SECOND EDITION. DOZEN PEOPLE KILLED.

Mataura Ensign, 25 April 1913, Page 5

SECOND EDITION. DOZEN PEOPLE KILLED.

ii DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. < BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. i PER UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION. i I Received April 12, ,12.45 p.m. ' NEW YORK, April 24. I ■ An oxplosion at the Riverssido Cement 1 Company's works at 'Frisco killed a < dozen people. < A blast of dynamite struck the ■ quarry men, hurling heads, arin«, and •' hands a -distance of 1200 ft. j THE SUTTON CAMP. 1 MERCHANTS AM) TKNDKKS. . PEB UNITED FBEBB ASSOCIATION. | 1)II\ 101)1 N, April 20. Hepresentativcvs of the wholesale merchants this morning waited on Hon. R. j H. Rhodes (Acting-Minister for Defence) to protest that regarding the ■ supply of stoics for Iho Su uon Territorial Camp public tenders had not , been called. They pointed out that all ' they asked for was a fair field for com- 1 petition, and suggested that in the case of this camp Dunedin merchants would surely have been bettor able to tender satisfactorily than outside mer- | chants. It was confessed by one merchant that there had been no necessity at all for the recent increase in the price of butter. The deputation also , asked for particulars of the prices paid : to the contractor. ( The Minister replied that it was not customary to give these details, but lie assured the deputation that he. would makovlose inquiries and that an oppnr- : tunity of tendering would bo given next year. j i