GENERAL TELEGRAMS.
THE MINK CKEEK MINE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Westport. Last Night. The first really heavy downpour of rain for the last two months its occurring to-night. It should be (if good service at Millerton, iu extinguishing the lire in the Westport Coal Company's .Mine Crook mine, if th<» tire i**till unextinguished. The real position cannot be ascertained until llw dam is removed and water allowed to escape, probably i something definite will be known next ! week.
AX EARTHQUAKE. Levin, March 2ti. A shock of earthquake was felt this afternoon at 1.25 o'clock, ft was also felt in Wellington. RAILWAY EMPLOYEES' tiIUEVANI'E Wellington, .March 211. The trouble in connect ion with tin* appointment, of the hite employees of the .Manawatu Company (o position* similar to those they previously oecupied in the Petone workshop* has taken a new phase. Ail originating summons has been liled by Mr. Wilford to get an interpretation of section 27 of the Manawatu Purchase Act, or ascertain whether the (Government is compelled to appoint the Manawatu men in the way it is doing at present, and whether the men have any claim to be so appointed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 53, 27 March 1909, Page 2
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190GENERAL TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 53, 27 March 1909, Page 2
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