LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9015, 23 August 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Telegraph Department is ad«| vised that the Turkish lines are inters rupted beyond Bassora. The direct. Canton lines are also interrupted. I There was a clean sheet at the Magistrate's Court tbia morning. This waaj also the case yesterday, when, the only! business dealt with, was a number o9 { trespass cases. j Advice was received from BamfieldL this morning to the effect- that the re-J emit of the negotiations with the strike ere has resulted in the embargo being strictly maintained. At a eitting of the Juvenile Court this morning Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., committed to the Weraroa Training; Farm, Levin, a boy aged nine and * half years, whose parents were in in*; digent circumstances and unable t» support him. j Some surprise was expressed yester-.! day at the Magistrate's Court when thai bookmakers who were imprisoned' for, trespassing on the Riccarton Race- 1 course were also ordered to pay they costs of the actions. The alternative to paying the costs was seven days' incarceration, but before the Court office closed last evening every one of thA trespassers had paid the costs'. Doubtless Bay advises the Telegraphy! Department with regard to the strike,' that existing conditions now- are that tba Anglo and commercial lines are nott affected ; the direct and Western Union,: lines are cut off through the Western,' Union strike in Montreal and Toronto^ ; as well as in New York; the French, whose Business must circulate via New* York, is also cut off by the strike ; thet German and Atlantic Companies' are not affected, as their business circulate* via Canecv not touching American hnaKui )

A sitting of the Arbitration Court •will be held at Timaru on Friday, September 6, when the painters' dispute in that district will be dealt with. The contractor for the work of pulling down the Exhibition buildings has been instructed to demolish the dome before throwing down the northern tower. Mr J. W. Paulin's forecast-, telegraphfed at noon to-day,- was: — " All stations are warned of heavy rain and snow over Central Otago; stormy on the east toast; heavy south-east gales." An entertainment is to be given in the Lyttelton Oddfellows' Hall nest Wednesday evening by the Royal Artillery Entertainers in aid of a widow Vho, with several children, has been Jeft in very necessitous circumstances. The Telegraph Department is advised from Bamfield that, owing to a dispute over the handling of American cables with the Canadian Pacific Railway Executive, the men at Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver have ceased work, pending the result of the conference now proceeding. Two Chinamen, Sue Shing and Sue Chong, pleaded guilty at the Magistrate' 6. Court at Hastings this morning to charges of smoking and permitting opium-smoking on their premises, and were fined £3 and costs. The more serious charges of keeping opium and harbouring smokers were adjourned until September 6. pie Exhibition authorities are making quite a. large revenue from the sale of copies of diplomas issued in connection with exhibits. Business firm 6 and others desire to have extra copies for displaying at their branches in different parts of the world, and some have ordered several dozen. It is estimated that the authorities will sell about 2000. The price charged is 2s 6d each.