GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 68, 7 August 1912, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

SHIPPING MISHAPS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Tuesday. The cutter Mana, owned by J. J. Craig Ltd., was caught in a squall in the Waihoke Channel yesterday morning and dismasted. The bulwarks and a 1 portion of her aide were torn away, and the vessel filled and sank in thirty fathoms. The crew of three igained the shore after an exciting time in a dingy propelled by half an oar. The loss is estimated at £250. The ketch Huon Belle was beached and lost her centre board. The Huon Be'lle and the crew of tihg Mana were brought to Auckland by the tug Tewahina to-day. RECALCITRANT JOURNALISTS. Whangarei, Tuesday. Owing to serious differences between the staff and manager, the whole of the employees of the Northern Advocate have struck, consequently there will foe no issue to-day. Publication will be continued to-morrow, as the manager has accepted the terms df the ultimatum submitted bv the staff. A POST OFFICE ROBBED. Auckland, Tuesday. Farrand's store and post office at Tehana wore visited by burglars, who dynamited the safe and stole £llO. Two men, Maher and Hogan, have beea arrested. THE GAMING ACT. Wellington, Tuesday.

Reserved 1 judgment was delivered today in the case Police_ v. StMlin, in which the latter was charged with publishing betting charts and circulars relating to betting on horse races. The circulars and chart had been sent to the police, but there was no evidence to show who had pasted them from Nelson. The information was dismissed. SCHOONER IN TROUBLE. Gisborne, Tuesday.

The schooner Isabella do Frame has arrived from Tauranga. A heavy easterly gale off White Island on July 27 imperilled the vessel, and the crew jettisoned some TiOOOft. of her deck cargo of timber. CHANCE OR SKILL. Wanganui, Tuesday. A judgment, which will have Jarreaching effect if it is allowed to stand, was given by Mr. Kerr, S.M., this morning in a case under the Gaming Act against a local confectioner for allegedly 'establishing a lottery. Defendant exhibited in his window a glass globe full of small lollies and customers spending a shilling had a chance of calculating the number in the jar, for a prize of « guinea. The police alleged that it was a game of chance, while defendant claimed it was a game of skill. The information was dismissed, but an appeal is probable. THE COAL FAMIXE. AiU'klnu 1, Tuesday. The unusual shortage of coal in Auckland is attributed (o the cold weather setting in earh- ami severely. Merchants have difficulty in meeting the demand for household Mipj'iics. Till: SKAAIV sim-:. Auckland, Tuesday. A child, four days' old, was found in a in ilk-dish behind a wash-house at .Henderson on Sunday. A muse was J procured, hut Hie child died. An inquest will be necessary. A domestic servant has, it is slated, made certain admissions in conncetnei with tin* all'air. TIIK WWli!I STIMKE. Auckland. Tu,aV;uy. The .Aiiekhnxl 'Drir-M's' I'liion. by a vote of !)(l to :!«, deleted from the minutes a resolution pp-viri'iislv passed to pay ;C(i() to the Wailii and Kecl'ton strike funds and to circulate a. subscription list among members inviting volunary coutriluilions.