GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 245, 22 November 1909, Page 3

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

A FISHERMEN'S UNION. 8y Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. A meeting of those engaged in th? fishing industry was held yesterday to consider the advisability of forming a union.' Mr. R. Manning, organiser, said fishermen were now at the mercy of the retailers, which was a ridiculous position. They ought to have the control of the trade in their own hands, but had allowed themselves to be dominated by others. After discussion, a resolution that a fishermen's union be formed was moved and unanimously carried. I'iiOir.i.iu,.. OF ANIMALS. C'hristclmrch, Last Night.

Representatives of tlie Canterbury Philosophical Institute and the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society have made a number of recommendations for amending the Animals Protection Act, and other philosophical institutes are to be asked to agree to them and assist in having legislative effect being given them. Amongst the recommendations are that the warrant in the Gazette of Hay 10th, 1900, containing the list of birds absolutely protected, be substituted for the sixth schedule of the Act; that absolute protection be given native oats n.iii tuaiara lizards and its eggs; that the protection of opossums be removed; that native quail, native lark, Stephen's island wren, brown and black teal, grey noddy, white-capped noddy, albatross, mollyhawk, Auckland Island flightless ducks, aud all shags, except black shag, Oe absolutely protected, and that in section 42, the word "owls" be inserted amongst the animals the importation into the Dominion of which is prohibited. DAISY PRODUCE EXPORTS. " Wellington, Cast Night. Yesterday the Rimutaka, which sailed at noon for London, took a large shipment of dairy produce, viz.,—68,013 boxes of butter and 10,229 crates of cheese. The ports at which the produce was shipped and the quantities are as follow:—Dunedin, butter (boxes) 3733, cheese (crates) 654; Auckland, 18,453 and 259; Wellington and 15,130; New Plvmouth (?) 08,613 and 16,229. CLERGYMEN ORDAINED. Napier, Last Night. Archbishop liedwood conducted an ordination service at St. Patrick's Church today. The priests ordained were Revs. J. A. Eccleton, A. Burger, M. Murphv, A. Venning and L. Dignan. Six others received minor orders, namelv—Joseph Herring, Thomas Segrief, Charles Casey, John Monaghan, Joseph Cullen arid James I'rahcr. THE STATE MINERS. Grey-mouth, Saturday. As a r'siilt of a meeting last night it was .n:ii!ii;:i;i'd to-day that th e State miners as a body were totally against striking if there is any possibility of a settlement without extreme measures. A settlement on Monday is expected. '