TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 January 1922, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

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IMPORTED COAL

AUCKLAND, Jan 19. | The Taiipiri Extended Coal Mine at ■ Hnntly, was idle to-day .This was owing , to a notification by the Railway De- j partment that it could not continue to •purchase 500 tons of steam coal, as j under the existing contract. ! Tn reply to representations by the Hon Mr Alison, it is stated that owing . to large stocks of coal being in hand, j and other stocks to arrive, the contract could not be continued. This statement refers, of course to extensive committments made bv the Government (owing, it is claimd, to th ( > m icrs late “go-slow”). Tt is expected that the Rotowaro Mine will be idle to-morrow. The com- j pany state the termination of th c contract will necessitate each of its mines being idle for ono day a week. |

A SERIOUS CHARGE. WANGANUI, Jan 20. At tho Magistrate’s Court, Charles Edward AYeigel ,a young man, was 1 charged with indecently assaulting two boys and was remanded till to-morrow. LAUNCH WASHED UP. WANGANUI, Jan 20. Tho police have received word that an oil launch was! washed up on the beach near Kaiwai. No particulars are avail- | able. A PROTEST. HAMILTON, Jan 20. A large meeting of the Waikato-King Country section of the P. and T. Officers’ Association .adopted a resolution of protest against any reduction in sa-

laries before April Ist. WANGANUI, Jan 20. The local branch of the P. and. T. Association unanimously resolutioned against tlq. proposed cut in salaries, pointing out that the civil service was apparently being compelled to pay the rebate granted to the payers of land tax, and expressing tho opinion that if the money was needed, to alleviate the financial stringency it should be raised by universal taxation of incomes over a certain amount.

SAILOR MISSTNG. AUCKLAND, Jan. 20 James Grant, 19, a sailor on tlie steamer City of Edinburgh, is missing. . He was last seen on the deck of the , vessel at 10 p.m. on Wednesday. The police dragged the harbour in the vicinity of the vessel’s berth, without re- 1 suits. j CROQUET TOURNAMENT. PALMERSTON N. Jan 30. Tho eighth annual tournament in connection with the Dominion Croquet championship, opened here this morning. The visitors were welcomed and play was proceeded with in the handicap singles. TJXTVEIISITY SENATE. AUCKLAND, Jan 20. The University Senate this morning discussed the practice of allowing candidates for entrance scholarships who obtains twenty per cent of maximum marks in any subject to count that sub- , jeot towards matriculation. The Senate ratified the Recess Committee’s decision to allow Returned 1 Soldier candidates for L.L.B. to sit for university examination in subjects of the first division without having a college examination.