DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143767, 16 April 1912, Page 3

DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

A-MARINE INQUIRE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 16. Captains Post, of the Tutanekai, and Black, Coastal pilot, have been appointed assessors at the Magisterial inquiry to be held on Friday into the stranding of the Himitangi at the Chatham®. * ' A MISSING MAN. WELLINGTON, April 16. Some anxiety has been occasioned by the non-appearance of Stanley J. Beattie who has boon absent from home, Manakau for eight days. Search parties out found no trace, Hie missing man is an excellent bushman. UNREASONABLE RAILWAY CHARGE. TIMARU, April 15. .Complaint was made to the Chamber of Commerce committee to-day of what is considered unreasonable procedure on the part of the Railway Department ■with regard to charging overtime for work on the wharves, a recent alteration thrown" upon shipping agents a larger share than the men receive, for overtime pay. The grievance is felt the more, inasmuch as overtime is frequently made necessary through the inadequacy of railway facilities to permit work to be completed in a day. Ship agents are paying their men while waiting for trucks or engines. _ The matter was referred to a sub-committee for raTther inquiry. THE BOY SCOUTS. CHRISTCHURCH, April 15. Writing to' Colonel Cosgrove, Dominion Chief Scout, General Sir BfuionPowell says he is travelling for rest and change, and asks to he excused fflbni all entertainments and receptions. H© i© particularly averse to guards of. honour and escorts. He will confine lus attention to the inspection of Boy Scouts and the giving of explanatory lectures. Ha will .be delighted to witness whatever the scoutmasters care to show him, except military parades and Anils. .The General has three assistants travelling with him, Messrs. Van Raalte, Insole, and Wroughton RAILWAY SUPERANNUATION. WELCINGTON, April 15. The quarterly meeting of the Railways Superannuation Fund Board was held to-day. Mr..Puttick, the. olected representative of the second division, who -replaces Mr. W. A. Veiteh, M.P., took his seat for the fust time. Ordinary retiring allowances of £2247 7s 7d wore granted in respect of 28 persons. Included in the amount were some small additions to allowances already granted. Allowances totalling £lßl a year were granted to five widows and seven children. butious amounting to £23(6 6s 7d were granted' to contributors retired from the service before coming on the fund. , It was reported that there is £230,000 standing to the credit of the fund. STRIKE IN A PRISON.

CHRISTCHURCH, April; W. Nearly a hundred prisoners Wanton gaol refused to go to work to-dSfy, obieoting to the system of searching when they returned to gaol from outside. The visiting justicesi who W summoned could do no posse of police was obtained from Ghmstchurch, together with a of Permanent Artillerymen.. The sight of this force induced the prisoners to aubThe “f Prions will arrive in the It is understood that, all is quiet and normal in the Lyttelton gao. today. The Inspector of Prisons is holding an inquiry into yesterday s strike.

L4ND FOR SETTLEMENT. TIMARU, April 15. The applications for the Timarunga settlement at Pareora were disappointingly small, only nineteen being lodged in Timaru. It is understood that there are only two «r three in Christchurch. It is supposed that the rentals are too high.

A SHEARING CASE. TIMARU, April 15. ■ • At Pairlie to-day a shearer who left the Omarama station after a rebuke by the overseer for ill-using sheep and demanding and being paid 75 per cent of his wages, sued for £5 odd, balance due for work done. Two justices gave judgment for the defendant, on the ground that the shearer had broken hia contract.

EXPENDITURE APPROVED. WELLINGTON, April 16. At a meeting of the Cabinet yesterday approval was given for the expenditure of £1495 for machinery for the Government railway workshops, and £19,0V0 for the purchase of rolling stock/ It was decided to place an order for ten locomotives. The lowest tender was accepted for the erection of the post office at Temuka.

A CUTTER ASHORE. AUCKLAND, April 16. The cutter Mana, of 22 tens, owned by J. J. Craig, is ashore at Waikawa, near Coromandel, in a dangerous position. A telegram to the owner says that assistance is urgently required. The tug Awakino has been dispatched.