TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1920, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

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CHAIRMAN OF TRIBUNAL. WELLINGTON, May 20. George Elliott of Auckland has ' 2en appointed Chairman of the Conciliation Tribunal to consider the Railway Officers Institute dispute.

RAIDS ON cutnf.sk shops. TIMAR.U May 20.

Cases arising out of raids on Chi line shops are boing heard to-day. A hoy was convicted and sent Wernroa. Another was ordered to pave £2 10s and a third was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. David MilHit was committed for trial for participating in tbe raids. Two more eases aer, before the Court.

SUICIDE IN DUNEDIN. DUNEDIN, May 20,

At the inquest on Anthony Patterson, the farm-labourer, of 23 years of age, who shot himself in the Occidental

Private Hotel, the previous day, a verdict was returned that the cause of death was a bullet wound in tbe head, self-inflicted, but tbe evidence was not sufficient to show what state of mind deceased was in at the time. Deceased is stated, to have been the tallest man in the Dominion, his height being six feet eight Indies. He was a member of the Expoditional Force and when in camp he was photographed with nis arms extended and an average-sized man under each of them. Tin's was reproduced in the illustrated newspapers at the time. HON. J. G. COATES.

GREYMOUTH, This. Day. This morning Hon. J. G. Coates paid a visit to Ten Mile Creek, a dangerous spot on the Barrytown road. On his return he received deputations of local bodies. The obsolete telephone system was brought, under the Minister’s notice. A sympathetic hearing was given. NOT CRITICISING. NAPTER, May 18. Asked by a reporter if lie bad any-] tiling to say regarding Sir lan Hamilton’s Gallipoli diary controversy, General Sir Andrew Russell said that he had not. Not knowing anything of Mr Keith Murdoch at the time, it would be just a matter of wild talk if lie said anything, and it would he very foolish of him to make any statements which ho could not substantiate. Sir Andrew stated that in any case bis own position was really a very subordinate one, and lie did not propose to make any comment whatever. ALLEGED THEFT BY WATERSIDE]? WELLINGTON, May 19. Gordon Davis, a waterside worker, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of theft of various articles of clothing, footwear and cutlery, which have been missing from coastal shipments, The total value of the goods involved is £4O.

INFLUENZA INCREASING. AUCKLAND, May 21. Influenza cases reported for 24 hours total 122, ail increase of 41. The public schools continue closed indefinitely. DEATH OF H. KAHAU M. P. AUCKLAND, May 21. Obituary—Henere Kaihau M.P., ; get! 65, from heart failure. A BOAT FOUND. AUCKLAND, May ,21. A boat belonging to the missing scow Kahu was found at Little Barrier. The Kahu left the Bay of Plenty on April 24t1i., Inst. Before a very heavy gale prevailed. ■ SOUTH AFRICAN VETERANS. • - WELLINGTON, May 21. Messrs Veitch and Glenn M.’s P. were waited on to-day by a big deputation of the South African Veterans Association who asked their assistance in having the benefits of the Diseha "ged Soldiers °Settlement Act extended to veterans of the Boer War. It was stated that the Premier had given a promise in the House that this would he done, when all the returned soldiers had been dealt with. The deputation pointed out that South Africa had already wait-

ed twenty years and only in tardy justice, the matter should he dealt without further delay. The members gave a sympathetic hearing and promised every assistance in thoir power. It is understood similar representations wall be made by South African Associations m other parts of the Dominion.