TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1921, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

:uv Tl'U.nOttAlMl I*lilt l-lIKSS ASSOCIATIO.NI .IUYENTbE CRIME. CHRISTCHURCH, Oet. 22, Six hoys of various ages came before the Juvenile Court to-day on charges involving dishonesty. [n admitting them to piuhition Ml McCarthy S.M. said: “When outcomes to look at tin- number of juvenile eases that are d-alt with, though there are bound to b<- some in a city like Christchurch, one is templed to look for a cause. I really think the ('oniinoti danse itf the Iron'-h* is •' lack of home training. The • avents of Ihcise ly:ys .'lie ,-es; —t ilde. but if do'un’t sec in to me that boys and [. Lts are I ring pro' e.idy trained to respect th-ir parents, and also those in authority. What leads tll-m to break the law in this way i> a lack of iimper control.

AEROI’L ANE DVM AGED. PAHIATU A Oct. IS. A dispute arose to-day eoneerning tic stokehold complement on the forrv steamer Mararoa,. Articles were f" have been renewed this morning hut until the disout" was adjusted the men declined to sign oil. Arcording to Mr \\* T. Young, secretary of the Seamen's Federation, one mulion of tinarticles provides for three greasers, ton firemen and six trimmers. In another part it was stated that- the complement provided for nine liiniien only. The federation asked tint nine hr mad" ten. and the company deebned t' nice,le to the request. Mr Noting state Hint the tenth fireman usually acts as storeman and the company now desire to [,!■,, him out of the sflip. A minor dispute concerns men who signed on m Hu- Mararoa at Auckland wlnl" the vessel was in .luekhiml-Gisho.nie-Nn-„ier run. According to Mr Young tlm eemnanv contends that those men who jg„ fresh article, in Wellington lose their right of fresh passage hack to Auckland. This, he says, is not m aecnnlancc with the spirit of the agreement between the federation and tie-

coinpn nv. Tim Union Cnmpanv insisted that ,be vessel had carried one man over (he M-.pibilion scale who was dispensed with. The crew eventually signed on. MAORI'? DEATH. AYHAKATANE. Oct. 25. About 2 p.rn. yesterday a Maori named Termeiie. aged 1G was fo’Uld slmt dose to Waimarn township. Ho went out after lunch and some time after a gun report was heard in the , vieinit.v of a house. Investigation : found 'the body on the pathway leadin, v t „ i!,e house ami llm still smoking 'gun alongside. The occurred on a farm belonging t" a native.