DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 June 1918, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

A GANGWAY; BREAKS. By Telegraph.—'Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. A serious accident occurred on the King's Wharf this afternoon. A gangway leading from a crane to a vessel broke, owing, it is stated, to the weight of the number of men who were going up on their way back to work on the vessel. Three (Thomas Jones, David M'Cann, and Robert Freeman) were taken to the hospital, suffering from injuries to the legs and bodies. Others received first-aid treatment from the Harbor Board staff. A STEAMER; HEQD UP. Wellington, Last Night. Tlje Pa,teena ): which should have sailed' for Picton to-day, was (held up, owing to trouble with the firemen. Men are available, but- refuse to underbaJke the work. It is-doubtful if the .steamer will be able topsail to-moprow. ,> SUNDAY TRADING. ' Wellington, June 7. Mr. T. M. Wilford, Minister of Justice, in reply to a deputation from the Council of Churches to-day, asking for': an alteration of the law to enable the-' police to deal with Sunday trading in, marble bars and similar places of refreshment, said he agreed with the judgment of the Chief Justice. He promised to submit the representations j of the deputation to Cabinet. AN EDITOR FINED. Invercargill, Last Night. In the 4 1 against the l editor of the . 'Times fo' \ breach of the war regulations, r L-'li-ihing a soldier's letter which r t ; to the movements of a troopship, the ilagistrate^imposedvatine i?S !£IS. ' •