NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 96, 11 April 1908, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

U.N COMMON (JLAlii. l'er rreas Association, (Jorc, Friday. Claims totalling £4UU brought Jolm Dickson, farmer, of Uuuna, were heard ul till) L'uurt. Judgment '.mis reserved. Claimants are Dickson's employees. ihey claim damages lor 111jinies sustained by eaiing loudstull conlaiiiing poison. 11 is alleged Hull a tin <il "Jiiiiijc l preparation used lor killing Caliioniian un.-i,ii: Jell, aiul the contents reached Ihu Jouil-Luil iind poisoned it. Vlltli AT l\ KLLI.NUTON.

Wellington, Friday. A nine-roomed residence in lioulcottterrace was destroyed by lire this morning. 1 lie building was insured lor .ttiUil in the [South Urinsli ollice. STIUKEIiS' il'DAClto FILMiD. Westpurl, Kridaj. J lie places of tin: carpenters who struck at the Stockton Coal Comyali)"* works have been Jilled )>y other men.

TIIK I'KRJB OF Lt>Ak. Hastings, Friday. A public meeting di-cussed ilie price of coal, and resolved to urge tin; (.<u\erninent to establish a State depot heie, the price here being lis lid per quarterton, as against 7s Ud at Wellington.

TIIK CASH HVS'J'H.M. Wellington, l'riday. The master bakers ol' Wellington win inaugurate the coupon system on lth May. Not less than a dozen coupons are to be sold to any one person. These will cost 3'/jil each, thus allowing a discount of 2d (sie) on a dozen loaves. Those paying cash on delivery will be charged J'/jit pel' -lb loaf, i'ublic institutions and shipping are exempted, Hastings, Friday. The bakers' ''coupon or cash" system meets with strong disapproval owing to the bakers demanding 4il cash iroin customers who decline to use the coupons, which are sold at 3s Ud per dozen. Much correspondence has appeared in the local press. A largely-attended public meeting unanimously resolved: "Tins meeting is m favor of cash as against credit wherever it is practicable; yet it considers that the purchasing power of cash should equal that of coupons, and also that bakers should accept each other's coupons." Blenheim, Last Night. All the coal and wood dealers ol Blenheim, numbering eight, have agreed to adopt the cash system on and after this date in respect to all wood orders and coal orders under one ton.

A " DRY CANTEEN. Dunodin, Last Night. At the Blister volunteer manoeuvres in Otago a "dry" canteen will be install, ed, which means that no intoxicating quor will be supplied from it. landTispute. Napier, Last NightAt a meeting of the llawke's Bay Land Board to-day a letter was received . from the solicitors for Miss Meinertzhagen, asking for the re-hearing of hot application for a lease or license to occupy certain Waimarama lands. Mr. Eustico Lane, a member of the Board, referred to the application from Frank Donnelly for the same Waimarama land. The Commissioner of Crown Lands (.Mr. Trent) said that if F. Donnelly had been advised that no action could be taken with regard to these lands until tuej* were subdivided for selection and areas determined. A survey was now being pushed on, and nothing could bo done by the Board. In the meantime the Board resolved to hold a special niquting on Thursday, UOtli inst., for the purpose of re-hearing Miss Meinertzliagcn's application and dealing with F. Donnelly's. Mr. Lane remarked tliat he did not see what was to be gained by holding a meeting when til" Commissioner had been instructed that 110 action could be taken.

MR .McGOWAN'S PLANS. Thames, Last Nigh lion. McGowan will pay a visit of inspection to the Piako land while at the Thames in connection with the important scheme of Opening up coniniunfcition between large areas of land soon to be available for settlement. He will also visit backblock districts to deal with local requirements. CIVIL SERVICE SUPERANNUATION. Wellington, Last Night.. Some members of the Civil Service who have had 5 per cent deducLed from their salaries in accordance with Statute and lodged with the Public Trustee have now signified their intention of com rug under the new superannuation scheme. By so doing they are now able to lift the 5 per cent, accumulation of yearsSome are collecting stuns ranging from £IOO upwards. To-day £OOOO was paid out by the Public Trustee in accumulated interest in Wellington alone. The amount that will have to be paid out over the whole Dominion is estimated at about £70,000.

DUNEDIN LIBRARYSHIP. Dunedin, Last Night. For the position of librarian- at ■ the free public library, tip applications have been received from all parts of the Dominion and the Commonwealth. The applications ivere referred to-day to the general committee of the City Council, with which Messrs. G. Fenwick, M, Cohen, A. R. Barclay, M.P., and I. W. Whitson were associated. JEWISH SLAUGHTERING. Auckland, Last Night. Rabbi Goldstein, of Auckland, protests against the idea, as stated by the Christcliurcli Society for tile Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, that the Jewish method of killing cattle is necessarily cruel, contending that it causes less pain than any other.