DOMINION NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14008, 12 March 1920, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON. 'March 11. All tile miners' unions with the exception of the Blackball have practically unanimously endorsed the recent' agreement between the mine owners and the miners' federation. It is understood that the Blackball miners are prepared to. abide by the decision of the maioritv. WELLINGTON. March 12. Tl'e West port Coal Company and the West poil-Stockton Company have in'■rea.M'd ihe price of coal 2s Gd per toi: for all grades. Reports received locally indicate that tins output from tlaWe'st Coast mines from next' week onwards wiJI be normal. AUCKLAND. March 11.

Tin- body of a newly-born male child was found on the beach at Kohimarama, this morning. The body was wrapped, in cloth and tied with string. An inquest will be opened to-morrow. The Licensed Victuallers' Association has decided to increase the prices of all Itecr sold in hotels. Pint bottles of local boor will now be sold at Bd, and southern beer 9d. Draught beer has also been increased in price. AUCKLAND, March 12.

The; Auckland Hockey Association, which has received a communication from the Canterbury Association, which passed resolutions after the AucklandCanterbury match last season reflecting on the competency of the Auckland referee. Mr L. C; Kent, lias agreed to accept the withdrawal and expressions of regret, rescinds the resolutions refusing'to meet Canterbury teams. The Association reciprocates the Canterbury" Association's desire that friendly relations be resumed.

CHRISTCHI'RCH, March 12. •Tames McClare and Robert Shireff wero charged at the Police Court with disturbing n religions service, iind were each fined £5. or suffer a month's imprisonment. The evidence given showed that accused and a. number of others entered a hall where a service was being conducted, destroved a banner, threw books about the room, and damaged a staircase. Sales on 'C'hanee —Beath and Co.. £1 17s. TAURANGA. March 11. Robert Frederick Edwin Ellis and Terence John McKenna were arrested here this morning on charges of breaking into the residence of Mr Ray. of Te Teko, and stealing £lls, and also with breaking into the residence of Mr Colnuhon. of Te Teko. and' steajing clothes and 16s in cash. About £95 in cash and some clothes have been re- ( covered. NEW PLYMOUTH. March 11. Mr T. A. R. Bailev, S.M.. gave" his reserved decision in the case in which, the licensee of the Royal Hot-el was charged with exposing liquor for sale after closing hours. The circumstances were that- three men were found by the police in the tan room adjoining the bar. which was lighted. The defence alleged that- one man was. a lodger and the others were guests: and were taken to the tap room whije another maft used the telephone, which was in a sit ting room onening off the bar. and the only othen door which led to the backyard.. The magistrate commented adwprsely on the structural arrangements of the hotel. He was satisfied as to the bona fides of the men, and held that the exposure of liouor to them was not exposure for sale. The information against the. licensee and the three men for being found on the premises after hours were all dismissed.

In the new regulations under the Public Health Amendment Act provision is made for the making of certain payments to members of the Board of T>iiblic Health. Every member of the "Hoard who is not a "member of the public service.# is to receive £1 10s \for every day on which he attends a meeting of,the Board, together with £1 10s for every night he is necessarily absent from home by re-ison of such attendance. Actual' travelling expenses are also to be paid.