TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1918, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[PER PBEB3 ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] BOOTMAKERS’ DISPUTE. DUNEDIN, July 29. The Bootmakers’ Union held a stop- | work meeting to-day to discuss a pro- ! posal by the manufacturers at the Auclc 1 land conference, and a resolution was passed protesting against the nction of tho employers in introducing what the : union considers industrial conscription, j inasmuch as they debar an employee from obtaining employment in another factory without first receiving permission, and pledging themselves to support their representatives in any action they may take to abolish the practice. The meeting resolved to endorse tho action of their representatives in refusing the wages and conditions offered, and also decided to request tho Federal Council to consider the advisability of cancelling the registration of the union under the Arbitration Act. LITTLE HOPE OF SALVAGE. WELLINGTON, July 21. A wireless message received from tho -Chatham Islands to-night states that the Himitangi struck on tho Monau Reef on Monday morning. Sho is badly olod and fast. There is little hope of salvaging her. A SERIOUS ASSAULT. i DARGARVILLE, This Day. Early on Tuesday morning a young Maori, Kami Teliau, broke into' tho ; residence of Robert McGaffin, flax- | miller, and assaulted the housekeeper, Miss Green. According to a statement by McGaffin to the police, Miss Green’s injuries arc serious, her head being smashed by tho butt of a revolver. On seeing McGaffin, tho Maori jumped through a window, gating himself badly, and leaving a trail, which enabled the police to track him to the Maori .settlement. Before tho police j could secure him, Teliau severely in- j jured himself about the. bond wfth a ; hammer. Ho lies in a critical con- j ilition. j Miss Green is expected to recover. j

HARBOR BOARD CONFERENCE. WELLINGTON, July 31. The Harbor Boards’ Conference lias opened.

Hon. T. M. Wilford, Minister of Marine, in an address, said: Tho question of the inspection of all gear used in working cargo, including the gear belonging to the harbour Boards, was an important one. In is opinion, such inspection should be made by qualified Government experts. He considered that owners of gear should not be tho inspectors of that gear, that there should bean independent inspection by Government inspectors. Mr. Wilford added that at present ho was considering the question of recommending legislation dealing with the inspection of produce exported. The matter of the pollution of harbours was a matter to be carefully dealt with.

The Minister uttered a word of warning regarding the question of harbour risks, which had been lightly entered into. The Board should look well ahead when erecting new wharves, owing to tho increase in the size of steamers after the war.

Regarding the non-payment of ha labour dues on Government cargo, he was satisfied that if a ship taken by the Government for transport or transport work was engaged solely on any trip in carrying cargo, to say, America, the port should not lose tho dues.

THREE MONTHS. HAMITON, This Day

Francis Walker, an old man, was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment on a charge of disloyal utterance when the police went to arrest his son, who disappeared into the Dush to avoid military service. The police said tho son would have come in but for the (fathers incitement to resist service. Tho old man brandished a knife when tho polico and said the son had gone to Auckland. The police described accused as a dangerous man imbued with I.W.W. ideas.

UNABLE TO AGREE

CHRISTCHURCH This Day,

In the bootmaking dispute, before tho Conciliation Council, the parties failed to agree to the main points of a proposal for wages, and overtime settlement, which affected hours end other clauses.