GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 128, 17 October 1912, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON FISH MARKET. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Wedn ?sday. During the ten days the municipal fish market has been open, 280(1 portions made purchases, the takings amounting to £lls, of which the City Council receives £ls by way of commission. The average price realised by the sale of the fish was nearly 3d per pound, and the average individual purchase was a fraction over lod.

| TALISMAN MINE STOPPED. I Auckland, Wednesday. i The superintendent of the Talisman .* Mine at Karangahake reports: "Owing 1 to 'the interruption of coal supplies fiom .! Huntly, it is necessary to reserve the j present coal in stock, for pumping only. J We regret having had to stop all oper- ) ations at the mine and mill at S this i morning, until further supplies are available. All pumping operations will be . continued as usual." { I TATTERSALL'S SWEEPS. j Taihape, Wednesday. i Reserved judgment was given to-day j by Mr Thomson, S.M., in the case Ranis--1 bottom v. Beattie, a claim for i .02 .!!?s Ild, a share of the money received i nd retained by defendant, the proceeds of j a ticket in a Tattersall's sweep. 'Dim magistrate decided that the law -'ld not ! give tilie parties the right to 1 recover tn an illegal contract. The alleged promise of defendant to pay did not assis-.; plaintiff to recover. A nonsuit was . ntcrod with costs three guineas. | FALSE PRETENCES. Invevcargiil, Wednesday. A Maori named Wiremu T.ir»h:x was committed to the Supreme Court for J sentence for obtaining '£so from n farm laborer by false pretences. They on a steamer on the way to Oiiiviistown. and stayed at the same liot?1. Acr.ised' . represented himself as a n-.'phew of Mr 0. P. Donnelly, and said ne had' «n account in the Bank of New Zea'and. at Napier, and was paid a quarterly sum by bis uncle. Oilier nh.trg?* will'lie j heard at Quecnstown. Tt s■t-lai'vl that. I Tarelia raised and squandered in diink j £135 in 14 days.

GENERAL LABORERS' STRIKE. Auckland, Wednesday. Matters in resarrl to the -partial strike of general laborers are vcjrv quiet today. A feature of the strike <\s the al-. most utter failure of the picket* :n. nor-' suade the men at work to Join their ranks. A determined .'ffm'l ha? Wen made in this direction. v/iMio:;! sumts-s in nearly everv instance. The Mr.. Albert Borough ("Vuwei] em ploy;:"!, TPti\l>ering about sixty, many of whom are fetlorationist*. have nearly ■■ll <UvM<ml to join the City and Suburban Loe.o bodies Employees.' TTnion, and go Ki?k vn ,]^ r the Arbitration Act.