DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 July 1919, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

wa% • .1 By Telegraph.—Rmr»AllM*lbeij|" | Palmerston North, Last , I Negotiations between the fUnxUlKttJ and tlaxmill employees are appuatHti neaping a satisfactory condnuoDu ISbm representatives conferred to-day, *M'iMf| agreement was drawn upon the a letter from Messrs A. Seifert aal Bsp{9| Bell, flairailJers, to the Etty)tMM|| Union an follows: "In consequence efiljjjtijS increased price of hemp now riling,'MM agree to recommend the BfllTMlUMjMj Association to reopen on tha beats day work U Od per hour and 14s tha automatic scutching award z*ttfj||l be: Hand scutching 30s per ton, cuUMra| 20 pur cent, of last season** latM. mJE|I docking with carting 32s in mw eSu in winter, paddoeking wittiest ( ing 23s in summer and 26a in ifahfci .Should the necessity for a inilhl Wh| wages rate* arise, a month's sotiee given on either side and a con/area® tal'. be called immediately." The jbmMiMJ ■ and secretary of the agreed to recommend the uwrfWf In commenco work forthwith on liweooWJ Both sides will consider the tion immediately. It it erpaatrf .HM woric at the mill* wiU next week. TRAINING FOR TERBJTOHESIj^, j Cbristchurch, TittfaWWKjM The Mayor received the foUawtag Mfff ter from Sir James Allen nUin to4#jy training scheme for Tenttorialu *3|B reply to your letter of June 25, dNOTfI the proposals I have pnt fanwrd nAHm regard to Territorial training be adeftaul it will be necessary to have one at MMX Territorial camp* in the Sooth well as in the North. in ■Hr| opinion, should be mote or-le«up*Cß<|^jj THE WELLINGTON*STNQD, >' J

Wellington, Lut The Wellington Synod, alter ft lag, S discussion on the subject of pew passed a resolution: That the (JINjJ affirms the principle of free tad churches .throughout the diocese. j In view, of the King's proclamation < 3 commanding general thanksgiving mpt'f j vices, the synod decided to claM Am t .f session in order that ministers teach* their parishes in time tON(U(|Mn i,;> for the services on Sunday. JjR BRUTAL ASSAULT ON, POLKS? SERGEANT. , Wanganui, Lut At the Magistrate's Couart to-daytliiJh | brothers, Roy and Victor Smith, nag ■ charged with assaulting Ptoliee-SKfNMtB 1 <fameß Reid with intent to do nriMOMM bodily harm. In the course of Ml M#j| dence, Sergeant He id stated that ki»~flßj|| the night of June 11 lie proceeded to Wanganui East Town mil, whste Church of England dance was in and, on reaching ,tho vicinity, had oeeft-*:'| sion to remonstrate with two menllot'f t ' i using bad language. He waa attacked . 4 by both men, severely kicked and pundbt- ~i ed, and as he lay on the ground one of ' ,'i the accused tried to throttle him. A j, bystander intervened and witness mu> if aged to reach his home, where lie «ol- ,-i lapsed. Witness positively identMM-ono j| s of his assailants. 1 Medical evidence was given that Ser- J geant Reid was suffering from concowion ■ of the brain, that it was eight days be-, - fore he left the institution, and he would - not be able to resume police duty for' \ several months. Both the accused were ■ committed for trial at the Supvßme : Court. |

FLOODS IN THE SOUTH. j Dunedin, Last NitfbjL ' Rain fell fttoadily during the greatit ■] part 6f the day, and some of the hossM >' at East Taieri are surrounded by water, '« Stock have been removed from the lowlying areas, which, in some cases, aire J covered- by three or four feet of w«tw. j Some paddocks at Otakia and Htt!«y are flooded, but the Taieri River is irtti- ,jj in its banks. The overflow of the Wfl- 3 pori River hag flooded the eon them part' | J of the Taieri plan, the Henley-Berwick | road .being covered by two feet of water. A portion of the Ou.tram line is *ttb- i merged, and it is unlikely that the tn&l > will run to-morrow. The Taieri lUw'A'". rose 18 inches after •'!' o'clock, and water was starting to iprtad |;< over the adjoining country at 10 o^etodc. 'I SALE OF AUCKLAND CITY. -fi PROPERTY. ' 'I Auckland, July 2. The sale took place recently, of the , block of land and business premises ,1 occupied by E. Porter and Co., the price paid over being £>5,000. The property :) has a frontage to Queen Street and High J Street, and, based on the Queen StVast. j frontage of 81 feet, the price wotVs o'Jt 11 at nearly £IOBO per foot. j j ALLEGED FRAUD. II Auckland, July f!. • l| Charted with having 'obtained £l7 dj credit by fraud, at Oiunarn, in JJaT last, >3 an elderly man named William Robert 1 Hill appeared at the Police Court to-day. I The chief-detective slated jjisi, nccnseil : was arrested on a similar charge on 1 Thurs-day last, and was then admitted to bail in a bond of fMOO. The follower j day lie was arrested on a warrant ir.'uW'J at Dunedin in 1915, when it was that lie had comuiitted a similar nifewO involving the sum of £4". He was then 1 released under the original bond, when i lie was arrested for the third time yw-A terday. It was stated that he had tilfii sum of £204 in his possession. The! magistrate, on the application Of the 1 chief-detective, remanded acouseil until j Wednesday next, and increased 'th!j ! amount'of hail to £SOO. Pending hearing of the case, accused was uiuMtf}' to report nightly to the police. . ;1 COALMTNERS' ASSOCIATION. X Wellington, Last Night. The conference of the Coal Owners' Association lias concluded.- 'Jlj&r, was decided to agree .to meet represent^om tives of the Coal Miners' Federation tdESI consider their demands after the vidnal companies had had euffidejnnH opportunity of considering wlx&ttjllßg effect of the demands may be. PROCEEDINGS AT CHRISTCHI^^M Chris tclurrch, last The- proclamations of peace Bounced by the ringing oftchunjh a dash through the atneU by brigade on a decorated motor, syren sounding. A crowd the City GouncU ehapbaw.