DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1919, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

TBS AVAILABLE BUTTER. By Telegraph.—Press Association, i InvercargiU, I*at Night, fhe manager of the local dairy factory . Hate* that on August 4 tnere were )o,»«i.b(ae9 of butter in the stores in the Dominion, land only 703 in the South Island, '6lB being at Dunedin, and JU lit Lyttelton, Ho said at a low estimate the present Dominion consumption was 50QO boms per week. COST OF OCCUPATION OF SAMOA. Wellington, Last Night, ■the cost of the militatv occupation of Samoa, to March 31 has been £405,774, the biggest item of expenditure fteing pay and allowances to the troops, £205,103. : FINED FOR BETTING. Wellington, Last Night. 1 At the Magistrate's Court, James Donnelly, charged with having made a bet in {he Grand Hotel, was fined £3O. SHORTAGE OF LABOR. Wellington, Last Night. The Industrial Association to-night Cdjudderod the question of the shortage d? labor, and decided to advocate a general immigration scheme in order to I'elicvp the situation. ' HEaW RAIN IN OTAOO. Ditnedin, Last Night. Heavy rein has fallen during the past few days. Reports state that rivers •are very high iri Central Otago and a flood in the Taicri is feared if rain contifiues. The train from Central Otago is de'ifivert bv sli«s. and is not expected ' We till after midnight. CHURCH UNION. Dnnedin. Last Nisht. S»t » meeting of lnymeti representing the "resbvferian, Methodist, and Congregations! Churches to-nisht, *. motion in fnvor of union was carried with praeticalh no dissent, and will be snb- ' milted to the poverninß authorities of the three churches, concerned. A committee was set up to report on any pritcticpl work which laymen could undertake i>) furtherance of the movement;