TELEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 502, 8 May 1909, Page 7

TELEGRAMS.

TYPOGRAPHICAL DISPUTE. ; ,?/ ■ -' AN ' AMICABLE AGREEJIENT. ' 1 (BY TELEOEAPn—rnESS ASSOCIATION.) ; ' Inveroargill, May 7. . Mr.' J. R. Triggs, Conciliation - .Commissioner .for tho South'lsland, presided to-day over a conference of delegates representing employers and employees in tho typographical dispute. Tho deliberations resulted in all amicable agreement without recourse to. the Arbitration Court.. The agreement was based on tho Otago award. Tho chief alterations aro:—Wages of compositors, £3 for day and £3 ss. for night work; linotype operators, £3 6s. for day work and £3 12s. for night work j moiiolinos, £3 for day and £3 6s. tor night.work. Lesser rates were : fixed for country offices. The .agreement remains in force .till/December 31, 1911. Mr. Triggs complimented the employers and employees On tho very, friendly relations existing. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. . Greymouth, May 7. A man named Frank Brehnan attempted to oommit suicido by cutting his throat and wrist with a razor. Ho-was Drought into the hospital. His injuries, aro not serious. Ho will bo removed to tho asylum in. a.few daye. DISSATISFIED WITH AN AWARD. ; . Dunodln, May 7. Several proprietors of restaurants and tearooms to-day expressed to a reporter of tho "Otago: Daily Times" groat dissatisfaction with tho Arbitration Court award affecting tho wages of their employees. Mr. Scott, secretary: of the Employers' Association, alleges that tho award of tho Court in Wellington was on a high scale, becatiso, tho supineneSs of tho employers there allowed tho case to go by default, and that award became a precedent.. Ouci large employer averred that the awaTd\involvcd him in an additional expenditurei of £350. a year, and it was impossible to recoup himself as a manufacturer coUld by increising the price of goods. Other employers expressed similar views, but recognised that nothing could be dono for 11 months,' when .the award would expire. AUCKLAND COURT CASES. ' ' . . Auckland, May 7. In tho Police Court to-day, William Wilson, Thomas Costello, Wm. Henry Chamberlain, and Frank Brown, labouring men, were, charged ,'with having: carried on "toto" bot- | ting at'tho Ellerslio races. All pleaded guUty,'' and each , was" fined .£3 arid costs. v . •• charged' With, receiving, | and .William Harris, ■ with the. theft of, a Eurso containing £40, belonging to- Mrs. H. i. lady passenger, on tho night express from Auckland to Wellington, 1 wero'ro-, mandod to Tauniarunui. j battle Memorial unveiled. Now Plymouth, May 7. I Lord I Plunket < to-day, unveiled the , Marsi land Hill Memorial—;a handsome marblo monument erected on a historic eminence, in the town, in .memory of tho Imperial troops, : colonial rnilitia, and friendly Natives, who fell during'the .Maori wiars..; The .weather was dull, but tho ceremony was carried out before a very largo attendance of vetorans of tho war,[ Volunteers,' cadets, and tho general public. Tho monument-is 30ft. high,and is of Italian marble: It cost about £800. - .. .- ~ BOXINC. 1 , Chrlstchuroh, May 6. Tho annual meeting of tho Boxihg Council to-hight decided to withdraw from tho Sports Federation, The,old committeo and olficors were re-elected. WOMAN SERIOUSLY ASSAULTED. . Chrlstohurch, May 6. • On Thursday night a woman named Sarah Falloon, living dn Croyko Street, Linwood, was tho victim of a serious, assault. Two men .went to' her. houso and accused her of being a polico spy. After words, one ot tho men L took up a - kettle ; apd. hit the woman ,on the 1 , breast, ,:the . other knocked hor :down; with a flatiron. ; The two then further-assaulted the, woman. - Then, Aiding a gun in the house, they loaded .it and ' fired at ■ tho. woman, .• but ■ missed her,. tho shot entering tho wall. The irien then loft.' The woman was 1 found ■in an unconscious cbiLdiition several hours later. Two men wfe'rb arrested to-night on a chaigo of committing the offence.