GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1915, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

SUSPICIOUS SHIPPING FIRM. By Telegraph.-—Press Association. Wellington, Yesterday. The Prime Minister has received "the following cablegram from the High Commissioner:—"l have been informed by the New Zealand Shipping Company that the East Asiatic Company at Copenhagen are approaching firms in New Zealand asking them to act aa agents for a steamer service from the Continent to New Zealand, This company has in the past had close working arrangements with German lines, and it is suspected that the object of the proposed line is to protect the position of Germans later on. Any encouragement of this line might, in my opinion, indirectly assist German trade and sh Piping-"

NORTH AUCKLAND BUTTER OUTPUT. Whangarei, Last Night. The question whether the Whangarei Freezing Company or the Auckland Freezing Company should export the butter output of the Whangarei, Hikurangi, Parua Bay, Waipu, and Waikiekic Dairy Companies was practically settled in favor of Auckland. Three weeks ago Mr. A. Rowlands, of the Whangarei Freezing Company, offered to a conference of the dairy companies :'n Whangarei to erect a butter store at tli.i freezing works, and store the export for one shilling per box, the Auckland rate being Is IJd. Mr. Rowlands stipulated that the companies should guarantee the freezing company their annual output (about 30,000 boxes) for a number of years, and the conference appointed 1111 executive to receive the respective decisions of the companies. The executive met twice, but there was no word received from Iliktirangi. Finally, this week-end Mr. Rowlands laid his scheme before Hikurangi, which decided to support Auckland for the present. The remaining companies being unable to guarantee HO,OOO boxes annually, on an approximate basis, the Whangarei o(W falls through. BELGIAN DIMIGRATION. Wellington, Last Night. .In reply to a letter forwarded by tho New ZeaVind Government, in April' last, to the, Belgian Minister in London re' navding the immigration of Belgians to the dominion, the following eal'ile sage was received to-day: -••With refer, erne to your letter of April 7. Hie Belgian Minister states thai owing. to the heavy loss in population silst lined during the war the Belgian Government niiieli regret they are unable to consider the suggest ion tor the eueouraffemeut ot immigration of Belgian women. Thev Wish to express thanks for Hie kind proposal of the New Zealand Government.