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PRISONERS' PROPERTY Bj Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, May 15. t An Order-in-Counoil authorises Public Trustee to soil an prisoners' behalf the real or personal property of any enemy alien prisoner who left New Zealand or to act as eustodian of the property in accordance with the powers conferred by prisoner in any instrument executed by him. PURCHASE OF HOMES. Christchurch, May 14. The Canterbury Patriotic Fund has adopted the following resolution:—"That this committee is of the opinion that as a general principle advances and grants should not be made for the purchase of homes, hut the exception may be made when the very special circumstances of some widow or soldier whose physical disablement is of so grave a nature as to call for special sympathetic treatment, and in the case of receiving assistance, it should be conditional on their undertaking to repay any ad-* v&uce in the event of re-&jarriage." PRICE OF MTTJC Christchureb, May 14. At a meeting of dairy farmers held at Addragton to-day, it was decided to increase the price of milk during the winter months to Is 4d per gallon. Probably a rise in the retail pries' will follow. MINISTER HKK MEBffiS. Hc&itiJka, May IS. The Minister for Mines visited, the agricultural centres in fho forenoon, go» ing ower the Kokatahi and Koiterangi districts this afternoon. He visited the goldfields near Lake Kanteri, where the Westland gold mining syndicate are opening up a large alluvial proposition. Water from the forty head water race is drawn from the Arahura river, 18 miles, away, was turned on.. SOLDIERS' GRIEVANCES. 8 __ Wellington, May 16. It ' & understood that arrangements have now been made by the Defence Department whereby any discharged soldier who has any complaint with regard his military administration or repatriation can represent the same to the secretary of his branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association, who in turn will refer the complaint to the department concerned with the view of obtaining redress. In order to deal with such complaints the Defence Department will appoint a special officer at each district headquarters for mv-eatigating' them «cA securing redress. HASTINGS WELCOME TO GENERAL. RUSSELL. Hastings, May 16. Arrangement* are complete to make General Russell's- return to his own town a red-letter day in the annals of Hastings. He will bo received by guards of honor from returned soH&rs and his old Hawke'e Buy Mounted Raifes. Shops and schopls will obsarvft a holiday, and the town will be gaily decorated. A civic reception by the Mayor will be given the municipal buildings. Sir Andrew's employees at the Tunanni estate have also prepared a great reception for him when he reaches home in the awning. MLEXQM: POST' <DKE®)ES!iOBSE!Er. Dunadin, May 16. At the. Police Cottct, Victor Jazzes Robert Keen was charged with breaking and entering the Milton Post Office Savings Bank and stealing £520 10s in i notes. He was also charged with en- ! tering the dwelling of the manager and i stealing a bunch of keys. The accused pleaded guilty to both charges- Ife was committed to the Supreme Caart for gsn. , tence. Nearly all of the money was aceouirted for. The accused was then charged, that at Makuroa in April, 1918, Ire forged the name of 0. Gaud in to a telegram, with the intention that it should be acted on as genuine. A remand was granted by the police till Friday next. DIPHTHERIA OUTBREAK. Dunedin, May 16. It. was reported to-day that the five children removed from tha Skndining Home to the Dunedin Hospital yesterday are all mild cases: and doing well. The eases in and about Dunedin are all of a mild type. COMPLAUKTS RE 60MES Tar, awn Wellington, May 15. Members of tha cnew of the steamer 'Manuka, on Semes Island, stated to-day that they didn't wish to he moved, the accommodation and treatment they were receiving being entirely satisfactory. The Manuka's crew consented to work the vessel, and Bhe left for Sydney this afternoon. 1 Wellington, May 19. The executive of the Seamen's Tftiioa has written to the Minister of Public Health stating that it has received many bitter complaints by members of the crew of the Maauka respecting the condition of affairs at Somes Island quarantine 1 station, and in the interest of seamen and citizens it demands a. public inquiry into a number of allegations which it set» out.' LAUD HUNGER. IN THE NORTH. Thames, May 16. The Hauraki Plains are attracting considerable attention from Tarnnaki and other buyers. Seventy-live pounds per acre was realised for one section and a block auctioned brought £20,000, or in the vicinity of £SO per acre. The dry- spell has improved the area considerably and' feed is plentiful. The I production last year was well over a [quarter of a miUion sterling and only a third of the plains has yet been brought under the ballot. The Minisi ter of Lands haß promised greater vigor in draining operations. SECONDARY SCHOOLS, ETC. Dunedin, May" 15. } T"® High School's Board of Governors 1 decided to-day to circularise the govern* jing bodies of all secondary schools and 'technical colleges in the Dominion, saggesting that the Education Department jbe requested to call a conference of re[Prescntatives of those bodies in Wellington during the next season of Parliament to consider the selection of teachers for training junior teachers, and conI tJmiity between the primary and secondary schpols, sent in by any of the above ibodiea as remits to the conference.
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