GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1915, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

LOAX TfKXKD DGvVX. ,1 Jly Telegraph.—Press Association, ,?| Wangaiuii, Last Night. *"■ A proposal to raise a loan of £44>JOOO] ior various works was turned down tO«!uy by ttK votes to 330. The rejection "! the loan was largely due to the fad; that some item* included in the schedule ; were not eoiißidered necessary, the ra*«y payers not being given opportunity \» ilisrriitiinate. ■']

DIRTY MILK. | Wellington. Last Xight. ', In it case widen came before Mr, D. . C. A. Cooper, SjM., in the -Magistrate'* Court, today, Donald Cook, milk vendor, , of Kilbirnie, was charged wIHi wiling'' mill; not obtained from a registered ( dairy. Mr. Alexander Cook, dairy inspector to the Agricultural Department, stated that none of the premises were m a fit state to comply with the Dairy ; Industry Act as regards registration; ,i in fact, one of the dniries was in a very '■ ■ l'iid htate. In one ease iv supplier to*i the defendant had no floor of any kind? f i in his milking shed. Defendant, vho 1 had been warned on June 28, and gtfll I •persisted in taking milk from this sup- ' plier, should have known better, as he 'I luu! been a registered dairvman .previ- ' J ous to coming to Wellington. He wa» * wmicted and Dncd £.-. and £1 10s ■ costs. Tlie charge was laid .by the City ! Council. . '

GROCERS 1 DISPUTE. 1 Auckland, Last Night. < Tlie grocers' dispute was settled toV d.iv, before tlie Conciliation Council A spcrial preference clause is provided, an* increases in rapes are given in most cases for assistants over twenty-two years. In all the increase amounts to is Cd a week. HOSPITAL REPORT. Wellington, Last Night. Tlie following information has been reeeived as regards sickness in the various caanp hospitals during the twenty;four hours preceding noon to-day:— • Wellington Hospital.—Serious cases: | Norse 1, no improvement 2, no new serins cases or admissions, dixohanrea* [ 7. Kaiwarra llilitay Hospital: Di». charged 8, admitted 1, remaining 48. all convalescent. Waikanae Military Hospifal: Admissions 3, discharges 3;" totals, convalescent 53, maaslcs 17, minor surgical 3, observation 1, Tauherinafciu, Lnytown and Solway Military Hospital: •Measles 15, sore throats 2, minor surgiml eases 5, inter-coastal neuraigta 1. rheumatism 1, lumbago 1, bronchial nstho 1, lymphangitis 1, varicole 1, varicose 1; no serious cases; one case ad-, mitted to Solway for observation. Ma*. terton Military Hospital: Measles 2, convalescent 1, observation 1. Trenthtuu military Hospital: Improvement 13, slight improvement 4, not so well I, dangerously ill .1. condition unchanged 1 under observation 2.