GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 146, 29 September 1910, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

THE W.C.T.U. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Duned'in, Wednesday'. At bile first Otago Convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union a resolution was unanimously adopted binding members not to purchase quack medicines known to contain alcohol. THE FRISCO SERVICE. Napier, Wednesday. At a .meeting of the Chamber of Commerce a resolution was adopted declining to support Auckland in regard to the Oceanic Company's proposals. Members recognised the need for a faster service, ibut considered that the disadvantages as to trade restrictions outweighed the advantages ofl'ered by the American company. 'TIMBER LOADING. (ireymouth, Wednesday. The Greymouth Wharf Laborers' Union is'seeking to have timber railway trucks loaded at the «iills so that the danger now caused by stacks shifting during unloading is minimised. They contend that unloading separately marked consignments vMlo standing perpendicularly on the trucks causes the remainder of ithe load to heel over, whereby numerous accidents occur.- The West Coast Timibei' 'Association has been approached and has circularised mill-owners under their control on the matter. It also agrees that the complaint is a just one..