GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 207, 21 August 1908, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

ItAILWAI' SUItVANTS AND BUPEKANXIUTION. By Telegraph.—Press Association. T . . Wiingiinui, Thursday. It was wired from Christchurch on the 17th inst. that at a meeting of the Canterbury branch of the Amalgamate J .Society of Railway Servants strong feeling was shown at the ac.tio.i of tlhe executive in refusing the Premier's oll'cr to allow the Society to buy in for ;CI3OO the back time of the strikers of ISitO for purposes of superannuation. Seen by the Wanganui Herald reporter, Mr. W. A. Veiteh, Colonial president of the Society, stated that there had apparently been some misunderstanding, and the Canterbury men had acted on wrong information, since, i\s a matter of fact, the executive had not refused iSir Joseph Ward's oiler, and negotiations were still in progress.

A .STORE BURGLED. ChristcJiurch, Last Night. It is reported that Hie store ot Mr. Collins, of Templeton, was entered on Tuesday liiglit. by burglars and a number of articles of value stolen, amongst lllem being about a dozen watches anil a quantity of wearing apparel.

LOUD PLUNKET IN MASTERTON.

Masterton Last Night. Lord Plunket visited Masterton today and presented the certificates won by members of the local ambulance corps this evening, '| he Governor was entertained at afternoon 'tea bv the ambulance corps. SCHOOL MANAGEMENT. Dunedin, Last Night. Arising out. of charges for which Frank Melhop received two vears' imprisonment lor indecently 'assaulting pupils at. tlie Mornington school, tlie Education Hoard held an inquiry info the control and management of the school. The report was discussed in committee this morning, after which a resolution was nnanimouslv passed exonerating the headmaster from all blame in connection with the occurrence, and recognising Hint the control and management of the school wou'rt maintain the high standard of efficiency which the school had ever borne under the said headmaster.