TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1920, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association.) mm AUCKLAND, Dec. 13. It now qppeqrs clear Granville .committed suicide. That ho got into bed, tied one end of a piece of cotton to the trigg?r. of. a double barrelled gun and the 'fitter end to Ids right foot, the (pinnae of the gun resting in his month, t,\hei\ (ho trigger was pulled. It is now sjtate.tl that Granville was married, his wife ypdding at Nelson. Thorn worked for' (jjfnnvillc after lpqviug Eyre’s farm jix \yepks before the murder occurred. (Fo was an important witness at Thorn s trial pu the question as to identity of pile of .liis horses. Granville left a letter addressed to his solicitor. Financial difficulties are said to ho the cause pf his suicide. He had also been drinking heavily. « Mr Singer (Counsel for Thorn) brought tile fact of Granville’s suicide under the notice of the Executive, which meets here to-day to consider the sentence passed on Thorn. FIRE BLIGHT® AUCKLAND, December 10. 5 The fire blight disease continues to make its appearnce in orchards in different parts of the Auckland province and since the outbreak of the disease many valuable trees have been sacrificed by the orchardists. Mr W- T. Goodwiri, officer in charge of the blight-affected area, returned to Auckland today after visiting Tauranga, Paeroa, Tuakau, and Te Aroha. In ’the course of an interview he stated that commercial fruit growers at Tau-i-anga had decided to foot out all blightinfected pear trees in their orchards, as they realised there was practically no prospect of saving them. The spread of thp blight in this district this year was wqrse than it was last year. The infeetjon was very bad in some of the orchards at Paeroa. At Tuakau the disease was practically confined to hawthorn hedges. iAn outbreak was rc- - ported at Eiverhead, and new cases had been located at Henderson.

OUTRAGE AT ARTHUR’S PASS. POLICE HUT BLOWN UP. CHRISTCHURCH, Dee 13. A stick of gelignite was detonated against the one-roomed hut of Constable MclCny at Arthur’s Pass on Thursday night. The constablo was absent at the time at Dnrfield. ,Thc door of the hut was blown in, and the walls were slightly damaged. No reason is advanced for the outrage. PUKEKAWA MURDER. THORN TO PAY THE PENALTY. -- AUCKLAND, Dec I*3. The Executive Council decided this afternoon that there was no reason to interfere with the sentence of death passed on Samuel John Thorn on Dec 3rd for the murder of Sydney Seymour Eyro ,nt Pukokawa on August 24th. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.' HANNAN FORFEITS THROUGH • ILLNESS. BLENHEIM, Dec 13. Next Saturday’s race for the sculling championship of New Zealand, arranged between Hannan (the holder), of Blenheim, and Fog well (of Sydney) has been abandoned. Hannan has been ordered to give up training for at least two months, owing to the recrudescence of an old injury to his knee. Ha Jinan has had to forfeit his deposit. Tlio title reverts to Fogwell. A FIRE. WELLINGTON, Dec. 13. A fire oceured this evening in premises on Lambton Quay, owned by Gilmer and McGuire, and occupied by S. Dromgool, gentlemans outfitter. The building was seriously damaged. A great portion of the stock was destroyed. The contents were .insured.for two thousand pounds in the South British Office. The building was insured in the Atlas Office, but the amount was not ascertained to-night.

GOVERNOR’S A’ACHT. AUCKLAND, Dec 12.

The Governor-General’s yacht “Iron Dulse” was launched to-day and Lord Jellicoe took her for a trial spin. The vessel is in the 14-foot class, and will compete in local races with Lord -Tellir coe at the helm. GALLIPOLI MEMORIALS. WELLINGTON, Dec 13. =

The Minister for Defence lias been informed that an Anzac Memorial is to ho erected at Lone Pine, where one »l tlie bitterest fields of Gallipoli took place. All the bodies on Gallipoli have now been gathered into twenty-four cemetries. Tlie erection- of the mpinerial and of headstones in Galilpoli cemeteries is to he started ill the Spring of next year. Preliminary rpad construction is at present in hand

arbitration court. ! WELLINGTON, Dec. Ift. Judge Stringer stated that owing to tlie unfortunate misuiidertanding, the bonuses granted to workers for the periods ended Soptembre Ist, 1919, and March,' 1920, were based on calculations made by the Acting-Government Statistician on the basis of the monthly index figures, of as intended by tlie Court, theSmoving average index figures. The further bonus was arrived at qpt the same erroneous basis. 'Die correct bonus for last period was Bs, but since the total bonus over the whole period should have lipen los and 10s per week was. already being paid, the proper amount for last period was its. The Co lift regretted there had not l>een some system of co-operation between the '.Arbitration Court with fixed wages and tlie Board of Trade witli fixed prices, and had the gravest doubt as to whether the Court was justified in granting any further increase; but taking into consideration' the fact that from Ist. January to 31st. Oetolver the workers were receiving 2s per week in excess of the correct am ount, fair and reasonable, the overpayment would be adjusted by making tlie bonus for the current six months 3s, which was, in the Court’s opinion, as great as was warranted. , Judgment was given by the Presi- ’ dent alone, Mr Scott holding that no bonus should be granted and Mr Mci Cullough os at least.