TELEGRAMS.
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NO WHARF LABOUR, '• AYELLTNGTON, October 18
Athough tho waterfront is not- particularly busy at the present, there warno response when the calls "*'ie mad thrice- to-day for labour, to coal it obtain steamer now in port. This h 1 second ship held up in this manner. STEALING GAS. WELLINGTON, October 18. A woman was fined £2O at I ctonr. for dteaTjng gas from the Borough Council. The meter had been removed hut the defendant connected a rising pipe with the house service by means of a hose. When .__jjisc°vercd four burners and a. gas ring were_ in use. The gas was also escaping through a faulty connection. ADULTERATING MILKWELLINGTON, October 18 E. J- Cowlett was fined £35 at Potono for soiling milk ‘containing 22 per cent of added water. The Alagistrate said that- if fines were ineffective lie would imprison the offenders. FORTUNE TELLING. AUCKLAND, October 18, Three women, Airs. Stewart, Afay Leon Lees, and A Lena Arnold, were sentenced to fourteen day’s .imprisonment each for fortune telling'. In each caße the police matron and assistant matron visited the defendants one of whom said the war would end in 1925, when it would now bo won by the Chinese, another said a .prophesical I duration of five years, the Americans ! being the victors.
; QUIETLY SETTLED. ; WELLINGTON. This Lav. . The labour troubles in connection with the two Oversea boats held up in Wellington has now been settled. Today the required work is proceen.u,, ! smoothly. \
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1917, Page 3
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