DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 June 1919, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

SWIMMING ASSOCIATION. .! i By Telegraph.—Press Association. Cliristchurch, Last Night. A deputation from the executive of tin Royal Life Saving Society interviewed the Hon. Russell and requested financial assistance from the (government. The Hon. U. W- iiusaell said that it would be a good idea if the work of the two organisations were consolidated, i bo that the Government/could deal with ■ one body and one grant. He was pre- ] pared to recommend a pound for pound subsidy to bring the revenue of the society up to £260, if the money wanted v.as raised by subscriptions and swimming carnivals. A PREMATURE CELEBRATION. Auckland, June 23. The bonfire erected on Mount Eden, Auckland, by the peace celebrations committee, which cost £IOO was prematurely fired by mischief-makers at 8 o'clock on Sunday evening and was totally desi jyed. It presented a fine spectacle and despite the steady rain was watched by a large crowd of spectators- The fire led many to believe that peace had been signed.

WAIMANA'S WAR TROPHIES, Auckland, June 23. The troopship Waimana brought thousands of war trophies for the Dominion museums, including 22 field guns, seven howitzers, hundreds of machine guns, and samples of every fighting device used by the- Germans.

APPRECIATIVE RAILWAYMEN. Cliristchurch, June 23. A meeting of the Canterbury branch of the Engineers, Firemen, and Cleaners' Association passed a vote of confidence in the president and executive and appreciation of the manner in which they had placed the proposals of the branch before the Minister of 'Railways and the department.

CABLE INTERRUPTION. Wellington, June 23. The Pacific cable is interrupted between Auckland and Norfolk Island. The Iris has gone out to repair if. Messages cannot now arrive from or leave Auckland direct for Vancouver, but must go by Sydney and Southport, in Queensland.

MINE-SWEEPING OPERATIONS. Wellington, June 23. The mine-sweepers before coming here had cleared up the China Sea, where they destroyed over forty mines. After finishing in New Zealand, which, with good weather, is expected to take two months, they will sweep the Australian minefields. At the end of their work ■they will be handed over to tiie Australian Government.

REMANDED FOR SENTENCE. Wanganui, June 23. Michael McCann, who escaped from custody by jumping off a Main Trunk train on June 12 at the top of Ramimu spiral, and who was captured on Saturday night at Fordell, appeared in the Magistrate's Court this morning on a "harcre of escaping from custody. He pleaded guilty and the magistrate deferred sentence until to-morrov