LATE LOCALS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 12, 27 December 1911, Page 6

LATE LOCALS.

The strike at Dundee lias been, settled. The minimum wage of the carters lias been ajlyancec]. 2.? per week. The dockers will receive' ''another halfpenny per hour. The cricket match North Taranaki v. Wanganui was concluded at New Plymouth this morning, ‘ the latter winning by ten wickets. Taranaki's.second innings realised 109, the last wicket putting on 75. Blundell made 41 not out, and Arden 21.—Press Association.

A lifebuoy bearing tho name War atali, and covered with, barnacles,iwas found at Waiuku, off the west coast Unfortunately the name, which iwas very clear when the buoy "Was foundi was destroyed by the finder when removing the. barnacles—Press Association.

A Press Association telegram states that the Wellington postal officials, from December 20th to 23rd, handled 8266 bags and hampers, an increase of 860 on the 1910 figures. The value of the stamps sold in Wellington for the same period was £4022, an increase of £726. They are record figures in both instances.

Mr. T. Gibson Bowles, in a published letter, says ho is rejoining the Conservatives because the Liberals are controlled by the Nationalist and Socialist allies, and have become a revolutionary party. Mr. Bowles sat for King’s Lynn as a Conservative from 1892 to 1906, but since 1910 has been a member of the Liberal party.

In an interview Mr. McKenna said he could not remember the exact phrases used in the letter regarding Lord Charles Beresford, but he believed it had been misquoted. He expressed ins regrets to Lord Beresford, and said the mistake was due to the mistranslation of his sentiments.

The warship Puglia seized in the Red Sea the steamer Menzaleh, bound from Hoberdah, with £30,000 aboard. After the confiscation of her gold the Menzaleh was released. Toe bullion aboard from Alexandria is insured in Paris and largely reinsured in London.