TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 December 1918, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[VEII PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] b< A COURT MARTIAL. m DUNEDIN December 19. Private Roy Bradley of Christchurch was court-martialled for absenting himself without leave at Christchurch on f October 25th, 1917 and failing to attend a Medical Board . He was arrested at Big Bay (West Coast) by Lieutenant Shelley and Corporal Quarterman. tl Lieutenant Shelley described the jour- cl new from Lake Wahatipu to tl est- Coast tl where they found accused and his tl brother at Big Bay. They had no food e; and had to accept the Bradley’s hospitality. They had left food at each h hut to sustain them on their way r< back A Accused admitted that he knew he tc had been drawn in the fifth ballot. Asked for his defence, accused said, A - being a Quaker, he was averse to mili- f c tary service. He was exeiiipted from a: the Territorials on account of his re- tf ligious beliefs by Mr Bailey, S.M., in March 1913. When ho was drawn in the ballot he was at sea and the papers were not left at the address he had registered. As a Quaker he object- f< cd to non-combatant service. v The Court did not announce a find- L ing. C( S PRICE OF WHEAT. I WELLINGTON, Dec. 19. c Cabinet had under consideration to- p day the fixing of prices for wheat for sthe 1918-19 and 1919-20 harvests. For 0 the coming harvest the arrangements had been that there should be a minimum of 6/1 per bushel, but that growers should have a free market for sate of their grain, ■which meant they could got as much move than 6/1 as the ( market would give them. Growers con- ( sidered there ought to he a definite price also for 1919-20. Cabinet decided to-day on the prices to he offered growers, and they will be communicated to . the' growers in Christchurch to-morrow by Mr W. G. M’Donald of the Board of s Trade. In the meantime the Minister ] in charge of the business will not ati 1 nounco the price. J INFLUENZA WORKERS. 1 CHRISTCHURCH, This Day Hon. G. W. Russell,'Minister of Internal Affairs lias announced that instructions have been given to design a certificate for workers in the influenza campaign throughout the dominion. In connection with cases where voluntary workers lost their lives fighting the epidemic, Hon Russel suggests that Government should erect- tombstones n the same way os it erects soldiers lonib•stones. WESTPORT TROTS BARRED. OWING TO INFLUENZA. WELLINGTON. This Day. Dr Chesson, Health Officer has refused to allow the Westport Trotting Club to hold its meeting on Boxing Day owing to the number of influenza cases in the district. TOLL AMONG MAORIS. AUCKLAND This Day. Dr Pomare who has visited the Maori Kaingali. westward of the Main Trunk lino, between Auckland and Wellington, also in the King Country and Thames districts, estimates the. influenza. mortality amongst the natives in that area, which includes the whole of Taranaki firoviiico, about four hundred and fiftv. Probably the toll of Maoris will be little short of one thousand.