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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 62, 6 December 1919, Page 11

The possibility of the workers cmnloye'' '»}' Hie ,-i v " ck 'ii'»l. Birkenhead, ami Aortlieote Ons Companies declaring a Etnke on account of the non-settlement ol tneir dispute ovi-t- wages and "eneral couditons has now been removed, and at a sitting of the Labour Disputes Investigation Committee an agreement was reached on all points remaining at i-sue —Press Assn.

Alter a service of upwards of 45 rears mil; the Bank of Mew Zealand, spent in Otasro and Southland, Mr. William J. I. I'rasc-r. fov the past IS years in charge or .dosgiel. and Middlemarch omcrs. withdrew on November 30 from active service on extended leave prior to retirement on superannuation

An interesting hbcl M. ;t occupied tlio attention of the Supremo. Court at Jlobart mute recently, when Mr. j; j Measlier sued the "Mercury" for alleged libel, clawing jSBM) dainiigc-:. Plaintiff was chairman of the Public Service Board and at the time of the appearand! of a letter in the "Mercury " -aid counsel, he was "runner up" "for th» rosition of Commissioner of the Public Service. The letter was signed "I'rotest. and appeared on July 1; The last paragraph, which was "complained ot. stated that Meagher's retention in tun service "wouio be e, danger and -:i menace to the community bv renson of the fact that he was a Uomaii Catholic." the defence was that there wu.s mi iinnutation that hud been corrupt, and that the letter was published in good faith in the miblic interest. I'lsiiiitiu", in evidence, denied lie had ever Ivcn influenced bv the Konian Cnthnlic Church or bv the fact that he w.m a Catholic. The inrv ;eturnpd a verdict, for the. newspaper.