GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 4 March 1907, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

THIS AKBITUATIOX ACT. Per Press Association. ~ ~ Welington, Alareh 2. On his return from the South, (he. Minister for Labour, the Hon. ,1 \ Millar, was asked if the Uovoriimeiit proposed doing anything in the way ol amending the Arbitration Act so as to provide against agreements bo'ii" invalidated through mere techncal inloruialitics. Mr Millar replied that he did not care to say anything about the matter at present, as he might be cal';i'd upon to deal with it officially at an early date.

EGG-LAYING COMPETITION. Blenheim, March " During the 42nd week of the e'-"-lniyng competition 1078 eggs were hid making the total 87.022. The highest nymgs for the, week were:-l>,Tdd!e, Ulnte Wyandottes, 34; Thomson, 32 n"l« n' ul {both mito thorns)} Bytlfll, Mvs .Wyandjottes. 20; <\ and P. Association and Leger (White Leghorns), 27eaeli. The leading pens to date are:—Brookes, 1101; A and P. Association, 1150; Thomson, 1107Lossmgton, 1100; Hodson, 10S7 (at White Leghorns). MEDICAL CONGRESS Uunedin, March 2. The annual congress of the Now Zealand Branch of the British Med'en I Association will open in Dnncdin on Monday, and is expected to extend over several days. The greater portion of the time of the Congress will be occupied with matters of interest only to ' the medical faculty; The president, for this year is Br Burnett of Dnncdin, and he will deliver the openio"address on Monday evening. oil Tuesday evening there will be n discussion on the question of medical ex-I animation of school children, and in tins and also to the presidential address on previous evening the public i, invited. The Chief Health Officer for the colony (Dr. Mason), will attend the meeting*;, but the Mini-dor of Public Health (Hon. (J. Powl.lsi w j,„ was also to have been present, bus notilled that he will be unable to be in Dnncdin at the 'time.