DOMINION NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 December 1924, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

guilty of assault. (.BY TELEGHAPH— PUESS ASSOCIATIONT , c GISBORNE, Dec. 4. i_£f e Supreme Court opened to-day before Mr Justice Reed, who in his dus2f 6 t °n h t gr ? nd * ury said duties would be light, as there were only two criminal cases for trial A Maori named Rini Tuatua ap'peartWOi, C iarges , ? f criminal assault and two charges of indecent assault on a Maori girl, 11 years of age,, the ofaf n< T S T. ein2 a 'ii e ged to have occurred and n ln October. After two and a half hours’ retirement the jury returned with a verdict of guilty in assau,t - BOOTMAKERS’ AWARD. mi WELLINGTON, Dec. 4. . vr r g.® Conciliation Commissioner (Mr Sak^t™” 0 h , eard the . boot* nakers employees dispute to-day Several clauses of the last award were “g“V dopted ’ bU f th ® iK Tif® 68 a f d W6re not settled. The employees ask for a minifTLvW ° f i £s fov a 4 °- hour week skilled T a e W n ol ' k€rS ’ and £3 for skilled female workers. The employ. eis offer a 44-hour week at Is lid per for”' f° r T ,6S r a ” d & 7S Mto £2 U S the 5i was <fccided to add f-i tko rt S ® ir , thda y an d Boxing Day the list of holidays. y POLICE PROMOTIONS. WELLINGTON, Dec. 5 lolice promotion and transfers are-Sub-In S pec t o r Bird (Auckland) promoted inspector and transferred to In\ercargill, where he replaces Inspector health 11121111 ’ retired OTI acco, unt of illSen i or-Sergeant Rawle (Auckland) succeeds Sub-Inspector Bird, and Sergt Edwards (Hamilton) is ' appointed senior-sergeant at Auckland