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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 930, 29 July 1891, Page 2

Tiie .Dircoiois of th.-'Bink of. _Mew Zealand declare a dhid.-nd of 5 por cent. _ho baiiince-sheet hliowb that «he profitß for the- liaJf-yoiir ao*<*i|-it»d tn •£..9.. r >QO VOf till- 'iiiii.-.i.tt- t'lf.,'loo ha-i Wri,. ■M.rrii'd forward,, .£2o 000 ..h-osd .<■ the roorv-j luiid, ih.. i.».ii.in l-*r aljsurbed m th. jav!iii,nt ot th*- . d.ivi'.'lerid. ,*i ..O'ITMVK-f'iii' win* wH Miim;i-'/n>.{.i(, Auckland f r .i,. ; mv pport. of his ii loir i-i unite child, hay ng allowed arrears 16 mcunmlate, pleaded "Not guilty." lie stated that he was called out by the Boot maker's Union, but was now jotting £2 per week, Dr Giles said : ."That simply means yon gave up \oiir situation, m which you were at the time wirr.iiig good wag _h. What necessity whe there for you. to give it up?" Witnesß : " . war, called out by the Federal Council." Dr Giles: « We have nothing to do with that. The law does not recoaniso ony authority of any body of men over you. You lire a free agent, and therefore cannot oxense yourself on I hat 'ground.' Defendant teaid that being n member of the Union he had to oome out when called upon, Dr Giles said ho could not ad. nit, ami never would admit, that a person wh i tnive up his. work when earning wngjs, and iheroby incapacitated himsell from meeting his engage nienls, should throw il.* blame upon somebody else. Ultimat-dy Dr Giles adjourned the case for one mon'h, m order to see whether the defendant puui m the interim.