NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Ruahine will not take away any dairy produce on her present voyatte. The Bruce County Council has fixed the dosr tax in the county at 2-- 6-1 nor dog. Cr Adam was unanimously elected chairman for the next 12 months of the Bruco County Council. The members of tb« Christchurcn Tramway Union have decided bv 120 to 87 not; to withdraw from the Un : ted Federation of Labour, r.nd to send a delegate, with instructions to vote asra'nst conscription, to a conference of workers to be held in Wellington. There eve now in Britain 140.000 women successfully cmrasrod in various branches of farm and horticultural work. William Lawrence Hooper, dealer in stamps, tradinpr a« th* New Zealand Stamo Company, was fined £25 and costs (£2 9*) for attempting 1 to Import into New Zealand, without the consent of the Minister of Customs, postage stamps produced in an enemy country—namely, the Balkan States and Turkey—contrary to an Order-iii-C-ouncil. For the defence it wss stated that defendant, wrote openly on the firm'': paper to a Swiss firm for some stamps. The value of the goods would not be more than £4 or £5.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3275, 20 December 1916, Page 44
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195NEWS IN BRIEF. Otago Witness, Issue 3275, 20 December 1916, Page 44
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