DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16464, 17 June 1919, Page 3

DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

LOCOMOTIVE MEN’S TROUBLE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 16. Though official information is not available on the subject, it is generally believed that the threatened trouble with the locomotive men has been averted, and that the terms offered by the Minister and management at the recent conference will be accepted.

PRESENTATION OF MEDALS

AUCKLAND, June 16

Medals and. decorations won by 53 soldiers in the field were presented by Sir James Allen in the town hall tonight. The hall was crowded. A section of Territorials in the body of the hall behaved in a disorderly manner, counting out the speakers and otherwise interfering with the proceedings. There were two cases in wnich double awards were made, and 20 of the decorations were received by the next-of-kin.

LAND FOR EX-SOLDIERS. PALMERSTON N., June 16. The Government has purchased from the estate of D. Buick 274 acres at £BB per acre. The land will be cut up in five-acre sections for town-working soldiers. Also 391 acres at the same price, which will be divided into 30acre farms. LICENSING CASES. PALMERSTON N., June 16. At the Magistrate’s Court, Thomas Childs, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, was fined £lO for exposing liquor for sale; and Henry Downey Jones Mitchell £2 and costs for being illegally on"' the premises. RETURNING TROOPS. AUCKLAND, June 16. Referring to tho troops in Egypt to-night, Sir James Allen stated he had been advised that tho following steamers would be sailing from Egypt for New Zealand; Ulimaroa, June 24; Pilsna, June 30; Insbruk, July 20. Sir James added that he presumed these vessels would bo bringing back New Zealand troops.

AN OLD OFFENDER STNTENCED

DUNEDIN, June 17. In the Police Court, Alfred Harold William Williams was charged with imposing on the Soldiers’ Welfare Committed by representing that be was a returned soldier and obtaining money and clothes, also with defrauding a shopkeeper from whom he obtained goods to the value of £l6 on the same pretence. It was stated that three years ago accused was sentenced to three years’ reformative treatment in Auckland for similar offences. On the first charge accused was sentenced to one year’s hard labour, and on the second charge to six months, the sentences to be cumulative.