DOMINION NEWS.
CARGO PILEEKER SENTENCED,
By Telegraph.—Press Association.
Christchurch, Jan. 7.
At the Magistrate's Court, Joseph 'Smith, a fireman, was sentenced to one mouth's imprisonment for the theft of a hat froiu cargo otf the steamer Kent. The police stated that a large quantity of cargo had been stolen. Articles missing from ouii case alone were valued at over £SO. WATERSIDERS' CONFERENCE. Christchurch, Jan. 7The annual conference of the Waterside Workers' Federation opened at Lyttelton to-day, delegates being present from all parts of New Zealand.
SHORTAGE OF COAL FOR RAILWAYS
Wellington 1 , Last Night.
The Railway Department has never been so short of coal as it is to-day. The liokl-up of steamers at Newcastle liascut o,T many thousands of tons which the Department hoped to receive during the pest two months. At the same time the New Zealand output has been far below normal by reason of the stoppage of operations during the epidemic for about three weeks, and the Christmas holidays for about a fortnight. It is expected that unless the coal supply improves quickly the Department will be obliged to make some cuts in the train services.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 January 1919, Page 3
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