DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 October 1917, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

THE SHIPPING TROUBLE. By Telegraph.—'Press Association. / ~ Wellington, Last Night, Although the waterfront is not particularly busy at present, there was no response when calls were madq!;twice to-day for labor to coal a cr now in port. This is the second ship that has been held up in the same manner. STEALING GAS. < Wellington, Last Night. A woman was fined £2O at Petone for stealing gas from the Borough Council. The meter had been removed, but defendant connected the rising pipe with the house service, by means of a piece of hose. When discovered, four burners and a- gas ring were in use, and the gas was also escaping through the faulty connection. A HEAVY FINE. Wellington, Last Night. E. J. Collett was fined £35 at Petone, for selling milk containing 29 per cent, added water. The magistrate said if the fines were not effective he woflld imprison offenders. AMALGAMATING CHEMISTS' BUSINESSES. Hamilton, Last Night. The Military Board and Efficiency Board approve of the scheme for amalgamating chemists, and conserving the interests of the members balloted early in the Second Division, the businesses being co-operated for the period of the war, the takings being pooled and the profits divided proportionately between the men ballotted and those remaining, the agreement to remain in force for three months after the war. The boards consider other businesses should follow this example.