DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 October 1919, Page 10

DOMINION NEWS.

ANGLICAN SYNOD. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Oct. 7. A special session of the Anglican Synod was held to-day to consider the appointment of a Bishop in the place of Bishop Neville, who has resigned. The proceedings were not open to the press. PUBLICAN HEAVILY FINED. Gisborne, Oct. 7. .At the Magistrate's Court, a country publican pleaded guilty to twenty-two charges of breaches of the licensing law. Fines totalling £lO7 were imposed. TIMBER TRADE ON WEST COAST. Grey mouth, Oct. 7. During the last three months seven million feet of timber have been exported from Greymouth to 'New Zealand ports. Insufficient tonnage is procurable, therefore the shipments are inadequate to meet the building requirements pf Christchurch and Wellington. Local millers have large quantities ready for shipment, and have approached the Board of Trade to ' secure further shippings. Complaints are made of the slow discharge of vessels, which is partly due to the shortage of trucks. INTER-COLONIAL FREIGHTS RAISED. Dunedin, Last Night. The local office of the Huddart Parker Co. has received advice from headquarters in Melbourne that intercolonial freight rates have been increased to 40a per ton, and passenger rates by 10 per cent from October (!. The Union Co. has not yet indicated its intention regarding rates sales. LOADING AND DIfsOHARGING VESSELS. Wellington, Last Night. Members of the Wellington Waterside Workers' Union, at a stop-work meeting to-day, discussed proposals that the Federation and Unions should take control of the work of loading and dincharging vessels now carried out by the stevedoring contractors, and decided to take a ballot on the question.

WELLINGTON'S HOUSING PROBLEM. Wellington, Last Night. Extraordinary measures are being taken by the City Council to cope with the • -shortage of dwelling houses and the .overcrowding which is growing more acute. The council has decided to facilitate the conversion into temporary dwellings of such buildings or portions of buildings as would be suitable for the purpose. The structures contemplated by the council are business premises, office buildings and warehouses. The council has power to waive the enforcement of by-laws in the interest of the community at large. With families living in single rooms, it is considered for the time being better to have space inside than outside.