LATE NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 April 1917, Page 1

LATE NEWS.

Per Press Association. —Copybighi THE STRIKE CRISIS. The Sedition Charges AUCKLAND April Is. The six Huntly miners and three West Coast miners who were- arrested in con nection with the alleged “Go Slow*' strike were to-day rc-maiuled till next Monday. It was stated that the cnt>« would last nearly two weeks. Subsequently a Huntly miner named John Wesley Senior was arrested on a charge of alleged seditious utterance, and he was also remanded till noxv Monday. There are 42 informations agamst, the nine miners originally arrested, and fifty-five minors at Huntly have /been summoned to appear later as parties to the seditious strike. The information includes exerpt-s from correspondence between the olhcals. and is alleged to denote the encouragement of the restriction u.. the output of coal from the mines. Another Strike AUCKLAND, April 18. The miners have struck work at Pukemiro Colliery, tight miles n 0,.. Huntly. and 150 men are out. Stopping Trains. WELLINGTON, April 18. Another cut in the, railway service •» reported, the Department having cancelled the special train arrangements for the Manawatu races, which v.iitea place on April 25th and 26th. They have also cancelled specials for all similar gatherings. Drastic Changes. WELLINGTON, April 18. The railway coal-strike time-table is of a drastic character. If trains are overcrowded fares trill be drastically increased. Racehorses and motors ai« not to be carried, but live stock can be consigned. Wool for shipment is permitted, but will not be carried to store. Perishable traffic will he carried. The elitninatiihi of general goods traffic, including timber, reduces the goods thains by one-lialf. . Auckiands DilemmaAUCKLAND, April 18. The Mayor stated to-day that owing to the shortage of coal it was necessai’y to curtail the supply of electricity to certain large users. Unless coal is available in the next few days it will be necessary to make a drastic curtailment in order to keep absolutely essential services running. THE r/nisTERS^VISIT. Reply ta Federation of Labor. GItEYMOUTH, April 18. Sir James Allen, and Hon. W. D. S. MacDonald arrived hack late to-night after meeting the miners at Runanga and Rewanui. Sir James Allen in reply to Mr. Hiram Hunter’s statement has sent the following telegram:—“Hiram Hunter, National Secretary, Federation of_ Labour Christchurch.—Your telegram received, I can scarcely believe that the Federation of Labour is opposed to so fair and democratic a measure as “Tho Military Service Act,” which places every man as far as service with tins Expeditionary Forces is concerned, on exactly the same footing. The Government cannot suspend the operation of the Act. Parliament alone can do that. The Act was passed with only seven dissenting, and I have every reason to believe that- tho general opinion of tho country is accurately represented by Parliament.—J. Allen.” Tho -Ministers leave Gi'cymouth on their return on Saturday morning. Fatality. AUCKLAND. April 18. Albert John 'Searle. a taxi driver, a married man with four children, was killed bv the capsize of the motor car he was driving, through the front wheel coming off. Three passengers, who were thrown out. were practically uninjured. Suspicious. HAMILTON, April 18. Further information in regard to the death of the man named Albert Ryan, who was found in an unconscious condition in his bedroom at Frankton Junction on Tuesday, and who expired at the Hamilton Hospital this morning, shows that the man’s skull way fractured. Ryan’s companion who occupied the same room at the hotel and who left to catch the early train on Tuesday morning has not been yet traced.