LATE NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 March 1917, Page 1

LATE NEWS.

JPEB PBESS ASSOCIATION,-- OOPTHIGHT], Home Rule LONDON, March 13. An order in Council formally postponed the operation of the Home Rule Act for another half-year. LONDON, March 13. A discussion on the Irish proposal to appoint a Minister to be called the Director General of National Service in Ireland was closured after several Nationalists had spoken. Hon W. F. Massey LONDON, March 14. The Hon Mr Massey, in a paper to the Colonial Institute detailed the present condition of primary industries in New Zealand, particularly exports, including meat, butter and wool. He said that since leaving New Zealand he had noticed some newspaper had stated that an American meattrust had commenced business in New Zealand. He was .somewhat suspicious of those people’s doings, and they would be closely watched. He was not going to pays judgment without hearing evidence, hut any steps necessary to protect the people of New Zealand would be taken. He was more anxious, liu«evu, about the control at this ond, because once a Trust got control of the London meat market it would squeeze not only the consumers in Europe, but the producers in Australia and New Zealand.

Sir Joseph Ward said it was up to the statesmen of the British Dominguard mutual interests and the inter-

Cable Snatching. SYDNEY, March 14. The Equity Court lias granted the Times, United Service and Reuter’s interim injunctions restraining the Independent Cable Association and T. Temperly from infringing alleged cable copyrights. The plaintiff’s affidavits staled that Temperly admitted personally copying copy the Sun’s cables and transmit to certain papers. A recent employee of the defendant association alleged that he personally heard Temperly direct liis employees to cpy the Sun’s cables and transmit to papers. The Judge admitted a similarity of pbraseoglogy in the specimens submitted. Military Appeals. TIMARU, March 14. Before the Military Appeal Board at Waimaftie to-day Miss (Dr.) Cruickshank appealed on behalf of her cliaffeur, a discharged Navy man, as sue could not drive her car. The mail appealed as being of more service in his present employment. The appeal was dismissed, ana tne man allowed till April 10th.

Land Ballot TIMARU, March it. The Land Board to-day by ballot disposed of five grazing runs, a sub-divi-sion of part of Clajiton Run, near Fairlie, and one at Burke’s Pass to discharged soldiers. 'There were nine applicants for the six runs, and the successful men were Caskey, Jones Trotter and MeConnel of Fairlie; Galling of Cliristcliurcn, Guinness of Timaru.

For eight farms at Crickicwooa Soldier Settlement there were only two applicants, and these were given a farm each at the upset rental. The mon were Morgan and Waddell, both of Christchurch.

Seamen’s Union. WELLINGTON, March 14 At a special meeting of the Wellington branch of the Seamen’s Union, the new agreement with the shipowners was explained and adopted. President Donovan stated that, in the course of twenty years, the Union had secured an increase of £5 per month, and in the past fourteen months had gained an increase of £3 per month.

Air. Young, general secretary, will v.isith Auckland and explain the conditions to the seamen there, and will afterwards attend meetings' at Lyttelton, Dunedin, Napier, and at all ports. Steps will be taken to get the shipping companies who have not yet signed the new agreement to sign their concurrence to their names being filed iii court.