DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1921, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

WELLINGTON BAND CONTEST. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Nov. 11. Thirty-nine entries have been received for the Wellington band contest, in February. They are almost equally divided between the A and B grades. Among them is the South Sydney Band. Thisjs [considered a record for Australasia, and I is possibiy due to the fact that no band contest has been held in Wellington for a generation or more. Up to date the ‘guarantees extend to £7OO received, and cash donations of £2OO, besides trophies. SELLING WATERED WHISKY. Dunedin, Nov. 11. Martin Quirk, licensee of the Ocean Beach Hotel, was fined £2O for having sold wrongly labelled spirits and the same amount for having sold watered whisky. The defence was that Quirk had been ill and trusted to his barman, who had since been discharged for dishonest practices. The Magistrate, Mr. Bartholomew, said a publican was personally responsible, like milk vendors. The public must be protected as with other articles of food, particularly in view of the high price of spirits. A TARIFF MISTAKE. Wellington, Nov. 11. The Dominion states that, presumably by a mistake iin the compilation of the tariff, marble goods are subject to 25 per cent, duty under the British preferential ; schedule, out are free from other countries. Under the old tariff they were exempted from the preferential surtax and, by an error, have now been exempted altogether, while the duty on British articles remains. TENDERS FOR ELECTRIC WORKS. Wellington, Nov. 11. The City Council received nine tenders, including one from Switzerland and one from Sweden for its new electric works involving some £400.000, subject to the loan being raised. The tender of the Metropolitan and Vickers and Co., Manchester. was accepted for a 5000 kilowatt alternator and condensing .plant, and the boilers, etc., but the prices were not disclosed. METHODIST SYNOD. Napier, Last Night. The Hawke’s Bay and Manawatu district Methodist Synod has concluded. A resolution was passed viewing with the utmost satisfaction the Washington Conference to consider the important question of disarmament and the estab lishment of permanent peace among the nations. It was reported that £lO3B had been raised for foreign missions. Grants for home mission and Maori work were made as follows: Dannevirke £25, Woodville £35, Waipawa £72 10s; Pahiatua £5O. Foxton £62 10s, Apiti £25, Norswood £4O, Gisborne £5O. The Synod meets next year at Feilding.