TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1921, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

lIV TEI.W.K.VPII —P ‘‘KKSS ASSOCIATION! SHOTGFN CHARGE IX THIGH. WAI HO A December 15. Details have reached here of a end i • ceident to a young lad. the son of Mr and Mrs A. G. Smith, of Wairoa. It appears that the lad was on a visit to the Wnikari district, and was out bv himself shouting hares or rabbits, lie got til rough a fence, and, pulling the gun through alter him, it explod'd. tlie charge entering one of his thighs. The lad was out all night, crawling wounded to the main road, when" lie was picked up and taken to the Napier hospital. Amputation was necessary. A NF.W DKViaOP.MENT. WELLINGTON, December 13. It is understood that the executive ul the Miners’ Federation which met in Wellington this week, agreed to tlu* miners who went mi strike returning to work, but a new development has occurred at certain miners in Otago. Information lias been received by the headquarters of the Federation that at least at one mine notice lias been posted to the effect that operations will not he renewed until January I. when men who desire to work may make personal application to the manager. This is interpreted as an indication that the owners will not deal with the miners OH bloc. The trouble at the Otago mines has now been placed in the hands of the Alliance of Labour, which it is understood is going to submit proposals for a settlement to the owners of the mines concerned. HEAVY NOR'-WESTER CHRISTCHURCH, Dec 17. A particularly fierce nor’-wester prevailed here to-day, and a. good deal of destruction was done amongst the trees orchards, gardens and fences. There was a big outbreak of fire on the Citv Council Reserve near New Brighton when 1 ”0.000 feet of fallen timber caught alight The fire spread, and destroyed a four-roomed cottage on the Reserve. At t. 30 p.m. tho Fire Brigade had the outbreak well under control and with the violent gale blow jug. it was fortunate it did not. spread further. SANATORIUM CHARGES. WELLINGTON. Dee. 17. The Friendly Societies’ Medical InMil ale me protesting strongly against. l|ic increased charges made at the Rotorua Sanatorium. So far as the Friendly Society patients are concerned it is intended to secure Dominion-wide co-operation in a protest against what are described in the latest unwarrantable increases. BOV KILLED. CIIRISTIICnFRCn, Gee 17. A little hoy named Edward Roy Cummings. aged four and a half years, fell from a tram at New Brighton, and his leg was smashed. He died later at the hospital. \Y ET.I.TXGTON REPORT. WF.I.ETXGTON. Dec. 17. From inquiries made a “Dominion!” reporter gather that the coal miners throughout New Zealand are quite procured to resume work but that the employers arc now dictating the terms oil which work shall ho resumed. The representative of the Miners’ Federation stated that the men at Christie’s mine at Green Island had gone hack to work, and the men at the Jubilee mine at Green Island had gone buck ca bloc, hut the manager had refused, and the men had stood out. This dispute has now’ been settled. A notice has been posted at Shag Point mine to the effect that the mine would he closed until January 4 > to :>l ‘ low of alteration to machinery, and that after that date the men would have to apply personally to the manager. Mr .T. Hughes, for employment. northern awards. AUCKLAND, Dee. 18. The Arbitration Court sat until nearly ten o’clock last night to lieai the Huntly, Rotnwaru and Pukemiro miners’ dispute. Evidence wsis hfiiu’d from «Jflrnc9 Bishop. General Manager for Tnnpiri Mines. Ltd., and E. S. White, Manager at Pukemiro, in support of the opening statements. Evidence was called for Wilsons and Hikurangi miners, who objected to the classification of shiftmen, which it was said, would lead to a good deal of trouble. The existing arrangement, it was said, had worked well. The Court reserved its decision,