Second Edition TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 June 1913, Page 2

Second Edition TELEGRAMS.

rPHR PHKBB ASSOCIATION 1 t s DISHONEST CUSTOMS CLERK. WELLINGTON. This Day. Athol Ambrose McCaul, who s pleaded guilty at the Magistrate's ; Court to til roe charges o|" emblezzi ling ,£073 Is lid. the property <:f i his eni])loyees. Oolliiii and Company. t was sentenced at the Supreme Court . to-day. The Chief -Justice imposed, i sentences of 18 months' iniprisonl men! 011 each charge, the tonus to i be concurrent. DEFAULTERS' KINKS. ' OHIUSTCHUKCH. June 27. I The Canterbury Trades and Labour Council has received the following letter from the Hon. .James Allen. .Minister lor Defence: — "In reply to your letter on the subject of attaching wages, addressed to the Hon. the Prime Minister, I regret that you should cunsider this method of dealing with offences against the Defciie;' Act harsh. It must he borne in mind that the law has to be enforced. and that the method of doing so rests with the Magistrates. with whose jurisdiction 1 am unable to interfere. "The garnisheeing of wages, is, however, considered a less rigorou.v course than detention in military custody in cases of non-payment of lines." RESPECT EOR AUTHORITY. WELLINGTON. Yesterday. The question of the disturbance at the capping ceremony yesterday was dealt with >at a meeting of the Wellington College Hoard of Governors to-day. On the motion of the chairman, Mi Brandon, it was resolved; That this Board strongly disapproves of the actions of the students of Victoria College in connection with the coulerring of degrees awarded by. the University of New Zealand, and insists on the need for the candidates showing respect for constitute authority. and directs the principals of oth Wellington Colleges to take such steps as they think best tu impress upon their pupils the necessity for vucli respect.