TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1919, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

(PWB PHEBB ASSOCI A’i'lON. —OOPVKIGHt.) GO-SLOW POLICY. WHANGAREI, ” Sept. 16. Work has ceased at the Northern

Coy’s mine at Kiripaki. The men tc day declined to accept the conditions of j the Company’s managing director Holj gate, that the go-slow policy must he | dropped, the normal output restored, and the agreement entered into last June adhered to. Mr Holgate asserts that the output was reduced over fifty per cent, last week. The owners hold that the position constitutes a strike and that they will not be responsible for the men’s tools, left in the mine.

1 DREDGE KAIONE. WANGANUI, Sep. 14. A long awaited and important event in the history (of Wanganui eventuated on Saturday afternoon last when the arrival of the new dredge “Kaione,” which, being interpreted, means “sand eater,” was celebrated. The j dredge is of the most modern type and specially adapted for local harbour requirements. She will be employed in making a deep sea harbour at Castlecliff and and deepening'the river channel to the town. Great things are expected of her. The Chairman of the Harbour Board estimates that in a month there will be another foot of water in the river channel, which will enable ships to come right up to the wharf and work will’be contnued until the maximum depth is obtained. The Kiaone is what is known as a trailing suction dredger of stern wheel type, with a capacity of 600 cubic yards, and capable of dredging to a depth of forty feet. The harbour works are to be pushed on rapidly, for the Harbour Board is now in a strong financial position, having just raised a loan of £150,000. A WOMAN KILLED. - AUCKLAND, This Day. A widow woman, Mrs Rafferty, residing in Mount Eden, was crossing Khyber Pass road last night, and was knocked down -by a taxi driven by B. G. Hatcher, and died in the hospital. The driver did not -see the deceased until very close to her.

SUGAR CARGO. AUCKjLAND, Sept. 14. • Owing to the waterside workers at Auckland refusing to unload the steamer Fionas’ cargo of 4,800 tons of sugar, until a new crew has been sign- . ed on the vessel, to replace her nre- - Bent non-Unionist crew, the owners have despatched her to Sydney to discharge her cargo there. This will cause some further shortage of sugar in New Zealand at present, as the Fio- ; na was to have returned to Fiji for j more sugar after discharging her pre- j sent load. " j The Pa-loona however, just completed i the discharge of 2000 tons of sugar here, and has gone to Fiji for another load. The Atua is also due to-day with 2000 tfins of sugar. That witji the Paloona’s next load is all the sugar in sight at present. |

RETURNING TRANSPORTS WELLINGTON, This Day. According to the latest wireless messages received by the Defence Department, the transports named arrive as follows: — Hororata R.D. 281, Wellington, 'Fri day Might, 19th inst). Ayrshire, R.D: 282, Lyttelton, 20th inst. Tainui, R.D. 283, Wellington, noon on 21st. Corinthic, R.D., 284 Wellington early on 23rd. inst. * FINED £25. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day John Ross pleaded guilty at the Magistrate’s Court to two charges of betting on licensed premises. The offences were committed during Grand National week. He was* fined £25 in default one month on each charge, the sentences to be cumulative. ASPHYXIATED.

AUCKLAND, This Day.

Messages from Levuka states i hat while the American schooner, King ; Cyrus was loading copra on Sept. Ist., Capt. Rosenthal and harbour-master rant, Twentvman went into the fore-

peak to get some wire. The harbour master managed to get back to the deck where he collapsed. Three of the crew, Reinhold, Deudomir and Sans Wichelsom, and two Fijians went to the rescue of the captain and all were asphyxiated;. Volunteers managed to get them on deck. Two seamen and one native were dead. Captain Koental and one native recovered.