GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 329, 22 January 1909, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

OTAGO POLICE HETURXS. By Telegraph.-'Prcss Associatieu. Dunedin, Last Night. the police returns for the Otago district for the year show a very slight increase of offences, except in ciTses ot drunkenness, breach of prohibition orders, and thefts from dwellings, l'ollowing arc.the more important lTguros, those for the previous ear bciu" 111 parentheses:—Common assault 5S (71), breaches of peace 103 (74), burglary 50 (34), desertion and failing to provide means foy wives and cliildrwl 77 (S3), disobeying maintenance orders (i!) (72), drunkenness S(i.> (070), indecent heliaviour 39 (M), malicious injury to property 12 (01), neglected andcrim inn! children 30 (lr,). obscene | a „. ij" 1 ' 1 ;;/'' W' obstructing the police 1 1 (41), theft 201 (230), vagnrncv (12 0, ' ""T h ," orders 50 ,(!>l>. The total number of offences ™s 2337 ,20X8); the increases S 418 oiKl- the decreases 100, a total ,e increase of 240. The cases of drunkenness i„. Dunedin increased from 054 to I <i The Civ.l Court returns show tha'l I lie amount sued for was .Cil ;>!)0 10c I Jod (£34,744 4s 4d,:an,ou,,t r t10,224 J4s ll d (t17502 4 , '.' nnd plaints entered 3130 (.1074).

mitWLAIiIKS AT IXveimladcill. linercargill, Last Xighf. ' .<■ premises of .Miliar and Co,„"p, lIVi tailors, and the ad joining refresh neit lomns of llrs. Hull, ,'„ "ere "'"ken into some lime early this morn"g. 1 hree or four .shilling wm t . lkl , n ""1..h0 till in llull'H and" the conttt ot three lemonade bottles.

MAW LKMiVK. Aliisterton, Last Nighl. A sub-branch of the Xaw iV-nm,. 2* f, l "'""," 1 h r l "- ni " ht «»* jmess by Lieutenant 'iCn«x. The meetirtic!™ 11 '" rK<% i,u "" k '' l >ml rMuuU BONUS TO \VWKKIW.-A CNION'S PROTEST. Th av ir " rellin " tm| . r -'st Xight. Com, il ? '"? °" T, ' ,ul,,s iinrt L « b °M tonne 1 to-night resolved: "That this Council vogret., to observe that he ,e on.,»oyed at the olil , tunnel'w agieed to an cx OT tio„ wn ™ „,,; , - "PPOsed to the best interests , „d j union.,,,, That a copy of uj;; 1 , t,on be forwarded to the (Jovornincn I U,e request that i„ future con--fleet Wat in™ fenrpkiycd swh . then soiyieosand Hint no such Ihim< as an exertion wage l,e permitted "

UN'K.Mi'r,nYirEXT tx wi-stport Westport, |,., s | xijrht." At a ~,<* ,„g of unemployed held fo the lowa llnll to-uight. attended l.v th"" I J] ' 1 St ;' t, ",""" t was ""* '«• the president of the Wcstport Labor Union lhat.W people we.Tm.emplovel m and about West port huvvlv as a result of the stoppage of IhVlTnrW Hoard works. Tt av.is resolved to „me the Minister of I'ubli, Works [o orovide speedy employment in cousfru-fiiiT n,,. Wostporl-Tnn7iga)i„u .7„.,,li nn TJuilwnv ."id to urge the Counlv Council lo «,'.(' ■wlint works it could in limnl: also (o Jjrgc (he Covenimeut lo take the |.„bor Hiirwiii out of the bund- of the nolice making another appointment of InJ spector of Factories and Labor llnrcsn

I TIIK OUXXTXfi OTWXAMAX. Wangnmii. Tlwrsdiiv. Tile local Customs authorities yesterday seized n qunntitv of tea' in naekets consigned to n, Chinese storekeeper here The tea lout previously lieen used iitii! dried, and was neatly <lone up in packet* on vliieli were nrinted. "Registered in Patent Offiee. Hunjr Mee. Trade mark. Best Kooloo tea. Canton, China."