DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1920, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Feb. 17. , The National War Memorial Committee has decided that the site for the memorial shall be in Wellington. It also resolved that the memorial should be so designed us to *" abody the objects and sacrifices t t j T war .and ttie virtues displayed then^,'" i such a Way that they will be an e 'lucation and inspiration, not only n» present, but to futiKfe generations, and so be of immense influence in the formation of the New Zealand national character. The committee at presents consists of Sir James Allen, Hon. B. J. G. Coatea, Dr Pomare, Messrs C. J. Parr, J." P. Luke, L. M. Isitt, W. Downie Stewart, T. E. Y. Seddon, and E. Newman. It was agreed to strengthen the committee by four members to be nominated by the Mayor of Wellington. The details are not yet decided, hut it is possible that competitive designs may be called for from architects and artists. CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION. Auckland, Feb. 17. In the Supreme Court the jury awarded tlie widow of a watersider, named Walter Bedford, who fell down the hatchway of the Ayrshire last year, £ISOO damages against A. H. Nathan, Ltd., agents for the vessel. A nonsuit on law points has yet to be decided. WELLINGTON GAS COMPANY. Wellington, Feb. 17. The annual meeting of the Gas Co. to-day declared a dividend of 64 per cent, for the past The chairman of directors announced a new programme of works costing .-£150,000, and justified the increase in the price of gds made last year by pointing out that the extra cost of coal had only been very slightly exceeded by revenue. Referring to the competition with municipal trading concerns he stated that the position was getting worse every year. Last year the company paid £20.000 in rates and taxes, and the Auckland Company £30,000. If the Christelmrch company paid ns much as Wellington, this meant that municipal trading concerns were subsidised by the State to the extent, of £70,000 by the three leading gas companies alone.' WAGES AT FREEZING- WORKS. 1

Christclmrch, Feb. )J. '■ ■ ■ A conference of representatives of the Freezing Works Employees' Federation' and the South Island meat companies opened this morning. The rate of wastes' is tlie chief point under review.