TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 July 1920, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

i I'EU IT.f.SS ASSOCIATION —COPyK!CIHT.] SCARLET FEVER ON THE MAHAN A WELLINGTON, Tins Day.

The Health Department has received advice that there are a number of cases of scarlet fever on the immigrant ship Mnliittin, which is expected to reach Wellington to-dav. Tim cases and contacts will be placed in quarantine, before the vessel berths. '»' LIMBLESS MEN. WELLINGTON, July 15. The allowance to limbless men attending the Defence Department’s artificial limb factory and workshops for the repair or supply pf artificial limbs will he increased from -js to 7s per diem, as from'August Ist next. The Defence authorities state that it is to be Under*stood that this allowance is granted in lieu of accommodation in the hospital, and that the Director-General of Medical Services piny instruct that a limbless map is required to reside in the hospital during his period of attendance. iq which cpse the allowance will not he payable; fills allowance will not lie payable to limbless men when their attendance at-flic factory or workshops docs not necessitate their absence from home. Liinlfiess men, While attending artificial limb' factories for the repair of tutor artificial limbs should apply to the Commissioner of Pensions for a .supplementary pension for the tmriod they are in attendance at the factory or workshop, provided that such attendance necessitated their being away from their homes and leaving their eipplqyinput. M,tGlKfFl!AT'<”* Ct)UUT. \ ' TIMAR.U, July 15. At the Magistrate’s Court to-day a publican was prosecuted for allowing drunkenness on his premises. He explained that the man came into the bar intoxicated;and was refused whisky, and to pacify him and save ejecting him, and probably causing a breach of tlie peace, lie was given a soft drink. The police came in just after. The Magistrate held that the explanation was satisfactory and the licensee had dope the l>e-( thing ifl ths circumstances, ’ A party was prosecuted for trespassing in pursuit of game on a bird sanctuary, Lake Alexandria, on -May Ist. They pleaded that they were outside the limit of half a mile from the Lake, but the evidence, showed they were only a quarter of a mile from it. Decision was reserved on the legal point that the Gazette notice of the sanctuary should he descriptive,, whereas it only defined hqimdaries by reference, to some map. CONCILIATION COUNCIL, j CHRISTCHURCH, July 15.

The Conciliation Council met to consider tho claims of the Clerks’ Union, regarding the wages of (Jerks engaged by the local bodies. A complete agreement was arrived at, except on the question of wages, and an adjournment was granted till the 28th inst., to enable the Union to discuss the following offer: “ That the minimum weekly wage for a clerk over 24 years, with five years’ experience, be £4 4s, npis (is bonus ; and over ;H1 yoiu's,’ with ten years’ experience £4 10s, plus the bonus. UNION ORGANISER’S CLAIM. CHRISTCHURCH, July 15.

Reserved judgment was given by Mr McCarthy, 8.M., in the case of Francis Allred Moody, versus the Christchurch Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters’ Union, in a claim for -19 10s, being o.ue month’s wages in lieu of notice. Pin in tiff, who was organiser for tlie Society, in defiance of the French Executive, though with the authority of the members of the Union, took three months’- leave' of absence. Subsequently his election as district organiser was declared void, by tlie branch executive, and on his return from leave he was refused admission to the Union’s office or access to its hooks hv the branch executive.

IT is Worship hold that the supersedin': of the plaintiff was void, and gave judgr ment in his favour for £lB 13s -td and costs,

DROWNED AT SEA. AUCKLAND, July 15.

Cable advice was received from the Commander of H.M.S. Sloop, Veronica ~h-. "ort Darwin of the death by drowning of Sul)-Lieut B. Ferguson, eldest son of Mr A. M. Ferguson, of Auckland. Deceased was only nineteen years of age. The cable contained, no details of the fatality.

TILE WORKS DESTROYED. DUNEDIN, July 15,

Tlio Abbotsford tile works, situated within five miles from Dunedin, were completely destroyed by fire to-night. This industry was established about three years ago, and promised to be a flourishing one ,being the only one of its kind in the Dominion manufacturing roofing tiles. This product found ready markets in all parts of New Zealand. Forty hands will he thrown out of employ men t. FIRE LOSS. DUNEDIN, July 1(3. The (ire at Abbotsford Tiliieries swept the whole constructive works. The outbuildings only were sni ed It is hoped the minery is not totally damaged, hut it will not he known until exuniin- I od. Insurance £10,500 in Royal Ex- | change, which is understood to be re- ’ insured. The loss exceeds the instir- j ance. I JOCKEYS’ FEES. WELLINGTON, July 16. Requests made to Sir George Cliffor i by a deputation of jockeys were considered to-day by the Racing Conference. Sir G. Clifford stated that in view of the high cost, of living, jockeys' asked for an increase of fees. They asked for a 50 per cent, increase on all losing fees, and a flat rate of 5 per cent, on all wins, or place money, where n third prize was £IOO or over, with a pro rata increase to steeplechase and hurdle riders. He had referred the request to the Stipendiary Committee, which recommended various increases.

Sir G. Clifford in moving the adoption of the Committee's recommendation, said that while other wages were entitled to advance to meet the cost of living in all dealings they had acted fairly and reasonably. 1 The motion was agreed to.

LOST OVERBOARD. NEW PLYMOUTH, July 13. The steamer Rimu, which is relieving

the Rnrawa in the Onehunga-New Plymouth service, did not arrive here until • 1.20 p.m. to-day, and it was then learned th aif a fatality had occurred on the voyage, the second mate, Alfred Stanley Hill, single, aged 30 years, being lost overboard. Tlie vessel rolled heavily and the second officer was thrown against the rails. A seaman on the bridge, who saw the occurrence, thought he was unable to free his hands, and that possibly bis breath was taken away by the impact. He overbalanced and fell right over the rail into the sea. A patent lifebelt showing a light was immediately thrown overboard and the vessel cruised round about the spot several times. The sea was too rough to permit of a boat being leunched. No trace of the officer could he found, and the voyage had to be resumed. CHARGE OF BIGAMY. AUCKLAND, July 14. At the Police Court, Alfred Chambers, aged 25, a retained soldier,. admitted that though lie was married before he enlisted. 1m went through the form of marriage oil his return with Catherine Marie Boss, at Wellington, in the early part of last year. Accused pleaded that; ho understood his former wife was dead. He was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. EDUCATION A L INSTITUTE. DUNEDIN, July 14. A meeting of the Otago branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute pass. e d the following resolution“ That this branch regrets that the Auckland branch, in opposition to the Institute’s long Established policy of an undivided service enjoying, under a uniform Dominion system, equal rights and opportunities, but {ip section'll privileges, should proceed to form a separate Association, basing the step on the unworthy pjca that teachers in one district have peculiar needs not in common with teachers in other districts. The Institute has always represented a national spirit in education as opposed to mere parochialism, and its effort to remove the district barriers to promotion by means of a grading scheme has formed a consistent part in its programme. Tlie forming of a separate AsI socia’tion is a virtual assertion of the typpogite policy, and is particularly unfor\uuatp at tlie present stage, when the Insttute’s increased influence holds such good promise in the immediate future for schools and teachers alike.’