TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 November 1921, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

I lIV TKl.unitAl-II —l’Ell t’KESS ASSOCIATION. EVADING TILE CUSTOMS. A FINE OF £IOO. AUCKLAND, Nov. 25. ! Rudolph Friedlnndor was fined £IOO at the Police Court, on » charge that h ( , made an erroneous declaration to the Customs in respect of now carpets. Defendant's counsel pleaded guilty staling his client acted very foolishly. Tlq. Collector of Customs stated defendant on returning from England had his luggage passed. Then a bale of goods arrived, transhipped from Melbourne. Friedlander declared he was quite sure tlulre were no new goods in the hale, that they wore carpets in his possession for two or three years and worth under £IOO. AVlien his attention was called to the names on the carpets, lie said they were the names of the cleaner in London. If® was refused delivery of the carpets. Next day he* admitted he had made a mistake and the carpets were valued at £l2O. The Magistrate imposed a. penalty of £10!) and declined to'consider a request for remission, saving tho defendant. was a well-to-do mail. Ibe carpets were forfeited.

FIXED FOR ASSAULT. WELLINGTON, Nov. 27

Unusual features are connected with a charge of assault brought before the Magistrate’s Court, to-day, on the information of .1. 11. Seymour, against ( . I-'. Marsh Roberts, who is deserihed as a tutor. Marsh Roberts, who was not represented hv counsel, pleaded guilty. In outlining the ease, counsel for enmplainailt said that the complainant was a law clerk. Prior to taking up the law, he was employed a> an organise,■ for the Workers’ Educational Association at Wellington. When he resigned, the position was filled by defendant. who had a conversation with complainant about the duties. Dining the conversation, it transpired that Marsh Roberts held “Bolshevik”

Defendant had revealed himsell. said counsel, lie said he had met Lenin in Switzerland, and that he thoroughly approved ol his principles. ||e had further staled that Bolshevism! was evidently an attitude of the mind, iim l had nothing const t native about it. Since then the defendant had proved, In- his actions, that Bolshevism was not merely his attitude of muni, but his altitude of lists as well. The com,damant then took steps to inlorm the authorities. The defendant later went to | l-istin-'s, and there, H was stateil, sin,.deed a number of men prominent in public life. Then In- wen! to I ahn-,.,-stun North m eonnei-i nm wita Ii" \y ].- \ ami there, counsel alleged, h" led .hindered Ihe Borough <'eum-d. wln.-b bail I,4. dialed b\ 'idling out O'

‘fi'-M.ly to the \voii:in,.M Al'tci an inquiry bad been held » the Victoria College Council, "ar-a Pohcrts was dismissed. He then came Wellmgtou, and meeting Seymour Hie street, and thinking that gentleman responsible for bis dismissal V |..,,1 assaulted him. Deleiid.mt, eonnsel, had com to New Zealand as an English clergyman, but he 1 not take up any clerical duties here Marsh Roberts said that he udimtle ' havin'' lost his temper under “grate provocation.” and he had struck complainant. , The Magistrate imposed a bin- o Ills and costs.

MOTOR FA I ALI l A . WELLINGTON. Al Tawa Flat, a '"2 ,ll lv ' n “’i‘.'id.", "eatne upon a motor hut" '’ Um'd person <« w„s badly injured. l'W™\ n ‘ pocket bear the name ~f ‘George H a Uicrins.” and among them me si man’s discharges. Deceased comes fiami Hull. Ktiglmid.

MINE OWNERS REPLYWELLINGTON Nov. 2(5. Mr T O Bishop representing the mine owners makes tin- following statement in reply to Mr O'Rourke: lhMiners Federation, Mr O'Rourke’s organisation first causes the men to ignore the proceedings and then wails that the Court did not consider them, i >nc union appeared, aqd gained by SO doing. In fact I’ll nil cases the Court considered the men’s interests and did nut Like nnv statements for granted. That wages were reduced to the 1914 basis is a wicked untruth. All rales remain .-,(1 ..nil dll per cent higher than the 1014 minimum. The wages ol Us that is provided by the National agreement, (rockers have always been paid on a sliding scale according to the wage.

\ sure ami plea sunt specific for removing Worms is WADE’S WORM FIGS. .. ],allies! See our display nl smart millinery. .veils and veilings on view for three days only in our window, and afterwards in showroom. Addisons.- - Advl.