TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 April 1920, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

iPEB PRESS ABBOOHTION.—COPYRIGHT.i A SUDDEN DEATH. AUCKLAND, This Day. Mrs Annie E. Heldt, aged 62, collapsed in Devonport Methodist Church on Sunday, and was" carried on to the lawn where she'died in her husband’s arms.

A SMART ARREST. AUCKLAND, This Day. At midniglit, Constable Holt saw a man enter the premises of P. H. Ferenson and Coy., wholesale stationers in Albert Street. He pursued him upstairs and found the man behind a package. The man threatened to down his pursuer, but the Constable switched off his electric torch and closed with the man, as a heavy steel chisel grazed his cheek. The man was arrested and removed to the police station. He was in possession of articles for which he will Ret required to account. The arrested man, in the encounter, sustained a fractured collarbone and injury to the jaw. TUNNEL WORKERS. AUCKLAND, April 23. After -being “out” for several weeks the men working in Hunrau tunnel, on the North Auckland Trunk railway, about 92 miles from Auckland, resumed work. In telegraphing this information to tbe Auckland Railways League, the Commissioner stated that work had'been resumed pending a Dominion Conference to be held month. A.S.R.S. MOTIONS. CHRISTCHURCH, April 24. A;b a stop-work meeting the Addington branch of the A.S.R.S. nassed the following resolutions: “This, stop-work meeting strongly objects to tbe proposals for a further Commission to investigate wages and conditions on the lines .suggested 'n tbe Prime Minister’s communication to tbe General Secretary.” “We support- the action of the Executive in filing a- dispute for bearing under tbe Industrial Disputes Investigation Act.” “Failing this course boitig agr?ecl upon, within one week, we urge up..n the Executive to give effect to tbe strike ballot recently taken.” “If the Executive are not prepared to give effect t-o this ballot, they are calif d upon to resign. OBITUARY. WELLINGTON, This Day. Mr G. Hogben, aged 60, ex-Director of Education, died this mroning. He bad been ill for some time.