NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1014, 2 January 1911, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

: Telceraph.—Press Association.) f. IS A STRIKE TO COME?

•ffHE RAILWAYS STACKING COAL. - ' Christchurch,' December- 31. _ In connection with' the rumoured strike fcf coalminers, it is understood that several local bodies—ths City Council, tho Tramway Board, Hospital Board, and the like—have made preparations to proride for a contingency such as that which Would • arise in the event of a strike. According to one authority, tho trouble in : the ,coal trade, if .it arises, will b& in connection with the , State collieries. There is in stock for the,,requirements of • tho Huninui-Bluff 'section and tranches sufficient wal for .five or sis fcaonths.

■ RUMOURED TRAMWAY SMASH, A POT,ICY OP HUSH. —Christchurch, December SI. ' : The' Tramway Board \v~ien seen this morning in connection with the alleged head-on collision.. between . an . electric ■ car and a construction tram on the- Burwood line yesterday- afternoon, were very reticent as regards details of the: occurrence. , It js understood that a departmental inquiry will be ..:held into the matter ■on Monday ;■ morning, and that, the': finding of those; conducting -tha inquiry - will be" reported to the nest ipeeting of the board, •

DUNEDIN'S CUSTOMS DUTIES. . ' - Dunedin, December .31. -The Customs duties collected at ; Dune-, din for the December quarter amounted to .£42,315, an increase of., JPi1,293 cornered with. the' corresponding period of JSO3,' -

■ REMANDED FOR OBSERVATION, ■v. . Christchurch, December 31. Lawrence. Dexter, who was brought into the hospital from Kaiapoi on Thurs-day-.-night, suffering from the effects of, poison, ,i,was ; '4ai)Xed:i(,with>jiatte|npted, 6uicide this morflihgfTHe 'was remanded for. observation.