TELEGRAMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22628, 20 July 1935, Page 21

TELEGRAMS

(Peb United Pees? Association) AUCKLAND. July 19. A young man, an Australian, stowed away on the steamer Kairanga at Newcastle, and was arrested when the vessel arrived at Auckland this evening. The Kairanga proceeded from Newcastle to Sydney to complete loading, and the stowaway remained hidden among coils of fencing wire on the shelter deck until the vessel had left Sydney.

aosition to a 2 a.m. start for milk mien, advocacy of a six-day week, and approval of the municipal control of milk sales were expressed by a deputation from the Auckland Dairy Employees’ Union which waited on the Metropolitan Milk Council to-day. It was stated that the union was unanimously in favour of the municipilisation of the selling of milk. If the Milk Council or some other board took over sales on the block delivery system the union would be satisfied. WELLINGTON, July 19.

Two Chinese whose premises in Homing street, Wellington, were raided by the police yesterday were fined £25 and £lO respectively, in default a month and 21 days respectively, and four Europeans found on the premises were fined £2, in default seven days. The charges were under the Gaming Act. Well known to the courts, Cecilia Old and William Percy Old were sentenced by Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., to six months’ imprisonment in connection with the robbery of a farm labourer named Ling, who came to town with over £2O and went on a drinking bout. While very drunk, he was taken home by the woman. He awoke at midnight to find them gone and also his money. CHRISTCHURCH, July 19. Henry Frederick George Cox, for 16 years accountant to the firm of J. J. Niven and Co., Ltd., pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court to-day to the theft of £557 Is 2d, the property of the firm. It was alleged that the misappropriations bad taken place from November of last year till June of this year. The accused was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. TIMARU, July 19. The Timaru Harbour Board, by nine votes to four, to-day adopted the report of the special committee v*»ich recommended the adoption of the liarbuor improvement scheme as suggested by the harbour master. Captain H. White. The scheme provides for the extension of the mole forming the north side of the harbour, widening the entrance, and deepening the channel. Under the scheme, ves-s sels would have a straight run into port. The board also decided to secure the services of a resident engineer.