TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 September 1921, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[BV TELEC.IUI'II —I*ER PRESS ASSOCIATION] REIM.Y TO McCULLOUGII’S CHARGE. WELLINGTON. Sept. 12 A statement in reply to the charges made by Mr McCullough (employees assessor on the Arbitration Court) upon his resignation Irom that holly, has ‘been prepared fur the Minister of Labour by the President of the Court (Justice Fraser) with the com u i rcnce of employers assessor i\\ , Kcolt). His Honor .slates emphatically l ln-rc was no breach of any "genii melt's agreement" arrived at by three members ol the Court, lie rclerx lo Mr Mot ulloiigh's resignation as having arisen out of a misunderstanding. The stabilisation pronoiincolileni. Ins Honor says. wa> intended to ho as far as possible ol general application and lo remain unaltered unless iho general financial industrial situation became such as reconsideration "as necessary irom a Dominion standpoint. but it was recognised that (irciimsiaiici's might juslily the Court in treating certain applications as special cases. We desire lo refill,* omphalically ihe suggestion mn( there was ail agreement wri'icti or unwritten, that members of the Court would prejudice any and every application for neatly twelve months ahead, thereby reducing Ibe function' of the Court for that period to the level ol an empty I’ll roc.. SFPRREMF. COURT. M AKTKRTON. Sept. 12 Al the Supreme Court. Roy Bnlotip was .sentenced to eighteen months and Rov Wihnhurst u> six months, for cattle stealing: AYilmhurst also to undergo roformaiivo Irentmoiit for a term not excee I a • year. AN AIR JOURNEY. BLENHEIM. Sept. 12. Aero I 111. with a Lo Rhone engine, on tile maiden trip loti Sorkbum areodromo at 7.2. this morning will] pilot Captain Douglas Gray, nu'ehaiiie. J. E. Cruse, and observer 11. .1. Wilson, arrived at Blenheim aerodrome at I<•. !>- They left for Wellington after hah an hour's stay. It was a good trip with ideal weather conditions and wa- uneven' fill. The a vt-rage alt i: mb’ attained wa s 5t It I!) Icol. The coil siinipt ion m petrol was extrcincly low, only ton gallons. A slop was made al Elms. Kaikotira. for liroaklast and file! 'Upply.

UREY LYNN I N(,)U I'.KT. WELLINGTON. Kept. 12. The inquest on Francis hdwnid .lew, found murdered al (Lev l.yiin <m July 1 7 1 1 1 . was resumed licforc Mr -McKean, K.M. There arc over 50 witnesses mid ii is expend'd the inquiry "ill last three days, .lew attended a football match on the Saturday a! icrnonii and was scon on Saturday (‘Veiling ill the vicinity where (he dead body was found.' lull Ids rumen alter eight o'i lock arc 'till sliroiido I m mystery. Mr Meredith represented the polii e and Mr I’rcnderga.st v..alch.'-I the pineeeding' oil I ehall el Thome - M( M d SOLICITOR'S DEATH. A ( OKI.AND. K.'i'P .Mhor 0 Tile ad|«mrii"d iuquesi into the meumstaiico.s siirroimding tl"' d"alh ol A K Skelton, solicitor, whose body was found in the harbour oil' the beach at Davenport oil September 2, was held at the Magistrate's Court bcloro Mr l’oyuton. S.M.. Coroner. Florence Skelton, widow of deceased, stated that he had had three or four j nervous breakdowns (hiring their inar- . ril'd life. He had been worried on the day of his disappenamAugust lit and she m.tiie.l that he wa- strange in his manner. That morning he came home irom the office, a must unusual 'tiling to do. tiisi telephoning to ask her not to go out. lie complained of his health, and in reply to her soul it. meant an operation and that his edn'<l iti(in was hopeless, lie also said In' I hail lost his grip of hel' work, and ! could not follow his cases ill Court, 'and that there was only one thing to end ii all. During the rest of the day i she pleaded with him to face it out fut I the sake of the children. By II p.m. he appeared to he more reasonable, and 1 witness tried to persuade him Lo go to bed. ||e refused to (lo that, but said 'they would lie down for a while. Witness dropped off to sleep, and when slm invoke her husband had gone. Ho had never before suggested ending los life. Five years ago. when ho had a nervous breakdown, the doctors said it was his brain. j Edward ('ninplnll. chid bail'll at 'the Mngisl i lie's Court, said In- had known do'' ast'd ahold lilte.'ii or sixteen years and had had frequent business transactions with him. Deceased called in at witness's room at the Court a day or two prior to his disappearance anil asked him if lit- ever got pains in lie 1 head. Witness replied in tie' negative, whereupon deceased slid, ‘'ll ever you do the easiest, way to get rid of them is very simple.'' Witness told him • ' „„t lo he silly. Deceased laughed anil j i left tin* room. I I Frederick Baxter, journalist, deposed j j that lie was a neighbour of deceased | ! whom lie had known iutimiiMy. " lt_ i I ness had never known a happier family. | | Warwick St. G. Wilson. partner in, J deceased's late linn, stated that "hen he last saw Mr Skelton, on tile morn- j ing of August I'd. he appeared quite mirmal. Deceased had no worries outside of his work. He had been working tremendously lmiil oi late, and witness had several times warned him 'hat he would kill himself. Deceased had no iinanrhtl worri, s and luul hit his family provided for. lie suffered Irom severe headaches sum,'limes, and had had seven ral breakdowns due. according to the doctors solely to overwork. He had la-cii insiipt'd for Cl 000 since .lunc. 11)11). The Coroner brought in a verdict to . tiic clfi'ct that deceased committed • suicide by drowning while in a state of temporary insanity, i ' . ' ,]. 11. COCK OF NELSON. j NKLsO.V. September It), j Obituary in England Joseph Henry Cock, managing director of .1. 11. Cock 1 and Co.v, Nelson, Wanganui and New j I'lymouth. He was managing director i of the Anchor Shipping Foundry Co.v, r' one of the founders of Nelson school ol s music and a leading citizen for many ;1 ' years, lie gave two thousand to tins B('turned Soldiers Club and was a gonf crons giver to worthy objects. iiicludr ing Lite assisting of promising musical - pupils abroad. I A FATAL ENDING. HAMILTON, Sept, 13. , I Edward Ooofloy, aged 28, who shot ■ himself at Teorc last week, died at ; Waikato Hospital yesterday.