GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 161, 17 October 1910, Page 8

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR'S POSITION. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. The Christchurch South branch of the Labor Party, at a largely attended meeting on Friday, agreed unanimously to a motion urging upon the Government, in view of the result of the recent prosecutions of Messrs. Bowron Bros, in evading the land and income tax, to request the Hon. G. J. Smith to hand in his resignation of his seat in the Legislative Council. A MISSING MONEY-LENDER. Dunedin, Last Night. ' Win. Miller, the missing money-lender, for whose arrest a warrant has been issued, has been adjudicated a bankrupt. ' Affidavits were filed in support of the allegation that Miller left Dunedin on the sth inst., with intent to defraud his t creditors. He was apparently embart rassed financially, and had complained of : | suffering from insomnia. He was advised to call his creditors together, but | would not do so. He left ostensibly for Fairlie on the sth, saying that he would return to Dunedin the following day. Communication with Fairlie failed to elicit any information as to whether' he had gone there or not. A meeting of Miller's creditors is called for next Friday. A CHRISTCHURCH DAIRY COMPANY. Christchurch, Last Night. ; At the annual meeting of the Central ' Dairy Company it was decided to pay a C per cent, dividend and a bonus of one farthing per pound on butter fat supplied. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that dairy companies had been criticised for not ' invariably supplying butter of their own . manufacture, but it was imperative to obtain supplies from North Island in the winter season to fill orders. The butter the company had procured from the North Island during the past year 2 had, he was gratified to be able to say, . been of excellent quality. If a system . of home separation was adopted by suppliers generally, he feared that very strict supervision would be required to prevent a marked deterioration in the ! quality of butter. His private opinion was that the price received in England for butter during the coming year would show a slight decrease on last year's rates. , ; A USELESS PERFORMANCE. Wanganui, Last Night. Godfrey Copley, a local pianist, start- ' ed to play a piano at 6 o'clock on Wednesday. He finished at 10.45 on Saturday night, having played continuously ! for 70% hours. Copley finished [ strongly. ' MISSIONERS AND PRESENTATIONS. Wellington, Saturday. The Church 1 of England missioners now working in the Dominion wish it to be known that while they are deeply grate- ' ful for the 'kind thoughts prompting 1 parishes and congregations to make presentations to missioners, they consider it inadvisable that any public presentations in return for work done in a parish should be made. BOY SCOUTS RELAYS. Feilding. Saturday.i An official invitation to the Governor to visit Feildintv on December 7 for the Boy Scouts field day is being sent by relays of Boy Scouts from here through : Woodville, Pahiatua, Eketahuna, Master- . ton, Carterton, Greytown. Featherston, Kaitoke, Hutt, Petone, to Wellington, a total distance of about LSO miles. GREYMOUTH WHARF LABORERS. Greyrciouth, Saturday. I The wharf laborers decided by ballot | yesterday to endorse the action of the . Waterside Workers' Conference in affiliating with the New Zealand Labor Federation as propounded by the Trades and Labor Council. A YOUNG WOMAN'S TROUBLES. Hastings. Saturday. At the Magistrate's " Court Maria M'lOnej-. ,'»ed 2(i. unmarried, was acquitted on the charge of the murder of her male illegitimate child. On the second count—disposing of the body for the purpose of concealment of .birth—aev'sed was committed for trial. Bail in £2OO was forthcoming.