GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 109, 28 October 1911, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

DUNEDIN SELF-DENIAL FUND. { By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, 'Friday. The results of the Dunedin self-denial appeal of the Salvation Army totalled £llOO, against £34(1 last year. SUCCESSFUL CONCILIATION. Auckland, Friday, lie Northern Steamship Co. cited the Auckland Merchant Service Guild before the Conciliation Board this morning for the renewal of the existing agreement. Captain Watson was one of the assessors. The conference resulted in all points in tlw dispute being amicably settled before noon. CASK WASHED ASHORE.. Auckland, Friday It was reported to the Collector of Customs that a cask had been washed ashore 011 the Great Barrier Island. It was ascertained that no wreckage had come ashore. It is probable that the j cask was thrown overboard from the ] barquentine Mary Isabel while that, vessel was on her voyage from Auckland to Tauranga 'Some time ago. It is unlikely that it has any connection with the present lengthy trip of that vessel. SLY GROG-SELLING. Masterton, Friday. Ernest Sweehey was fined £2O at the Magistrate's Court this morning for keeping liquor for sale in the no-license district of Masterton. THE EAST COAST RAILWAY. Hastings, Friday. A mass meeting held in the street last night resolved that the meeting viewed with alarm the suggestion that the East Coast railway should be constructed along the Petane beach, and strongly urged the Government to immediately set up a commission to take evidence for deciding the l>est route from a practical commercial standpoint. Another public meeting, representative of the whole district, is to be held at Hastings as early as possible. GISBORXE SELF-DENIAL FUND. Gisborne, Friday. The Gisborne collection for the Salvation Army self-denial fund reached' CUTS. It is expected that it will total £I2OO.