GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 377, 30 April 1910, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. A Gazette notice was published to-day further proroguing Parliament until May 31. EXPLOSION OX A LAUNCH. Thames. April 29. A narrow escape from serious acci dent, which might have caused loss of life, has occurred. By some means not yet ascertained an explosion occurred on one of the launches running from Thames to the llauraki land whicii is being opened for settlement. An occupant named Brennan was severely burnt about the face, head and hands. He was conveyed to the hospital, but his condition is not serious. PALMERSTOX DAIRY SHOW. Palmerston North. April 29. Applications for space at the National Dairy Slio.v this year from manufacturers and ag'-nts for dairy factory und farm supplies, greatly exceed all previous years, running into a thousand continuous feet uf frontage. This space will be entire v devoted to dairying exhibits. Every make of milking machine will be exhibited, and five agents lor machines have arranged for relays of cows to be mil'ced by machines during the progress of the show.

THE POLICE FORCE. Wellington. April 20. A meeting of menvhers of tlie police force was held h,st evening to consider ihc matter of nominating a representative for election to the Public Sen-ice Superannuation Hoard. The name of Inspector Ellison \ V! » S submitted for nomination. s„,„, >ant: T) ;lv t., of tlic training depot, tnl.l the meeting ho look no excoi.li.-,,, (0 tno nomination ot Inspector Ivlnu,, ; mt wjsh(l( , to mkp it clear that }y. l,i m seif would be a candidate for lfWfim , on the , mr( j , He declined to ~., ~-„ namp Mm(l the meetings ; , , iin( , i( , atp ~7 „ recognised ,t ,v fl , out of thp I(lßti to e pec t),e cons ti , Most ' { „ V nt b.s nomir mtioni when „„„.„,„,„,/„ sinned officers wre present supporting '""V, . f H ' argued that the meotin . would not pn* dge itself> lt d cided to EUiwn.