DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1917, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

MOTOR sJARAGE BURXEL By Telegraph.—Press Association. Napier, .Tnn. 211. At noon to-day fire totally destroyed a motor cans" and residence at tho cMiier of Dalton and Tennyson Streets. Tin Hunt, and stock wore owned by the Wright Motor Company and iinlnsiivcd. AH was lost, with si:., cars. Tim (>p floor, used us a residence, was do.troyed with all its content?, which wire also uninsured. The building was owned by Montague T.ftsoelles, Timariu TJ.e insurances ire unknown.

SCHOOL DESTROYED BV FIRE Dannevirke, Last Night The public s.'hool at Terelmngft was destroyed by Fro early on Friday morning.. As the school was closed for th« holidays the ovigir of the fire is ft inj sterv. ARBITRATION COURT T~.LF.CTIO>!. Wellington, Last Night. Tho Arbitration Court election ro soiled In the icturn of the following.' .Employers' representative. W. Scott;' deputy. W. Pryor; workers' reprcsenta- ( \e, J. A. MeCiillough; deputy, M. J, Htardon. RETAIL PP.ICE OF BUTTER. Auckland, Last Nigiit. The Hoard of Trade returns to We?l : ngton in a day or two to meet a derml.mim repr.'-en! ing the liutter t'"u'e with a view !n reconsidering the Do . h iiren retail price of butter. AN OLD LADY'S PLUCK Auckland, .Tatmnry 25. , ■Tame-, P.idling, who reserved his d<J« fence, was oonimiltcd for trial at Puke-l-'obe to-day on a charge of burglary on ■lanuary i'J, Mrs. Leach deposed that she retired about 11 p.m. and later heard six loml knocks oil the front door, then the kitJien window was smashed and the man entered her bedroom. Ho sat on the floor and slid towards lier. She jumped out of bed and caught up a knife. The man sprung at her and caught her hands. They struggled together and she, getting exhausted, stalllied her a«aiiant through the hand. He lied from her bedroom and she followed him, opened tlic door and drove liim out. Tier age was 78 in June last. She was living alone and her eve-sight was , bad.

NURSERYMEN'S CONFERENCE". Wellington. January 25. The Nurserymen's Conference h*l concluded. A vomit was adopted condemning tho picking-over of consignments wli it-li 11avo been condemned M containing diseased trees. It was decided to Isold the next conference at Christehurch. Mv. I). Hay (Aiit-kiand) read ft'paper on after-war conditions in the nur.-ery .trade. Mr. G. (ireen contributed a paper on some of the essential elements of success in the nursery business, uid Mr. A. Shrnbsliall (Christehureh) read a. paper on scientific training and the future of horticulture in New Zealand. The conference then decided that th.» Government he a*ked to consider tho establishment of a Dominion Institute of Horticulture under the control of tho Horticultural Division, and that nurserymen's district councils ho recommended to obtain classes in horticultural science |at the local technical schools whereve? sufficient support was forthcoming.