GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 239, 14 February 1911, Page 8

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

A DESERTER SENTENCED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Wellington, Monday. Thomas Quinn, seaman on the steamer Clan Grant, was sentenced to one month's'imprisonment for desertion 011 j January 18.

ROADS AND BRIDGES j Wellington, Last Night. I Expenditure 011 roads and railways was authorised by Cabinet as follows: Roads, £9000; railways, £18,500. RESISTING THE POLICE. Greymoutli, Last Night. A young man was fined £ 10 to-day for resisting a policeman on Saturday night' the magistrate commenting on the aggravation of the offence. MALICIOUS WORK. Greymouth, Last Night. Early on Sunday morning the premises of the Greymouth Fresh Food and Ice' Company were maliciously entered, a| set of harness stolen, hacked to pieces, and thrown about in the railway en-' closure. The butter factory was entered through a window, and all Saturday evening's fresh cream smeared with acid, but the marauder was disturbed l and escaped. j

THE NO-LICENSE CRUSADE. 1 Wanganui, Last Night. I Messrs. T. ( E. Taylor and C. H. Poole concluded their no-license campaign this evening, when the Opera House was crowded. The speakers had a very fine reception, and were cheered at the conclusion. | MUNICIPAL OPERA HOUSE AS A I FACTORY. ' I Palmerston N., Last Night. , In the test case brought by the Inspector of Factories against the Borough 1 Council as owners of the Municipal Opera House and pictures requiring reg-j istration of the Opera House as a factory for the production of electricity for pictures, Mr. Thompson, S.M., considered Inspector Culver should have counsel to argue the legal points under the Factories Act of 1908, and adjourned the caso for a fortnight to admit of his recommending this to the Labor Department.