning. There was no demon : stration. Interviewed, he severely criticised toe prison regulations for ordinary prisoners, and declared reformative treatmen'iTWas a farce, and men on remand were harshly dealt with. He expects to resume his Parliamentary duties on Friday, when he will take the .opportunity to discuss the prison regulations generally. After a reception to-night by the Trades and Labour Council, he leaves for Greymouth to-morrow. . ™ MISSING UNION LINER. | LITTLE HOPE HELD OUT. I DUNEDIN, July 28. i No news has yet been received of 'the Union Company's cargo steamer, 'which is over 30 days overdue at her destination. The chances of her safe,ty do not appear to be very hopeful. There is a possibility that the vessel i.may have run ashore on one of the numerous low-lying coral reefs which are so widely scattered over a certain portion of the Pacific. The overdue steamer visited Dunedin some months ago with a full general cargo from oversea ports, and then went fo some of the Northern ports. She is commanded by Capt. H. C. Saunders, who is known to be a most capable officer, and who has a thorough knowledge of the Pacific, in which trade he had been engaged for many years.

IS KITCHENER ALIVE?

A PRISONER'S LETTER

I PALMERSTON NORTH, July 28. xipropos of the Kitchener cable, a lady in a responsible position in Palmerston North recently received a letter from a well-known Belfast resident stating that the mother of a sailor on the Hampshire known to her had received a letter from her son, whom she had thought dead, but who was a prisoner in Germany. The son added at the foot of the letter: "K" is here also. BAD WEATHER IN WELLINGTON. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE. WELLINGTON, this day.

Practically continuous rain during Saturday and Sunday caused a good deal of minor damage and small slips and washouts in various parts of the city. A large slip in the city side of the Karori Tunnel completely blocked the tram traffic. Fortunately the roadway was clear at the time, and no one was hurt. A thunderstorm and violent gales passed over Wellington just before mid-day on Sunday. A bridge at the back of Horokiwi Valley -was washed away by torrents rushing down from the surrounding hills. A large quantity of milk destined for the Wellington city supply was thus unable to reach the railway, consequently many houses in the city were milkless this mornmg.