DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 May 1919, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

A PRINTER PROSECUTED. By Telegraph—Press Association., Wellington, May ft William Craig was charged in the Magistrate's Court to-day with printing leaflets without giving his imprint and address thereon. The charge arose out of the recent case in which William Parker was sentenced for circulating seditious leaflets. Defendant was fined £5 on each of three charges, the magistrate saying that, in view of the circumstance that the leaflets were printed at Craig's works without his knowledge, he would be prepared to remit part of the fine if the matter was referred back to him by the Minister of Justice. TAXI-DRIVERS' WAGES. t Wellington, May 2. ' Before the Conciliation Council, a settlement was reached in the taxidrivers' dispute. Wages were increased 12s tid on the present rate, the hours, remaining as at present*-©) for a short week and 70 for a long week, or ten hours a day, with overtime at the rate of Is 0d per hour, instead of Is 2d, the present award rate. ROBBERY AT A THEATRE. Dunedin, May 2. At 10.55 thieves entered the house of the manager of the Princess Theatre last night, took the theatre keys from bis clothes, got into the theatre, opened the safe, and extracted £4B. INCREASE IN RATES. ,' Received May 2, 8.45 p.m. Sydney, May 2. The City Council has increased the rating by three-farthings in the pond. INCREASE IN COST OF LABOR. Sydney, May 2. An analysis shows that in the past ton years, while labor employed by the gouncil increased 33 per cent., the expenditure thereon increased 158 per teat. DARING Vatt. ROBBERY. Sydney, May Z Mail robberies are agaua ia eTMeace. A daring ea*e oscomd m tha- Santl Coast Line. Two bmb, by mease «if a faked telephone message, miitrewt tl* handing over of the mail bags, oartaiaing cheques and other TsJnttftk ▼orth a considerable amount. FLOUR FROM TAINTED WHEAT Sydney, May 2. The Sun newspaper charges the New South Wales Government with attempting to coerce millers to make flour tram tainted wheat. This wheat, the paper states, was part of the 1910-17 erop, which the British Government rejected, ft was damaged by the weather and contaminated by dead mice and other vermin, was unfit for human consumption, and might cause the disease known as "rope plague." The Sua adds that Rome miller!! refused this wheat, demanding clean grain, of whioh a plentiful supply was available.