GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 8, 4 July 1911, Page 8

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

THE SUEZ MAIL. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wanganui, Last Night. The Chamber of Commerce decided tonight to support the Wellington Chamber of Commerce in urging that Wellington be the distributing centre for the Suez mail. NEXT CHESS TOURNEY. Wellington, Last Night. The New Zealand Chess Association decided to-night to hold the next championships at Napier at Christmas time. HOME RULE DELEGATES. Dunedin, Last Night. The Home Rule delegates, Messrs. Hazleton, Redmond, and Donovan, addressed a meeting in the Garrison Hall to-night. There was a large attendance, and the speakers received a good hearing. The sum of £440 was subscribed towards the Home Rule funds. DEAR BUTTER. Invercargill, Last Night. The price of butter (wholesale) has been raised as from to-day from Is 2a to Is 3d; retail, Is 4d to Is Sd. PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRATION. Palmerston N., Last Night. The Overseas Club, which, with the Navy League, conducted a highly successful patriotic demonstration in the Municipal Opera House on Coronation night, resolved to-night to make it an annual affair on Empire Day. A CONSUL HONORED. Wanganui, Monday. It is 50 year# ago to day since Heri F. A. Krull, of Wanganui, was appointed German Consul in New Zealand, and he is the recipent of many congratulatory telegrams and letters, including messages from Sir James Carroll, on behalf of the Government, and from the foreign Consul® in Wellington and other places. Herr Krull has now sent in his resignation, feeling that his age entitles him to resign and retire. The German Government lias recognised his long services by granting him the Order of the Crown, and also the Order of tfie Red Eagle, and this morning he received a letter stating that His Imperial (German) Majesty had granted him a higher Order of the Crown, with the number 50, which order is limited to the issue of 50. A dinner will be given Herr Krull by the Foreign Consuls in Wellington on Thursday.