DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 May 1921, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

BURGLARS REMOVE SAFE. By Telegraph.—Press Association Napier, Last Night. Burglars during the week-end broke into a butcher’s ehop at Port Ahuriri. and removed a small safe containing over £lOO. The police have no clue. H.M.S. CHATHAM AT NAPIER. Napier, Last Night. The flagship Chatham arrived early this afternoon from Auckland and anchored in the roadstead. Later the Mayor and the chairman of the Harbor Board made a formal call on Captain Holtham. The cruiser will be open to the public during certain times while she remains here, and Navy League excursions are being arranged. Thu Chatham leaves on Friday for Timaru. EX-SOLDIERS NOT REPLACED. Christchurch, Last Night. Mr. Stringleman, district railway traffic manager, characterises as nonsensical an allegation that returned soldiers had been dismissed from the Christchurch goods sheds, where they were employed as casual laborers, and immigrants were being, kept in employment. DEMANDS OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS. Wellington, Last Night. The Hon. C. J. Parr (Minister of Health) says that during his trip in the South Island with Dr. Wylie (DirectorGeneral of Hospitals) he visited medical and dental schools in order to inquire into the conditions there, and he received requests for considerable expenditure. He has reached certain conclusions regarding the claims of these schools and Otago University for large expenditure on new buildings, and these will be submitted to Cabinet in the form of a special report. SHEARERS’ DEMANDS. Wellington, Last Night. In the shearers’ dispute coming before the Conciliation Council to-morrow the men ask for *44 hours a week and 35s per hundred. The employers’ offer is 48 hours and £1 per hundred. Pressers want £5, and the employers offer half that amount. WEST COAST GOLD FIND. Wellington, Last Night. In a report to the Minister of Mines on the discovery of gold on the West Coast, and the statements published that Mr. Downey, Inspector of Mines, said the samples assayed one hundred ounces per ton, Mr. Downey denies giving any information to the Press, and states that other extravagant statements attributed to him were not made. The Minister says he has despatched Mr. Morgan, Director of Geological Survey, to report on he find.