GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 233, 11 March 1915, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. , 'AN APPEAL DISMISSED. London, Mrach 9. The appeal in the case Union Steamship Company v. Wellington Harbor Board was dismissed with costs. Their lordships varied the order of the court below. WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT ACT. London, Mrach 9. (The Government lias agreed to postpone the operations of the Welsh Disestablishment Bill for six months after the conclusion of the war. Lord Lansdowne approved. AFTERNOON SHIFT PROBLEM. Sydney, March. 10. The afternoon shift problem is practically solved. The conference agreed? to an additional threepence on the «ay rate for pick coal and 2%d per ton extra for machine coal, others ten per cent increase. STOLEN BANK NOTES. Melbourne, March 10. OTie Federal Treasury is offering a reward of £SOO in connection with the losses of Comniontttalth notes valued at £2OOO. A 'MURDERER SENTENCED. Perth, March 10. Gutay, who confessed to having murdered a girl named Bell, has been sentenced to death. A DAIRY FACTORY BURNED. Sydney, March 10. Fire destroyed the Singletown dairy, one of the largest, butter factories in New South Wales. The damage was over £SOOO. GENERAL TELEGRAMS. By Telegraph.-»-Prcss Association. A CASE OF FORGERY. Duncdin, March 10. Bruce Burns, for forging his mother's name to a voucher for £2O, was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT. Christchurch, March 10. Cecil George "Farrow appeared at the Lyttelton Court charged with the theft of £093 15s 9d from the Lyttelton Borough Council and was remanded till March 18. Bail was allowed, self £3OO and two others of £IOO. MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS. Wellington, March 10. In the Magistrate's Court, Ernest Alfred Welch, an ex, Civil servant, pleaded guilty to five charges of misappropriation of public moneys, and was committed for sentence.