NEWS BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 100, 14 May 1937, Page 4

NEWS BREVITIES

CoIHery Deadlock Tbe 60 men employed by the Kamo Collieries, • Limited, at Kamo, wbo ceased work yesterday following tbe refusal of tbe company to pay "wet" time to nine men employed in tbe construction of a stone drive, are still idle, and tbere were no developments of any kind in tbe deadlock to-dav— Whangarei., " ' Vandalism Rife Vandali'sm bas been rife in tbe streets of Gisborne during tbe past few days, during wbicb cfamage, estimated ati between £32 and £40, was done to tlie Coronation deeorations. A large number of fiags bave been torn down from, tbe munieipal standard poles, while tehields were also demolisbed, and in some cases, left lying in tlie roadway,— Gisborne, Burned To Death A pensioner, Emelies Warne, agecl 76, was burned to death in bis but at Orari this morning. He retired at 6.15 p.m. on Wednesday. Wlien neighbours were returning bome from a dance at 2.30 thifc morning, nothing was amiss, but at 6 o'elock tbey were awakened by a fire wbieb bad too great a hold to enable them to enter tbe building. Warnes was carpenter by trade and bad resided in tbe district for mny years. It is not^ known wbether be has any relatives in tbe Dominion.— Oamaru.