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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1995, 28 February 1914, Page 4

Tho prnrtieo of some Chines.o sho.jv keepers of selling cigarettes and tobacco (taring prohibit™!, hours resulted in three' .GJi.hi.ose being proceeded against iij tho Magistrate's yourt yesterday. Their counsel pleaded for light penalties, but tho Inspector of Factories assured the Court that if tho lines were small tho Chinese would ''pay thrnn aivd take the- cbano.os all tho tune." The oll'endors,. he added, not only sold tobacco when tho tobacconists wore closed, but undercut tho regular tradesmen, ■and so thero were many complaints. One- Ohim-Kc, tho. inspector said., had been impudent enough to say that ho would pay any fines and continue breaking the law. T'ha Court imposed penalties totalling 17s. Jit each case.

A conferencc of delegates, fl.oi.lv affili' nfed and ncn-nfliliatcd unions of; ilffi 'Weil.ingt.on mail), branch of the United Labour party resainod last evening alio received tl.iq report of n, committee : a> pointed to draft a fighting platform for tho fai'tbeonii'iig election, Thero ttuSj it reporter was informed, a very gooc, meriting and a fairly reprosentatiy-o- #t» tejidiiiico of delegates. Various nm.e:iin inenVa we.ro made, but tho business was not completed, and tho coiiferenco adjourned until next week, when consideration of tho platform wilt be, resumed. .. '