NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1981, 11 February 1914, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

QUITE IN ACCORD. SLAUGHTERMEN & EMPLOYERS. - Teleeraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, February 10. - At the Conciliation Commissioner's rooms this morning -half a dozen assessors sat in fi'iojidlj- f 'council and mado an- amicable agreement for - the regulation'of the working conditions of slaughtermen. The question of wages was very promptly settled, increases .of 2s. 6d. per hundred being granted for freezing sheep and lambs, and of 2s. per hundred for "potters." There was no dispute as to working hours oi' overtime. Tho latter was assessed at time and n quarter,, the. proposals and counter proposals, being identical in this respect. Tho hours of work will be between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., tho total to bo eight hours a.day, with a Saturday half-holi-day as from midday. Other slaughtering than that at tho,specified rato per hundred will bo paid for per hehd. A mutually satisfactory i>referer!ce -clause was agreed : upon, and it \va3 further agreed that all disputes should bo referred to a 'conference of three delegates/ from each side. CHARGE OF PERJURY. - I nvorcarglll, February 10. At the Police Court, Herbert Watson, a painter, was chargcd with having committed perjury in tho Magistrate's Court at Invorcarsill, by swearing, with refcrenco to a pamtina; job; the following words: —"My brother took the job. Ho is a tailor. Ho put mo. in charge. J got paid by Austin at Is. 3d. por hour. ,My brother gave orders to Austin." Detective-Sergeant Cameron said that tho accused was summoned by Broad, Small and Company for £30 12s. 7d., -a de.bt him, to which .ho had confessed' judgment. A judgment summons was issued later, and tho accused Aised the words' stated. 'When arrested tho accused said that it would break hi 3 mother-up, and that ho had got mixed up. Defence was reserved, and accused was committed for trial. . • CHRISTCHURCH SESSIONS. Chrlstchurch,' February 10. At the Supremo Court to-day, John Pritchard pleaded guilty to assaulting Annie Brandt at Marshlands on January'; 1 last so as to cause her actual- bodily harm. Ho was', sentenced to three' months'imprisonment.'. William' Joseph Gaftey pleaded guilty to two charges of breaking and entering and theft.. He had 30 previous convic'tiona for drunkenness. He was sentenced to six-months' imprisonment. •• ,• Frederick Jackson, found • guilty on tho previous day of the theft of a motor bicycle, was sentenced to' three months' imprisonment.: ■SMART CONSTABLE. ' Inuercargill,'February "10. ■ What appears to have beon an attempted' burglary at Bray' Br6s. was smartly foiled. by Const iblc Hood between three and fo,ur this morning. Tho officer noticed a' trap containing two men .pull up at the.premises. Tho men entered, and when' they l eard tho constable approaching they escaped through an office window. ' After a sharp chase, Hood captured one man, Edward Harland, a- pastrycook, -who was charged with entering premises with intent to commit a crime.' Harland was remanded till Wednesday.' ■ ( • • • _ HOTEL THIEVES. Dunedln, February 10. : , At' thb'-'iSuprome Court', .ißoderick.Munro and James Alfred-Mai^m. were: - found guilty'of hotel thefts: Sentence -was deferred. • and Martin were; sentenced to six | months' . imprisbninottt lobrtXtftfclti. i icKarge, and to be afterwards detained : for;reformative treatment for a ps*;od ■uotj exceeding three years,..sentences to' -bo concurrent;''.' ; ! - ■; 'John' M'Kay, charged l -with 1 assault,' was found'.not guilty. '■ ALLEGED FALSIFICATION. Dunedln, February 10. : John Thomson, charged at the Supreme Court with falsifying tho Edu- ■ cation Board certificate, with intent to 'deceive the railway authorities when applying for work, - admitted forgery, but denied "intent. Tho jury found a verdict for acquittal without leaving tho box. V WAR ON PHTHISIS. Napier, February 10. The Hospital Board discussed the increaso in tho number of cases of tuberculosis, and decided to urge upon tho 'Government the -necessity for providing sanatoria for'-tuberculosis- cases 011 the East Coast- from' Palmerstou to East' Cape. ' BURGLARS OWN UP. Napier, -February 10. • ; David Conway Burn and Richard Carpenter pleaded guilty to ,1 long list Of burglaries committed at Napier during last winter. Carpenter, who was an'ested at Auckland,, mado a full confession" giving" tho time and date of each burg-, larv, and a list'of articles stolon. Prisoners we're committed for sentence. , FOR boy sailors. Chrlstchurch, February 10. . The Navy League has decided to pla'co • before tho .Minister of Defence a proposal to begin the training of boys for sea .life. It is proposed to secure a shod at New Brighton, with.sailing and row-, ing boats, and engage one instructor at a cost of spvonl 'hundred-pounds. CRIME IN WANCANUI, Wanganul, February 10. - > The/Suprcme Court sessions opened , hero this; morning, before Mr. Justice Edwards. There are only four criminal cases, and 'His Honour congratulated the district 011 such a small amount of crime. The cases are proceeding. BRIEF MENTION. ■ ' Dunedln, February 10. In the boilermakers' caso before the Conciliation Commissioner, a Dominion, award being asked for, the dispute was 'referred to tho Arbitration Court. . ========== . I