LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 9, 21 December 1911, Page 6

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association ; Auckland, December 21. This morning a meeting of tramway employees resolved by 158 to G to accept the terms offered by the company. Probably the*.same resolution will be carried by the‘meeting of the.:, other shift to-night. The threatened strike on the eve of Christmas is averted. Feilding, December 21. The system of paying teachers’ salaries just discovered by the Wellington Education Board has been in force in the Wanganui Education District for years. Levin, December 21. At the Courthouse a flaxmill hand named Charles Olsen was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment for assaulting Edward Hurley, who had on a previous date assisted a constable to arrest Olsen for drunkenness. The evidence showed that the coustabD call d on Hurley to assist, also that three or four other mill hands said they were “going to deal it to Mai the sa;no.”' Wellington, December 21. Very poor weather is being experienced so far this summer. An occasional warm day was experienced, but. no hot ones. There have been continuous heavy winds, generally cold, and much rain. This week has been more winter than summer, with cold, wet southerlies. It is still raining today. • • Several changes have been made in the New Zealand team for the athletic championsh’p meeting. De Tliier and Stohr are unable to get the necessary leave, and their places will be taken by McFarlane (shot putting and hammer throwing), Messenger (220yds), and Wilton (440yds). The Victorian athlete Davis did not arrive yesterday with the. other Australians,