DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1917, Page 2

DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

SHIPPING CONTROL. Australian Cable Association. Wellington, June 11. Shipping regulations passed by the Executive to-day prohibit the transfer of the register of New Zealand ships to a port of registry outside New Zealand or the sale, mortgage, or transfer of any New Zealand ship or share therein. The Minister of Marine is given full control of ships leaving for oversea ports, which will be gazetted in due course. It is further provided unlawful for any New Zealand ship at present engaged in trading in or with New Zealand to be withdrawn from that trade. WRECKAGE OF FISHING BOAT FOUND Auckland, June 11. Wreckage from a fishing boat found at Piha, on the west coast, is believed to be that of a boat belonging to Joseph Gruten, of Onehunga, who states that she carried two fishermen, William McMinn, married, about 35 years of age, who has three or four children, and Kdward Wilaon, married, a carpenter by trade, with three or four children. ' j WAR 'PENSIONS BOARD. Wellington, June 11. During last week the War Pensions Board, 1 sitting in Wellington, had before it 132 new claims and 75 renewals Of the new claims 85 were from soldiers and 47 from dependents to soldiers. Two were granted permanent pensions, and 74 temporary pensions, four were declined, and two adjourned. To dependents 34 pensions were granted and ten temporary pensions, two were declined and one adjourned. Of the renewals 40 were continued for varying amounts, three to be final payments, nine were ordered to cease, nine were converted to permanent pensions, and in five cases the board decided to adhere to its former decision, and three cases were adjourned for further information. The 123 pensions granted represent an annual liability of £7696. The previous week's total was 122 pensions, with a liability of £79 OS}. Since the beginning of the financial year 1039 pensions have been granted of an annual value of £6(1,310, bringing the total annual liability to £322,000, reducible by about £l2J- ■ 000. SEDITIOUS UTTERANCES PUNISHED Wellington June 11. At the Magistrate's Court to-day John 1 James Lambess was convicted of making a seditious utterance at Boulcott Street on Saturday night, also with assaulting and resisting the police. On the' seditious charge he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, while for resisting the police he was fined 20s, and for . the assault was convicted and discharged. \ AN ESCAPING 'PRISONER SHOT. Invercargill, June 11. j Edward Walsh, aged 23, who was re--5 cently transferred from Wellington Invercargill to serve a sentence of three vears' reformative treatment, attempted to escape while working in the reclamation area. Warder Douglas called on him to stop, but the prisoner continued , running, and the warder fired tow with [ his revolver. The bullet, ricochetting from the water, struck the prisoner, who was removed to the hospital in a condition that is said to be rairly serious.