LATE CABLES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18, 23 January 1911, Page 8

LATE CABLES.

<> MELBOURNE STEVEDORES. INCREASE OF PAY GRANTED. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copy light. (Received January 23, 10.20 a.m.) MELBOURNE. This Day. The stevedoring trouble has been settled. The men demanded an increase from Is 3d to Is 6d per hour. The employers have conceded Is sd. The new agreement will remain in force till November, 1913. THE PARfSIANA'S CARGO. VALUED AT TWO MILLIONS STERLING. PERTH, This Day. The chief officer of the Parisiana estimates the value of the vessel's cai'go at two millions sterling (?J320O,O0O). PRESENTATION TO LADY DUDLEY. HOBART, This Day. The women of Tasmania have- presented Lady Dudley, wife of the Gover-nor-General, with an address in a silver j casket, in appreciation of her philanthropic works. INVERCARGILL WOOL SALES. ■ €> [BY TELEGRAPH — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] INVERCARGILL, This Day. At the wool sales, crossbred hogget brought up to IOJd, ewe lO^d, wether 9d. About fifteen per cent, was passed in, mostly hogget. There was a drop of a penny in hogget, and of a penny to a penny halfpenny in ewe bellies and pieces, and of a penny halfpenny to twopence in some other sorts, compared with last sale. The catalogue comprises 13,940 bales. KNOCKED DOWN BY A TRAMCAR + [BY TELEGRAPH — TRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, This Day. Margaret Smith, an elderly woman, was knocked down by a Kaikorai tram, and sustained severe injuries. There is every chance of her recovery. SUDDEN DEATH. fET TELEGRAPH — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ; NELSON, This Day. A middle-aged man named Francis John Sparks, a remittance man, dropped dead in his garden this morning, following an epileptic stroke a week ago. MOTORIST FINED. fBY TELEGRAPH-— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, This Day. Hugh M'lntyre was fined £1 at the Police Court for driving a motor-car at an excessive speed in. Princes-street. DREDGING RETURNS. [BX TELEGBAPH — SPECIAL TO THE POST.] REEFTON.. This Day. Reefton dredging return : — Pactolus, 290z lldwt for 116 hours. POLICE KEPT BUSY. Whether it was owyig to the prevailing fine weather, the races, or the proximity to Anniversary Day, or any other cause, the police were kept busy last night, when twenty-two persons occupied the cells at Lambton-quay. Befort> Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., this morning, eight first-offending inebriates were duly dealt with. Mary Jane Smiley was convicted and discharged for drunkenness, and Kate Sweeney and May Ryan were fined 5s and 10s respectively, with the usual default. Flora M'Donald was discharged for inebriety, but fined £3, or 14 days, for procuringrliquor during the currency of a prohibition order. She had twenty-one previous convictions to her credit- Charged similarly, James M 'Michael was dedai-ed an habitual drunkard. Peter Mulcahy and Frederick Kingan, having eighteen and nineteen previous convictions respectively. I were likewise declared habituals. For insobriety, Alfred Olund was convicted and discharged for an offence on Saturday and fined 10s for a repetition on Sunday. David Swan was fined 10s, and Samuel Cameron 20s, or seven days' imprisonment. A young man answering to the name of Walter Donnolly pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly behaviour last might in Davis-street. According do Chief-Deteeiive Broberg, the man was ill-treating his wife, and her screams aroused the neighbours. Ho subsequently came on the street and used bad language and behaved in a disorderly manner generally. Detective Casaella effected the arrest. A fine of 40s, in default seven days' imprisonment, was imposed.