GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 108, 27 October 1911, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

OHRISTOHURCH TRAM^iYMEN. By Telegrapli-Pre« A*snn;<i tion. Christchurch, Lasl Night, the Tramway Board's mei* and dement system, wh ich has beetfthe cause ot much discontent amongst, the employees, is to be modified.

THE TELL-TALE nXGER-T-RLNTS, v „ Tiniiirn. Last Night. -Norman Ramsey, f lir breaking and entormittlionfli,, „f .1. .T„ ( . fe 'nCa, f l Co. on the night of the 18th',. and stealing M 1 g asses, pleaded guilty n„d was co£ mitted for sentence. His identity was discovered through his cutting a finger on the glass of the window he broke to make an entrance.

INCREASE IN CARTAGE RATES. Wellington. Last Night. i-roni November 1 next a new tariff for the cartage of nil merchandise will come ,nto operation. The city is divided to three radu and rales have gone up to l-.d per ton and 1-0,1 per ton. with wool 3d a lml,. am! ->, 1~. , )ilk , ." cording to radius. The charges are'net. The increased prices for horse-feed and the present wages and conditions of work, it is understood, are some of th« causes of the advance, which is agreed to by thirteen city carrying houses

GENEROUS INVERCARGILL mi , , „ Inver « u, g'">Ust Night. The local Salvation Army during the self-denial week collected £470 with I few returns to come. A few weeks ago if ™> «*«*«* wipe off the debt on the barracks-* total of £B BS for army purposes pollwtod in Invercargill during the three months.

BLUFF HARBOR BOARD. Invercargill, Last Wlit The Bluff Harbor Board has decided to invite applications for a resident t engineer at £450 a year.