DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1918, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

DEFAULTING RESERVIST • ■ ARRESTED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. P.ihiatua, Last Night. Two Wellington constables, very early this morning, proceeded to ft farm at Pukehinau, in the Pongaroa district, and arrested a sturdily-built First Division reservist. The man was ordered.'to parade for medical examination on April 4, but failed to respond to repeated noticed. He declared lie would have to be fetched. On the production of the warrant he elected to come quietly. The party cant* into Pahiatua by the mail coach, after a rough trip. The pion'a f&mily record is said to be a good one, one brother being at the front, one in camp, and one died in camp. The arrestee is stated to have objections to military service of any kind. ANGLICAN SOLDIERS' INSTITUTE OPENED. Rotorua, Last Night. The Anglican Soldiers' Institute was opened this afternoon by the Governor - General, the Countess of Liverpool boing present. There was a very largo gathering, and addresses were gi\e:i by the Governor-General, the- Bishops of Wellington, Auckland and WaiapU, anil two Maori chiefs. The speakers emphasised that the institute would U' own to all ranks, creeds and The Maori Patriotic Association of OhLiw mutu undertook to provide the co<t of a billiard table (£140). The institute has been erected by the Anjlk-nn Military Affairs Committee. 1 •, RETURNED. SOLDIERS' UNDER' RATE PERMITS. " ' A _; Wellington, Last Nijsht. The Labor Department has decided to ask tcpresi?htatives Ti 'Qf the Returned Soldiers' Association to be present when applications for the issue of under-rate permits to returned soldiers are under consideration, There have been Fudgestions„:that partially disabled men "may not always be fully protected' without the assistance . that the returned soldiers' organisation can give, I'-ARMERS' t^TOCONFERENCE. Wellington. Last Night. At the annual Dominion conference of Zealand Farmers' Union Si* James Wilson, in his presidential address, reviewed the ;work of*thej pa»t year. He referred witty approval to] the Imperial wool purchase, Bpokc of the! serious regarding (hipping, and emphasised this necessity of more cold' storage room, , 1 There 1b a large attendance of dele-j gates from all over the Dominion. The conference is being held in the union's! new offlcea. j The conference debated a proposal t« abolish race meetings during the war. An amendment in favor of a curtail] ment of racing was carried by a laigel majority. > A resolution was passed endorsing tho attitude of the New Zealand reprt»entatives at the Imperial Conference, resp'ebting the captured German colonies.