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(par press Association.) ; , , (< WELLINGTON, Jasf night. ,The Minister for Qoriiineree states that t-he Govprnment, has entered- into a fresh arrangement with the Colonial Sugar Hefinin^ Company for another year at, an increase of £11 a ton. The .present arrangement expires at the end of this month. A, writ haa bene issued on. behalf of D9w"nK.,Bros. r importers, of Wellington, | claiming JB3COO damages from the John j J3ull Newspaper ; Prdprietai-y, Ltd"., • foialleged libel m .conueotfoii Vvith a paia- ' graph which appeared . in -an ' issue of John: Bull's .Register oh Juno" 16. ' . WEL^TNGTON; this day. At the Supreme Court- to-day^, .., jNjf'r Justice Stringer sentenced Bertie', Kaiti' \^iig i to -six moh'tlVs foiv.bigajny, . aj(d Charles 'Hejiry* \Valf^r,' six months for theft of £53 from" his . employer. Replying to a A deputat!qn <tf citiz&ns wjio. -urged the vital nsc'essi£y of closing hotels from 6 p, hi... to 8 a-,m.," S|r Jajmes Allen, isaid he wa^,. fully conscious, to the growth of f popular feeling m favor of/, the 'paroposal.' , t 'He also agreed'' thai' early t closing would be use'le§s. without stringent regtilatibiis dealing with ; the . 'wholesale supply of liquor to private persons. He wquld subriut the representations to - Mr.' Massey, "Sir Joseph Ward*' and. .the Cabinet as a whole as soon .as possible. ' i CB^Pl'STp-HU'SCH, this day. I The national secretary of ti^e tJuited . Federation of Labor, is preparing for an important labor' gathering ii-A Wellington wl July- 3. The corifererc'6 will not be cohfihed to bpdies affiUated .to the federation-. The, gathering will discuss the question of complete linking- iip;' of all .New Zealand labor bodies m one' federation.^ . - ..'-.-. ..... i
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14330, 21 June 1917, Page 8
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269INTERPROVINCIAL. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14330, 21 June 1917, Page 8
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