TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1920, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association.) SUGAIt WORKERS RESUME. A.RIFT IN THE LUTE. AUCKLAND, Sept. 20. Member's of the Sugar Workers Union, offered their services at Chelsea worksthis morning and all hut fourteen were reinstated. The rejection of this number came as .a surprise toi the unionists, who had anticipated something of the kind, but thought .it.would only apply to three men. The Union Secretary stated the men rejected'had not a fair deal. The Union would not sit down to it. A meeting will probably be called to consider the matter.

DISPUTE SETTLED

WELLINGTON, Sept. 20.

The dispute between the firemen and stewards of the Moeraki regarding the ship’s cook, .has beepjsettled —a nd the-,U ni o'n - Coy.' -expect to dispatch the vessel for Sydney at 5 o’clock this evening. The parties came' to agreement and the cook in question signed on this morning.

FULL COURT DECISION. WELLINGTON, Sept. 20.

Before the Full Court, in Watford versus Miller, a case concerning Mas•terton Club, the Court held the conviction of the custodian of the Club for storing liquor in a. no-license district must be set aside, considering that neither he nor the* Club had stored liquor for members, but the latter must bo regarded as' having stored liquor for themselves, under rights which they possessed as members of the Club, nor had the Club permitted liquor to be so stored. Justices Edwards, Chapman, Sim and Herdman agreed to this view. The Chief Justice dissented.

PIANO PLAYING RECORD. . DUNEDIN, September 20. Albert Steele, who styles himself “The Marathon piano player,’i who commenced playing ,at 9.45 a.in. on Tuesday last at Kaitangata, finished the task set at midnight on Saturday thus establishing a. new world’s fecord of -110 hours 15 minutes continuous playing.

DEATH FROM OPERATION

DUNEDIN, September 20

Herbert Oscar Amos, aged 43 years, a boot salesman living at Ashburton, died in • a private hospital to-day, following an operation for the removal of a cancerous growth in the mouth. Amos collapsed when regaining consciousness. At the inquest the medical evidence showed that the anaesthetic had nothing. to do with the cause of death, which was due to shock, following an extremely severe operation on a man in a very week condition. The.' Coroner returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony.

ATHLETIC PROJECT

WELLINGTON, September 20.

It was decided at a meeting of the Council of the Amateur Athletic Association to-night to endeavour to arrange a visit during the coming season for Thomas, of Canada, World’s champion hurdler, and for the visit of a champion sprinter.

PRESBYTERIAN RESOLUTION WELLINGTON, September 20,

The Presbytery of Wellington tonight passed a resolution as follows, regarding the Marriage Laws';—“That this Presbytery, having carefully considered the Marriage Bill now before Parliament, and being advised that the clauses introduced in the Legislative Council are doubtful in their effect, urges Parliament to preserve the right of every' church to hold and declare its religious doctrines, and at the same time adequately protect the rights of all persons who conform to the law of the land in respect to marriage.” CLABBY’S DISQUALIFICATION. WANGANUI, September 20. At a meeting of the Executive of the Wanganui Boxing Association this evening a letter was received from Jimmy Clabby, apologising for his failing to keep an engagement to fight Fritz Holland in Wanganui and asking, for a removal of his suspension 'for six months. The Executive declined the request on the grounds that all persons connected with boxing should fulfil their agreements and that it was in the interests of all boxers and all Boxing Associations that there should he a strict control of the sport irrespective of persons.