TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 March 1920, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPVRIOHT,

THE PETROL SUPPLY ALLOCATIONS MADE.

ESSENTIAL PURPOSES ONLY. WELLINGTON, March 12. Tlie sub-committee set up by tne Board of Trade to deal with the distribution of petrol in Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, Taranaki, Marlborough, Nelson and Westland provinces, met on March 9 and' made allocations of octroi in response to applications so far neeived for supplies for essential purpose. The committee advises that :II | users of petrol who require supplies for essential purposes should make application on official forms to their usual source of supply. Consumers are w idled that duplication of orders throughdifferent sources will be detected, as all orders pass under the notice of 'l.e Petrol Committee and offenders wll have their supplies cut off. Distributions of 100 cases or ma e a mouth are required to furnish t rip weekly lists, containing the names of those to whom the petrol has been supplied, and quantities for further orders will not be filled unless these lecuris are sent, in authorising supplies for ail essential user? until the position ’« again normal.

NEW APPOINTMENTS MADE. WELLINGTON, March 12

Mr W. R. Morris, Secretary of the Post Office, has been appointed Chi' f Public Service Commissioner in pla c ot 'Mr Donald Robertson, who is refiling at the end of April on supermini I :'Con, his term of appointment having "Xi ir* ed. Mr F. V. Fraser, who has Iwn confirmed in his appointment and a third appointment is to be nude Mr A. D. Thomson, at present Assiuint Commissioner is retiring from his office and will probably return to lb-* Magisterial Bench. „

DELEGATES MEET CHIEF ENGINEER,

CHRISTCHURCH, March 12,

A telegram from Otira states that delegates of the Workers Union met 51 r Holmes, Chief Engineer of the Public Woi •ss Department. Mr Holmes made an offer to put the miners on tlie contract system tlie same as at Bon ley, but at, much increased rates owing to tlie bad ground at tlie Otira end. At a meeting of the miners it was unanimously decided to accept these terms.

A bonus was also promised; fortnightly pay, and n rise of wages for outside employees. Housing accommodation would be attonded to, and lie (the Engineer) would use his best endeavours to obtain a doctor for Otir.i hospital. Several other grievances of minor character we re also rectified. ■ UNADULTERATED lODINE.

MASTERTON, March 12.

A chemist, named Edward Stohr v.as Court for selling adulterated iodine. Notice of the intention to appeal ingivei).

A NON-SUIT. AUCKLAND, This Day. Judge Chapman gave his reserved judgment to-day in the case of Emma Readford against A. H. Nathan, as agent for tlie New Zealand Shipping, in a ease in which the jury in February last gave a verdict fur Readford for £I,BOO, in an action brought to recover damages for tlie death of her husband, who was a waterside worker. Tlie Judge now held that the finding of tlie Jury on the issues, were against tlie admitted facts, and that neither on general grounds of negligence pr OU ground of breach of statutory regulations, was tiie ease against the owners of the vessel proved. He therefore made an order for a non-suit with costs according to scale,

caVthorn biologist. WELLINGTON, This Day

Dr Tillynrd, recently appointed as biologist to the Oawthorn Institute is proceeding to England to represent the Dominion at the Entomological Conference in London. ITe will also procure books and apparatus for the institute, and then attends the Scientific Congress at Honolulu on the way. Ho is returning about October. Dr Tillynrd is much impressed with the serious losses of the apple industry by the aphis, and fears that, the increasing price of chemicals will soon make spraying prohibitive. He deems it absolutely necessary to discover and cultivate natural enemies of the pest. He points out there is one in California and though costly is well worth ■ the money.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WELLINGTON, This Day

curious and serious accident occurred at Riddiford’s station, To A wait!, as a result thereof a returned soldier named Corbell, now lies in tile hospital in a critical condition. He was carting firewood to the station, and dropped the reins and stopped the waggon; while Corbell endeavoured fo recover the reins the horses moved on. The reins slipped and fell, am! somehow the waggon overturned, Corbell being buried in "the wood. He remained unnoticed for twenty minutes. He was then extricated in a serious condition, and taken to the station. He was attended by a medical visitor passing in the coastal steamer Ripple, which was signalled, and picked (ho injured man up brought him to Wellington..