DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1919, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

A HOTEL ROBBERY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Palmerston North, August 4. During Sunday night thieves obtained an entrance to the Club Hotel and went through the bedrooms which were not locked- They took about £4O in caab from boarders. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. » Napier, AugUßt 4. James Sullivan appeared in the Police Court to-day, and was charged with stealing £43 4a, the property of the Seamen's Union. The accused, the local representative of the Sonmen's Union,pleaded not guilty. He was committed for trial. GOODS TRAFFIC ON RAILWAYS. Napier,' August 4. The Cfliarober of Commerce Ims appointed a ■committee to assist the Railway Department in deciding what goods are to be carried on the railways. Mr. Lionel Nelson has been appointed as committee delegate in Wellington. MR. FENWICK CONGRATULATED. Christchurch, Last Night, When the ne\\:i of Mr,' Fenwiek's knighthood was known, Mr. P. Sclig, president of the Newspaper Proprietors' Association of New' Zealand, telegraphed to the now knight as follows: "Oil behalf of the newspapers of the Dominion I congratulate you heartily on the wellearned distinction conferred upon- you by his Majesty. May I add my personal felicitations, and say it is a worthy recognition of one of the g eat leaders of the press in New Zealand." Sir George Fenwiek replied a? follows: "Your wire on behalf of the press of New Zealand has given mo great pleasure, and I sincerely appreciate your kind felicitations on their behalf and your own personal congratulations." A "BLACK" SHIP. Greymouth, Last Night. The steamer Joan Craig has been here for nearly a week, and has not yet been lolled, as the watersiders refuse to handle the cargo through the presence of non-unionists among the crew. The vessel's hardwood cargo for the Cobden bridge here was unloaded by the crew. The mill owners sent the mill workers here from the country to load the skip with timber, but the workers, on learning the facts, refused to handle the cargo.