GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 214, 19 December 1910, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

L.E.D.F.C. UNION. M By Telegraph.—Press Christchurch, Last NiffhtiJ At a banquet on Saturday night'jjj celebrate the official recognition of tS Locomotive Engine Drivers' and Fin men and Cleaners' Union, Mr G. Brown the present head of the Union, stttm that the union consisted of eightea branches, with a membership of jojri upon 1200, out of a possible 1500, and the funds in hand amount* to about £3OO. A Sick Benefit Sooittj had been established in connection wiji the Union, and at the end of the year comprised 300 members, and hi about £ 100 in hand. •:> A SUNDAY COLLECTION; Christchurch, Last Night., Street collections in aid of the fop of the St. John's Ambulance A&soci tion were taken up yesterday, and tl public responded liberally, the toti amount received being £2BO 16a lld.;| THE "TIMES" CONTEST. Wellington, Last Night;i| The second voting contest promoted by the New Zealand Times Compftiti closed last night. Eight tours are gfyg for the eity and four for the countri The winners are: City, first prize, toti of the world, value £216, W. A. Wo6s 'ger, 700,155 votes; second prize, t<ftf of the Islands, and to San- Francisco an| Vancouver, value £96, James Elygel 533,820 votes; third prize, tour of Aw tralia, value £45, Miss H. Casey, votes; fourth prize, tour of the Soutfj Pacific Islands, value 32, Miss A. M McGwynne, 497,270 votes. Count® (same tours'as city winners): Finn prize, 'Mrs. F. Bickford, DannevirkS 965,965 votes; second, L. F. Pegler, HtuP tings, 849,895 votes; third, Miss "lw Laing, Woodville, 523,430 votes; fouftJ Mrs. L. A. Fairs, Levin, 374,0 A") vot»." CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. *4 Auckland, Saturday.'/! A charge of manslaughter was ljtf§ against William Ernest Dawe at Police Court to-day in connection wh the death of Thomas Albert Thompspj who was crushed while coupling tramcars. These cars had collided,. ® Thompson's death was the result of h car on which Dawe was motocqu bumping into the one to which decease was fixing a coupling. It was allej» by the prosecution that the aoudl was due to carelessness on the pattM Dawe. Accused pleaded not guilty charge, reserved his defence, and. "wi committed for trial. v l }; WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. 'j Wellington, The new apparatus to expand $$ scope of the Telegraph Departmei|s wireless experiments in Wellington '.O arrive by the Maitai on Tenders closed . yesterday for the , Jpj New Zealand wireless stations describi by the Premier some months ago, i bljjg no detailed information will be available till the tenders have beefl the Tenders Board. PHILANTHROPIC OVERLAPPING.! Christchurch, A deputation from the Christchuiu branch of the Society for the of Women and Children waited on -.sa| Hon. Mr. Buddo this morning request for a Government subsidy. Xf; Buddo referred to the overlapping >b philanthropic work in the cities,, ai said a grant for such work had alreapj been made. Possibly the society mtiS claim a share of it, and he would the matter before the Cabinet. VJ ',f< A CHARGE OF ARSON. ..'« Masterton, Saturday A young man named Leo Barker jyijjj arrested here at noon to-day on a ©hats of wilfully setting fire to the house,' 4 Maggie Young on March 6,1909. He Wfl admitted to bail, himself in £SO, and Mi: sureties of £25 each. ' =* i