DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1917, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

THE PRICE OF TIMBER. By Telegraph— Press Association. Palmeraton N., Last Night. At a meeting of the executive of the North Island Timber Merchants' Association to-day, a resolution was passed: "That this meeting of the executive of the Timber Merchants' Federation, representing all the timber merchants of the North Island, views with concern the recent advance in the price of timber by the Main Trunk millers, and, while it recognises that the charges for special lengths is somewhat justified by the continued shortage of labor, this meeting is of opinion that the rise in the basis list, following so closely on several previous advances, is not in the best interests of the trade generally, and must tend to antagonise a large section of the public. BANKRUPTS BEFORE THE COURT.

Palmerston N., Last Night. In the Supreme Court, Evan Williams and George Reeves, of Woodville, bankrupts, charged with wilfully omitting to keep proper books, were found guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy in the case of Reeves. DESERTERS SENTENCED. Palmerston N., Last Night. A court martial has imposed the following sentences: Robert Horace Phillips, of Inglewood, deserter, 11 months' imprisonment; Frank Vincent Gully, of Masterton, deserter, 112 days' imprisonment. HANDLING OF WHEAT CROP. Wellington, Last Night. Cabinet decided to-day that the purchase and distribution of next season's wheat crop should be attended to by the Board of Trade