TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1920, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

Umih riiiiss .vtJsoo/vnoN. —(jorYitiairr.j THIBET OF £4,631. VVELUNGaW, May 17. At the Magistrate’s Court, James George Tracey, a Customs Clerk, charged with theft of Government money totalling £4,631 pleaded guilty and was committed for sentence at Wellington.

£SOO AWARDED. NEW PLYMOUTH, May 17. In the Arbitration Court, Justice Stringer awarded Clara Florence Jamieson £SOO compensation for the death, of her husband, Noble Alfred Jamieson, an engineer on the small oil vessel Waihoc, which foundered at the entrance to Waitara River, in January 1919. A BABY’S END. , WANGANUI, May 17. ; Joyce Iris Pierce,' an infant, one of triplets was found choked yestereve. with a piece of cotton wool which a; three and t a half year old sister had put in the infant’s mouth. SMALL POX AND FLU. TNVERCARGTLL, May . 17. , The original cases of mild small pox, in Invercargill are now convalescent,, but to-day another suspect was removed to the hospital. The health authorities urge the public to submit to vaccination through stating that no cause for alarm exists. _ During the week ended Sunday 92 cases of influenza wej’e notified in Southland health district, against 44 for tinprevious week. Tlie cases are mostly' mild.

RISE IN TRAM FARES. AUCKLAND, May 17

A- ‘proposal to increase tram fares has been adopted by the City Council, and the contiguous local bodies, with the exception of Newmarket, . which asks for. modification of the new scale. The penny section is to be abolished altogether. The minimum fare is now to he 2d, with corresponding increases. Concessions have been reduced. One penny above cash rates will be added to Sunday fares.

TIMARU AVIATION COMPANY. TIMARU, May 17

At a meeting of persons interested to-day, it was decided to form an aviation company at Timaru to work from here to Mount Cook and southward. Mr R. Wigley, Managing Director of the Mount Cook Motor Coy., is the moving spirit.

SOLDIERS’ LAND DEALS. WELLINGTON. May 17. A deputation from the standing subcommittee of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association Executive waited upon the Minister of Lands to-day day'regarding the closing down of advances under section 2 of the Discharged Soldiers’ Settlement Act. The aim of the deputation was to obtain some assurance that applications would he received upon the production of documentary evidence that genuine contracts for purchase of properties had been entered into prior to the sudden notification of the suspension of the advances. The Minister said lie was unable to give this assurance. He stated that lie could not commit the Government,, and that the matter would be considered by Parliament as soon as possible after the opening of the forthcoming session. The New Zeaalnd Returned Soldiers’ Association intends circularising local branches throughout the Dominion for' particulars of eases where genuine contracts have been entered into prior to or within say a week of the Minister’s statement notifying suspension or “slackening” of advances. These cases,j when in hand, will he presented before the Minister at the earliest opportunity.