TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1920, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

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A SUICIDE. DUNEDIN, July 13

John Sargeson Robinson, 50 years of age, a single man, residing with his y" father at Waitepeka, was found dead at nine o’clock on Monday morning in 1S his bedroom, 'llie body was lying in a j. pool of blood with a bullet wound in | the forehead and a- discharged .22 rifle by his fflSfofe THE CONCHIES. " CHRISTCHURCH, July 13 ” Tlie remarks made by General Rus- * sell at the end of last week in regard to the releasing of conscientious objee--1 tors were referred to at the quarterly J meeting of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers’ Association, and a resolu--1 tion was earned asserting the meeting 5 viewed with alarm the advocacy of a prominent General urging tho release ’ of all conscientious objectors and dcsir- ‘ ed to inform the public of its disassocia- ' tion from any such sympathy, where the conscientious objectors were mili- j ’ tarv defaulters, and urging that such he kept imprisoned until the completion of | " their full term of imprisonment. SWIMMING. DUNEDIN, July 14. Otago centre of the New Zealand Swimming Association decided to hold tho Dominion championships at Dunedin during Carnival Week in February next. A FATAL FALL. DUNEDIN, July 14. Michael O’Rourke, aged 65 fell off a- tramcar 0 n Saturday evening and received injuries to his head. He died in the hospital to-day, j ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE. | PALMERSTON N„ July 14 : Archibald Muir String was found not 1 guilty of desertion, but guilty of being absent without leave and was sentenced by tho courtmartia] to one year’s hard labour, • I COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. WELLINGTON, July 12. I At a meeting of commercial travellers, pre-war conditions were compared with post-war conditions, and the economic status of the travellers was discussed. The general feeling was that the employers and the commercial travellers ! should adopt a “get-together” policy, ! and a resolution was carried unanimously appointing delegates to meet the employers’ representatives at a round table conference to discuss the : conditions under which commercial fra. 1 vellors are working, Three Wellington delegates were appointed, nnd representatives are to be appointed, by the Palmerston North, Napier, Wanganui, and j New Plymotuh centres. Marlborough ' and Nelson are also likely to send delo- • gates.

i EXTENDED MINE AT HUNTLY i IDLE. I AUCKLAND, July 12. , Work was not resumed in the Taupjri Company's Extended mine, it Huntly to-day, although the fall which had caused the trouble in No 4 section had been cleared away. The reason of tlie men absenting themselves, ■from work is not knowu to the com- : pnpytg’ officials! The suspension of ' operations in the mine is very serioitslv accentuating tho coal shortage. The Extended mine has been, idle fpr eleven ' days, practically no, work having linen ' done since June 29th. As the normal 1 output is 600 tons daily, this means 1 that tho community has been already ! deprived of 6600 tons, owing to the j stoppage. The executive of the union j has 'been m Auckland for a week in j connexion with the drawing up of a ! new agreement. This was completed today subject to ratification by the union. It i? thought that tlie men may be auditing the return of the executive before staring work apcl that they may resume to-morrow, obituary. WELLINGTON, July 12. There was widespread regret in ship ping and commercial circles here this morning when it was known that Mr George B. Bullock, Dominion superintendent. of the New Zealand Shipping Companp Ltd., was dead. On Thursday evening Mr Bullock was seized with a paralytic stroke, a/id though Ills friends know he was seriously ill they were plfeased to see in this morning’s papers that lie was much "bettor.. He, however died suddenly this morning.

TWO PORTERS iSENTENGHEI). MASTEiRTON, July 14. Percy Martin Carmichael and John Patrick Walsh, two railway porters were charged at the Magistrate’s Court with' theft, of a. case of whiskey valued at £8 155., tlis property of the Government, ami were sentenced to one months’ imprisonment each. BARBER’S RASFI. AUCKLAND, July 14. At thp Magistrate’s Court, Bernard Arrowsinith, a marine engineer sued Harry deal, hairdresser, claiming £llß ss. damages for loss of wages nnd medical foes, alleged to he caused by barber’s pash. Plaintiff stated he was shaved in defendant’s shop on May 17th and subsequently developed skin disease. Tlie defence was that no relation could he established between a shave and infection. (After hearing medical and other evidence, plaintiff was non suited.