DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1917, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

. -v THE WAR REGULATIONS. 1 WATERSIDERSCHARGED. Wellington Feb. 255. In connection with the recent refus&l of waterside workers to coal the Maori) fourteen informations against the SM9 concerned have been issued under tho War Regulations, gazetted February 0j 1917, dealing wltfh strikes and ldoki outs. ' Thirty-five informations have alto been Issued against the men who refused tn unload coal from the Kittawa. trouble arose over the us® of the Burton, block. The Maori cases will come before tha magistrate to-morrow and the Klttawsj cases on Thursday. An adjournment will probably be ed for in botli cases, SHORTAGE ( OF TEACHtfRS, Wellington, Feb. 22. Owing to the enlistment of over BOG teachers the shortage of fully qualified teachers is being increasingly felt. With the view of retaining as long as possible the services of the oldest teachers who might claim to be retired unde* the extended provisions of the Superam nuation Act before they reach the full retiring age, the Teachers' Superannua* < ion Board has decided that during tM currency of the war it will not consider favorably any application for retirement under these provisions, except in cases where it is clearly shown that it ia in tho interests of the education servlc# that the retirement should be allowed*