TELEGRAMS.
[l*Eit PRESS ASSOCIATION. —OOPVRIQHT.J TELEPHONE CHARGES. WELLINGTON, This Day. The telephone rates will bo increased by £1 per annum, wtih a further increase of os per quarter of a mile beyond the half mile limit. The tolls for long distance communications are also raised. SEEKING ADMISSION. WELLINGTON, July 27. The Full Court this morning considered an application by Mr J. E. Barltrop for admission as a solicitor. Ap-
plication was made in 191;j, but was withdrawn, being then opposed by the Law Society. No opposition was offered by the Society to the present application. The Court was of opinion that a further report' on the matter should be supplied by the Society, and adjourned to enable this to be done. Mr D. M. Findlay appeared for applicant. a railway fatality. AUCKLAND, July 27. Alexander Ellis, aged 17, son of H. J Ellis, headmaster of the New Lynn school, fell from a railway carriage platform, or while attempting to board the train. The first intimation of the tragedy being a jarring noise as the carriage passed over the body. The train was quickly stopped. Both legs and both arms were severed. An ambulance was sent for, but the lad died at the station before be could be removed. Deceased was employed .as a law clerk.
SQUEEZING THE PASSENGERS. AUCKLAND, July 27. Tlie i lie reuses from two dollars to ten dollars in the charge for overlooking of pass ports of all British passengers travelling to the United States or Canada via Honolulu was recently notified by the Department of the State of Washington. This will come into effect with the sailing of the Tahiti to-morrow. The charge, which at the present rate
of exchange amounts to about £2 10s per passenger, will mean something like £IOOO per trip. Many passengers declare they would much prefer to remain on Board the ship during its stay at Honolulu, but the charge is imposed irrespective of whether they wish to land or not. Protests have been made to the American Consul-General by the Union Company ,aud by the Canadian Trade Commissioner, Beddoo, against the new regulation. Mr Beddoe also communicated with the Minister of Internal Affairs, r/Kuwmutt ■rroieiww****"’** t
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 July 1920, Page 3
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