TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 April 1917, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

Per .Press Association.—. Copyright. THE STRIkT TROUBLE. A Westport Kove. WESTPORT, April 11. At a largo representative meeting tonight, it was resolved to form a Westport Protestant Association and to send a request to the Acting Prime Minister oi: the Minister for Mines to visit Westport immediately and confer with the miners on the strike, as the Association was strongly of tho opinion that the miners were ill advised in tlieir recent action. ' The Association believed a large section of the .miners are ready to return to work. Cabinet Meeting. WELtLIXGTON, April 11. Cabinet considered the. Coal trouble to-day, but came to no decision. Another meeting will be held tomorrow. Strike Unchanged Westport, April 12 There ia no cbau K a in the strike situation. Ministers Off to Westport. Wellington, April 11 Sir James Allan and Hon W. D S, MacDonald leave to-night for Westport. Sir J. Alien told a Post reporter that they were going down because they were locally advised it would ba wise for them to do eo.

Racing and War. CHRISTCHURCH, April 10. Mr. J. Rowe President of Trotting Conference conferred to-day with Sir George Clifford, President of Racing Conference on tho question of Racing and the war. Sir George Clifford said if possible a special meeting of the Racing Corur-t----ence would be held at the end of April. Mr. Rowe agreed that talcing place, he would call a Trotting Conference at the same time so that they could take united action.

mysterious disappearance Foul Play Suspected Christchurch, April 10 On Monday morning George Foreman Bsll (who was employed at Patone), a son of Mr A J. Ball, of Gres* ford Sf., St Albans, left hie father’s house for the railway station to purchase tickets for Dunedin, after ■which he purposed seeing the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages to|obtain a marriage eertifiaate preliminary to being married. Since leaving his father’d house there has been no sign of Bali, jam’., and absolutely no trace ot him has been discovered by the police authorities who incline to the belief that there has been foul play- All Bali’s affairs were iu good order, and ha was in a normal state whan lore seen. He is 32 years of ago and over six feet in height.