DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 April 1919, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

A NEW REFRIGERATED STEAMER. By Telegrapn—Press Association. Chmtchurch, Last Night. The New Zealand Shipping Company has purchased a standard steamer now building on the Clyde, which will be in' sulated for frozen cargo. When insulated she will carry 150,000 freight carcasea. Delivery is expected in November, and she will be named the Piako, INTERRUPTION IN CABLE SERVICE. Wellington, Last Night. The Eastern Telegraph Compuny announces that London advises it is not necessary to divert homeward messagus via Paeiiic, as the delay on the Eastern route is twenty-four hours only home wards. They have already asked the Pacific Cable Board to assist with trnlfis from North America to the Far East during the interruption of the commercial Pacific cables between San Francisco and the Philippines to equalise the delay from the United Kingdom outwards to Australia by both routes. REMAINING ESCAPEES CAPTURED. Hastings, Last Night. Charles Hodler and Alfred Kraut, the Featherston escapees, were arrested here and will proceed to Wellington under guard to-iuorrow, DEMOBILISATION FIGURES. Wellington, Last Night. A report received by the Minister of Defence states that on April 12 the members of the N.Z.E.F. remaining in France numbered 423, in the United Kingdom 19,337, in hospital in the United Kingdom 2208, married men with wives and fifcoilies in the United Kingdom 1129, nurses and Red Cross workers to be evacuated 227. The total number evacuated from the United Kingdom to New Zealand since the Armistice was signed is 24,333. RAILWAY APPEAL BOARD. Wellington, Last Night. At to-day's sitting of the Railway Appeal Board the hearing of evidence in the case of M. Guthrie, locomotive foreman at Palmerston North, who appealed against being superseded, was concluded. The board reserved its decision. VISIT OF THE JAPANESE SQUADRON Auckland, Last Night. Official advice has been received by the honorary consul to Japan (Mr. Heather) that a Japanese training squadron, consisting of the ships Tokiwa and Azuma, under command of Vice-Admiral Makano, will visit Auckland shortly. The original itinerary included several porta in Australia, but information has been received that it had not yet been decided where the squadron will proceed after leaving Fremantle. This chanfre has been brought about owing to the outbreak of influenza in the Commonwealth.' According to previous information tlio ships were due at Auckland on June 4,