DOMINION NEWS.
ALLEGED BREACH OP WAR *_ CONTRACTS. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Wellington, yesterday. The Magistrate, Mr. Kcid. to-day is hearing the charge against Rcoullar and Company, Limited, of breach of the war regulations in allegedly supplying flax mattresses and pillows of a quality not in aceord with the terms of the contract. The case for the Crown alleged that the average weight of a number of mattresses supplied was l<nibs. It should have been lSlbs. Further, that many were filled with sour flax, rope ends, dust and sweepings off the floor, rendering them unfit and insanitary for use by the troops. The saving effected by supplying the light-weight mattress was from 4Jd to I'd each. Mr. Weston, for the defence, said it was admitted that owing to circumstances for which the management was not responsible, some of the mattresses were light-weight. The Crown had to prove it was done wilfully. : The case is proceeding. FINAL APPEAL FOR I VOLUNTARYISM, Dunedin, Yesterday. The Minister for Defence says that it now appears certain that it will be impossible to bring the Military Service Act into operation in time for raising the 23rd Reinforcements. Ho therefore call', upon the recruiting organisations and the public to do everything possible in assisting the authorities to avoid a serious' shortage. FREIGHTS ON WOOL. Wellington, Yesterday. The Wellington Wool Brokers' Association, as representing the wool growers of the district, recently made a strrr.g protest to the overseas shipping companies in respect of the increased freights on wool, together with the adjustments of other changes adversely affecting the interests of growers. The replies received from the shipping compares are not considered satisfactory answers to the various points raised and further action will probably be taken.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1916, Page 2
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286DOMINION NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1916, Page 2
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