DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 52, 25 October 1912, Page 6

DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

THE TRADES COUNCIL

,(P©r Press Association.) Wellington, October 24. In consequence of the action of the Trades Council’itv rescinding the motion demanding the release of the Waiiii prisoners, tlie Seamen’s Union has withdrawn its delegates from the Trades Council. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Dunedin, October 24. At Milton to-day, before Mr. Bartholomew,, S.M., Win. Porthwick was charged with cruelty to a bullock. The evidence for the prosecution was to the effect that the bullock was exhausted and lay down by the roadside while being driven from Aka-tore to Milton, that defendant broke its horns and broke its tail off, also that he dragged it to some tussocks and set fire to it while it was alive. The Magistrate said that the evidence was insufficient to prove that burning took place before the animal was dead, hut some injuries had been inflicted. Defendant was lined £5, with £2 17s costs. TAKING THE PLEDGE. Wanganui, October 24. Messrs. Bedford and Dawson, who arc on a pledge-.hgning campaign in the interest of No*ncenso and Prohibition, addressed a meeting here tonight. The object of the pledge was fully explained, and a motion was unanimously carried, urging the adoption of the simple majority and endorsing a pledge not to vote for any political candidate who wpuld not undertake to remove, or substantially reduce, the present distinctly unfair handicap.