DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143674, 19 December 1911, Page 7

DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

AN ALLEGED ASSAULT. Per Press Association. HAMILTON, Dec. 19. At Ohaupo last night two drainers. Hanlon and Marsh all, both of whom were nrohibited and lined at Hamilton Court yesterday for drunkenness, quarrelled over a matter in connection with tiie court case, when Hanlon, it is alleged, picked up a fern hook and struck his companion on the head, inflicting a nasty wound .six inches long. Marshall was conveyed to tho hospital, and Hanlon arrested. UNION CANCELS REGISTRATION. DUNEDIN, Dec. 19. Otago Coalminers Industrial Union by 250 to 115 votes decided to withdraw Ironi rcgi-iraiion under tho Arbitration Act. This, decision affects KaitangaU, Green island, Wairouui, Alexandra, Mataura and Nightcaps, .SIR JOSEPH WARD THANKED. GREVMOUTH, Dec. 19. A meeting of the inangahua Comity Council unanimously aocordcu Sir Joseph Ward a beany vote of thank* for the untiring energy and zeal he had shown in the cause of the protection and defence of this Dominion. WHARF LABOURERS’ CLAIMS. DUNEDIN, Dec. 19. About 15 representatives of the shipowners and stevedoring linns held a preliminary conference this morning m connection with the waterside workers’ demands. All the delegates from tho various unions had not arrived, and and the general conference between the men and" the employers was postponed till to-morrow. CONCILIATION BOARD. WANGANUI. Doc. 19. Mr. P. Halley, Conciliation Commissioner, sat here to hoar the claims of the Federated Boilermakers’ Union. 'The whole of the claims. wVrtch had previously been made an award of the court in Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington, were agreed to with slight alteration. An award will be sought for on the lines of the agreement arrived at to cover the country districts of Wellington. SWEET PEA SHOW. PALMERSTON N.. Dec. 19. The second National Sweet Pea Show opened to-day. Tho entries were a record, and the blooms superb, being the finest collection ever brought together in the Dominion. There were entries from Auckland and Wellington, besides inter mediate centres. Judging commenced at noon. The Graphic Cup, for J 8 bunches waved, distinct varieties, was won by C. Trevethic (Lower Hutt) W, Strang (Palmerston) being second. A BREAKING-UP CEREMONY. WELLINGTON, Dec. 19. The Governor addressed an immense gathering of children at Newtown Hall this morning. He spnkc of the immense social and educational advantage enjoyed by New Zealand children °ompared with those of any other narts of the world. A choir of three thousand children sang the National Anthem.