LAST WIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14848, 27 February 1919, Page 2

LAST WIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

-«** — . I (Per Press Association.! . AUCKLAND, last night. The various portions of the city wbich have been the subject of discussion m connection with the recent epidemic were visited by the Epidemic Commission to-day. The commission will continue the. hearing of evidence to-morrow. The Hikurangi coal mine continues • idle. A conference v was "held to-day between Mr Prior, secretary olthe Coalowners' Federation, Mr GilfiUan, secretary of the Hikurangi Coal Company,* and Mr O'Brien, the representative ofthe Miners' Federatioai. The conference adjourned till to-morrow, pending the arrival of representatives of the Hikurangi Union. An action m which £5800 is claimed as damages sustained through alleged misrepresentation m connection with au, exchange of farms was opened at the Supreme Court before' Mr Justice Cooper. Plaintiffs were Thos. Brojvn and William Brown, farmers, formerly. . of Opotiki, and now of Te Awamutu, and defendant was Joseph Thorne, formerly land agent of Auckland and of Hamilton. The deal was negotiated by defendant's agent, and £5000 is claimed as the difference between the values of the two properties concerned, togetherwith £800 expended by plaintiffs on the property exchange. The case is proceeding. THAMES, last night. A native named Retani, when wild liorse catching at the edge cf the Hau - riki Plains, became entangled m a rope round a young horse, which was bolting. The man was dragged about twenty chains m the open, then the horse took to ti-tree, being finally pulled up by the Maori's bcdy catching m the scrub. When found he was unconscious, and he succumbed shortly afterwards. The skull was fractured and most of the ribs were broken. A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. j It is understood that the price of j flour will be £15 per ton f.o.b. at | southern ports, the cost of transport to j be added at other ports as was done j last year. Mr. Maurice Richmond, a well-known lawyer, and late of Wellington, died suddenly to-night. He collapsed m the street near his residence and died m a - few minutes from heart failure. He had been to a doctor half an hour pre- X viously. A lehgthy letter was read from the National Peace Council on the subject of the treatment of conscientious objectors at the meeting of the , Presbyterian Assembly. The clerk (the Rev. G. H. MacKenzie), m moving that the letter should be received, said: "The man who would not fight for this country would ndt fight for any country, andj I don't see why h 6 should want to iipy ')-. m this country." It was decided to f receive the letter. DUNEDIN, last night. . Before the Conciliation Council foxl a v an agreement made m Auckland- m the \ drivers' dispute was ratified, with the! adjustment of certain clauses to meet J local conditions. A remit from Auck- I land agreeing to strike out meat and i. freezing works was alsoi ratified. I IB?.. !