GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 242, 6 October 1908, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

BAKERS' STRIKE "OFF." By Telegraph.--Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The strike of Wellington bakers lias been formally declared oil. There are not many of the strikers now out of work. POLICE SUPERANNUATION. Palinerston North, Last Niglit. At a meeting of local members of the Police Force held here to-night a resolution was unanimously carried protestin" against the present police provident fund "being merged in the public service scheme. Chnstchurch, Last Night. At ft meeting of members of the local Police Force held to-night to consider the Public Service Superannuation Bill a motion was adopted to the ellcct that the police should be allowed to retain their own provident fund, but that if tliev had to accept the new proposals tliev should be repaid what they Iwl paid into the police provident wild.

MUSICAL EXAMINATION SUCCESSES. Duncdin, Last Night. \t the presentation of prizes to successful candidates in the Trinity College music examinations it was announced that Miss Dorothy Cowie won the exhibition, valued at !> guineas, open to candidates in India and the colonies, an I Miss Annie Glassc won a similar exhibition valued at ,C« lis. Miss Conn' also won the Plunkel medal lor the highest senior honor in New Zealand.

A HOTEL BURGLARISED. Cliristchurch, Lust Night. Tlie Clarendon Hotel wiis burglaiimis|y entered between closing-time oil Sitiirday night and opening-time this inorniii"', ami tit in cash taken from tne roister, also several bottles of liquor.

NliW ZKAf-AKI) AND JAVA. Dunedin. Night. Mr. Honing. representative of the Royal Dutch Packet Company, interviewed the Union Company ami dart-Parker Company to-day and iirrauwd for the establishment of through bookings for passengers and cargo freights from New Zealand o Sydney or Melbourne, and then by the Roval'Dutch Packet Company's steamers' to .lava, Mr. Eoning informed a reporter that passengers and cargo prospects in New Zealand did not warrant his company extending the soviet' to the Dominion at present, b;it owing to the possibilities of the country it might possibly do so iri the not distant future.

PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION. Wellington, Last Night. Following is the text of a telegram from the Civil Servants' Association sent last evening to the Prime Minister in connection with the Superannuation Hill now before Parliament: "The executive of tile Civil Service Association earnestly and respectfully urges that provision lie imule in clause 58 of the Public Service Superannuation Bill for interest being paid on contributions of officers eompulsorily retired, otherwise the officers of honorable record would be in the same position as an ollicer dismissed for misconduct."

FOG SIGNALS. Christchurch, Last Night. The fog signal at Rodley Head, Lvttel ton, came ofliciallv into operation to day. HTGII-HANDED PATEA JUSTICES. Christchurch, Last Night. Before he began a lecture at the Choral Ilall last evening, Mr. W. V/. Collins, a former member for Christcliurch, made reference to a recent incident that occurred at the Magistrate's Court at Pa-tea, a witness who had asked to lie allowed to make an affirmation having been committed for contempt of court ior insisting on his right. The following resolutions were carried unanimously by the audience: "That this meeting'indignantly protests against the gross abuse of authority on tiie part of the I'atea justices who committed a witness for contempt because lie objected to taking the customary oath, and that in compelling a witness to take the oath in spite of his objections that he had conscientious objections to so doing, and also in forcing him to swear upon a book iu which he did not believe, the Patea justices not only treated the oath itself with contempt. but acted contrary to both the spirit and the letter of the Oaths Act of llt was further resolved to forward copies of these resolutions to the Minister of Justice.

TIiAMWAY TABIA^. Ohi'islcliurch, Last Night. Tables showing a comparison of the Sections and i'arcs in Christchurch with those in Auckland, Wellington, anil Dunedin were presented at the meeting of the Christchurch Tramway Board today. The tables showed that the average length of sections in Christehureh was shorter than those in two of the other centres, and consequently the cost of the fare charged per mile wa= slightly higher. The concessions given, however, placed the Christclmri'li pi-> senger oil a considerably better footing than in any of the other Dominion cities.