DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 December 1918, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

LIGHTENING THE DORSET. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The lightening of the steamer Dorset lis proceeding. Two coasters are acting as lighters, and the watersiders are working continuously at the unloading. The vessel is in a good position, is not leaking, and is,- Apparently, unlikely to suffer damage. The next attempt to refloat the i vessel will probably 'be made to-morrow night, A LOST BILL. Wellington, Last Right. The Crimes Act Amendment Bill, dealing with the right of appeal in criminal cases, which passed .the House, got lost ; after it reached the Council's Statutes Revision. Committee, hence it dpes not appear on the Statute Book. PREPARING FOR LICENSING POLL. Wellington, Last Night. Preparations for taking the licensing poll are already in hand, though the date i has not been fixed. A large amount of' preliminary work has to be done, and it is uncertain how far this has been aSeetea by the influenza epidemic. COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGED GOODS. Wellington, Last Night. A ciVil action was heard, in which Bannatyne and Co. claimed £2064 13s 4d from E. H. Christensen as damages for an oil cargo damaged in the sailor Bertie Minor through the influx of water during the voyage from San Francisco to Wellington. The defence elaimed that the damage was the result of the risk which every skipper took. The voyage was long and tempestuous, during the last three weeks, when off the New Zealand coast, when the rudder was carried away, the water getting into 'tween decks The vessel must have been seaworthy or could not have reached New Zealand. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs, awarding £IOO7 18s. HIDES, CALFSKINITAND TALLOW . EXPORTABLE i Wellington, Last Night. The Minister of Customs has granted a general permission for the exportation, of hides and calfskins to the United Kingdom and British possessions, and the exportation of tallow to British possessions and the United, States.