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Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1920, Page 1

A TRAVELLER’S SHORTAGES. AUCKLAND, Sept. 13. At the Police Court, Henry John Walters, a traveller for the Colombo Tea Company, of Dunedin, appealed in answer to a charge in respect of a shortage of £4B in his payments to the company. His counsel said that the matter Was one diode bf muddled accounts than of theft. Accused said that when he was dismissed there were three weeks’ wages and some commission owing to him, and he had asked tile company to meet him with ah arrangement for repayment of shortages. He admitted that the company had met him twice before on shortages of this kind. Accused was convicted, and admitted to probation for • two years on condition that the amount owing above his retained wages be repaid at the rate of

THE .JAP QUESTION. ! (Deceived This Day at 10.35. a.ih.) TOkld, Sept.. 14. Baron Uchcda lias ahn'ouneed that Mr Colby and Mr Mortis the United States Ambassador, arc coming to Japan to make efforts to reach it peaceful, satisfactory settlement of the Japanese problem in California. American and Japanese governments have proper steps to come to a mutual understanding.