TELEGRAMS

Southland Times, Issue 14039, 30 April 1898, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

New Zealand. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, April 29. rtanipions’ agent has received advice that ”. aa d loads have advanced LI per ton, J eCt l oil 2d per gallon, and glass also that the’price of bread fl be raised? a halfpenny next week. y. Maskel 1 , Registrar oi the New ZeaIl University is seriously ill and not exLeto recover. He undirwent an operaSpme wteks ago and is now comatose, i number of persons were fined LIO colJitely t■- lay for selling tickets for the Itourne Eight Hours Anniversary lottery, . the proprietors of a local newspaper “.fined L 3 3s for inserting an advertisel relative to it. One of those fined was Ld that the Colonial Secretary’s sanebad b en obtained and the advertiso",was published inadvertently and within immediately it was noticed. No Lwere asked for. Proceedings are to be *in the South Island against a person Jwas stated to be concerned in pushing to Wei'ington branch of the Workers’ bn has resolved, 11 That the Workers jn strongly opposes the idea of an indecent Labour party being set up in the of Representatives as,in their opinion, •tisfactory reason has been shown by .favouring it for deserting the Liberal . who have so ably assisted them by ng on the Statute Book so many meai for the benefit of the Labour party workers.” t tthe suggestion of the Womens Comlee of the Socialist League the domestic bers have decided to form a union. One U objects is to raise wages to something .g living wage, and another is to secure K k day half holiday for servant girls, h an action brought by the Tailors’ Union but Veitch and Allan for breaches of the Ration award one count was abandoned [mother could not be maintained. On third the S.M. gave judgment for plainer Is and costs, as it was a case of

irsl public interest. [Departmental enquiry into the com--3t lodged by Mr T. E. Taylor against jaod, a guard of a southern train, of j under the influence of liquor and fallfrom his tiaio, has resulted in favour of raard, several witnesses testifying to his fety. Morland, who had been suspended, instated. deputation from the Women s Council on the Minister of Education and dif the Government would vote LlOO t h of the four centres to pay a lady to liter neglected children in terms of the Mion passed by the Council. Mr Walker he would refer the matter to the ( et, who would take the proposal into ti consideration. He expressed surithat the women had not before now (d their claim to be represented on Sable aid boards, etc. Personally he favourable to the suggestion. The Ution also saw the Minister of Justice, abmitted the same proposal. NAPIER, April 29.

dion Bros, have received the following from London: — Best Canterbury an, 3Jd; best Napier and North Island, The frozen lamb market remains unIjed; first quality, 4|d ; second do, 4d. DUNEDIN, April 29. i following changes have been made pt the Union Co’s officers owing to the I up of the Manapouri and Rakanoa:— ’Abram is to be master of the Hawea; ollins, chief officer of the Ovalau ; Mr son, second of the Rakanoa, and Mr s, third of the Manapouri, to change »the Hawea in similar capacities. i meeting this evening it was decided m a branch of the N.Z. Natives Aseo-