DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 20 May 1921, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS

AYHARF THEFTS. ■ M AGISTRATE’S COAIM ENT. WELLINGTON, May 19. “1. don't like sending a man with a previous good record to gaol, but wharf thefts must bo stopped,” said the Magistrate (Mr. Hunt) in sentencing AValter Davidson, a carrier, to one month, Mid Albert Baker, a Harbour Board storeman to a fortnight's i mprisonment. Tho men were concerned in an atempt to nine sacks of potatoes from a shed on the wlihrf, of which Baker had dhargc. WIIA K ATN E AT AU CK LAND. AUCKLAND, May 19. The Whakatano berthed this morning. She will probably union’d a small quantity of cargo in number 1 hold to permit an inspection' of the damage. Captain Davies dccKied Io make any statement, pending a nautical inquiry. ADMIRAL CUDRLNGTON. NO SERIOUS DAMAGE, GISBORNE, May 19. Mr. McCarthy, Ihe consulting engineer of The Meat Company, states that the damage to file Admiral Codriugioi) is much less Ilian expected. It is proposed lo effect temporary ;e~ pairs to (he vessel’s stern, which is twisted from .the 25fu marlF to Li feet' downward. A few plates are strained and rJvqts torn out. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. (Reed. May. .19, at 7.50 p.m). SYDNEY, Alay JO, The I‘resbyteriau Assembly has rcappoinic(l a eominitlcc charged with the task of 'onlinuijig the movement for union with/lhc Methodist, and Congregationalist Churches. Meantime cooperation .of these three churches is to be fostered as far as possible. FIGHTING IN TURKESTAN. LONDON. May 18. Guerilla, warfare has again broken out. in Turkestan against tho Bolsheviks. r lho native hostility is increasing owing to the destruction of mosques, tratemeut of religious leaders, and unveiling of women, which resulted in hitter Hatred against tho Bolsheviks, who tiro indulging in relentless oppression because they fear the proclamation of a general ‘‘Jehad” among Central Asian 'Mohammedans.