DOMINION NEWS.
PAK-A-POO. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Feb. 4. At the Magistrate's Court to-day, 'the magistrate (Mr. D. O. A. Cooper), fined Ah "Wong £SO and costs for using premises in Haining Street as a common gaming house. For a. .similar offence Hum Ling and ,Toe Mee were fined £23. Yep Sing, for assisting in the management of a lottery, was fined £lO and costs; and Ah Yet. for being found in a common gaming house, was fined 20s and costs. HOMEWARD FREIGHTS. Wellington, Feb. 3. The shipping companies engaged in the trade between New Zealand and England have increased the rates on all homeward-bound cargo as from the 2nd inst. Wool freight has Been raised one-eighth of a penny per pomld, aiid other clauses. increased about 15 per cent. The new rates include a war surcharge. The rates for wool itfc now: Bumped greasy, l%d per Ibj'slipe, lid; washed, i,%d;>vith the usual Jd extra for undmped Wool. Despite the inr creases in New Zealand rates they fire still lower than the Australian. Passenger rates remain unchanged. It is notable that, despite the war, passenger bookings from New Zealand are exceptionally good.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 February 1916, Page 2
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