TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1921, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

[HY TEL KG lIAI* FI »*Klt PRESS ASSOCIATION. H AIR Dll EKSER S’ A WARD. AUCKLAND, December 19. Mr Justice Frazer, in the Arbitration Court, has given his decision in the matter of the application of certain hairdressers for exemption from the closing clauses of the hairdressers' arvard. The Court was of opinion that the forcing of the closing hours on at least two occupieis would inflict undue hardship. Exemptin, therefore was granted in the ease of Lawrence Teirney, hairdresser, Avondale. on condition that he closed his shop at 1 o’clock on one afternoon in the week ; and also in the case of Alfred Robin, hairdresser of Tnkapuna, on condition he closed his shop on each Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock. There were a number of other applications for exemption, but the Court was not satisfied that there was undue hardship. Tn the eases of other applicants, they "ere carrying on business in the city and immediate suburbs, and any hardship suffered'by them was due to tin* inevitable temporary dislocation which follows any change, and which was shared in bv all persons engagen in the business. The Court was satisfied that the granting of exemption to the two applications above-named was necessary in order to enable them to retain their own local trade and would not bring them into competition on unfair terms with hairdressers in other parts of the city and suburban area.

DOST AND TELEGRAPH APPEAL WELLINGTON, December 19. The Post and Telegraph Board of Appeal beard appeals lodged by Messrs Wiiistanley, Rodger and Reielionbach against their dismissal as the result of the leakage of the contents of a cable gram sent to South Africa in connexion with the Springbok-Maori Rugby football match. The Chnirmnn of the Board was Mr Cotton SAT., and the other member were: Messrs .T. 1L Dali, representing the Department: R. B. Reynolds, and S. Bennett. The nppelants wore alleged to have been guilty of divulging the contents of the message among themselves, which was a breach of the regulations. The hearing of the evidence occupied the whole of Friday and Saturday. The Board was not yet given its decision. 11 VDRO-KLF.CTI? 1C ROWER. TICKAPo SCHEME. TIM ARC. Dee 19. A large meeting of town and country residents interested in the subject, discussed with Air liming the proposed harnessing of I he Teka(H> river lor elecrieity. Mr T. 1.. Mart, chairman of the Provisional Power Hoard Committee. ; resided. A letter from the Minister of Public Works to the chairman stated that sufli-,-ient power for South Canterbury’s [cods could he supplied from l ake Coleridge at n.s early a date, and as cheap a rate as from any alternative si urco. and when a bargain for a supply from the developed Waipori scheme w is completed. South Canterbury could tie supplied from two stations Lake Coleridge and Waipori. Some speakers argued that this could not he relied on.

\ resolution was carried that the Tekapo scheme lie approved, and immediate steps taken to carry it into effect.

The M;iyor of Tiniuru seconded mi amendment tlint a tvport liv n Government engineer he obtained, but this was lost. A committee of three was named to be joined by three from the Timnrti Borough Council to make the necessary enquiries. and then lay the scheme before the Minister. Mr lioving said that for low cost, per horse-power. Tekapo should come next to flora llora and Waipori. R UAHI VIS'S PASSENGERS. AVELTdNOTON, Dee lit. Of a total niunher of ."73 passengers irriving in Wellington bv the Ruahinc from I.ondon to-morrow meriting, 2IS are immigrants, made up ns follows: Over.-on settlement passengers llfi. nominated passengers Go, domestics 57. The total passenger list is made up as follows: Auckland—Saloon, 35 adults, 3 children: steerage. 103 adults, IP children. Xapier and Oishorne—Saloon. 15 aditls .and 1 children : steerage. 13 adults and 3 children. Wellington.- Saloon. 12 adults and 7 children; steerage. 15S adults and 31 children. Sottlh Island—Saloon, 24 adults and 1 child; steerage, 89 adults and 23 children. DRESS OF TO-OAT AUCKLAND, Occ. IP. The mode of dress adopted by some women nowadays was referred to in somewhat scathing terms at. St Patrick’s Cathedral yesterday by the Administrator. Ho said the grossly immodest manner in which so many Women in the city attired themselves brought the hlnsh of shame to the cheeks of any person of refined feelings. He strongly urged Roman Catholic mothers to see that their daughters dressed in a becoming manner. Tt appeared to him that the majority of the young women, and some elderly women, too. went to the greatest trouble possible to discover bow scantily they could clothe themselves, and thus lieenmc veritable “female scarecrows.” MR HENRY STEAD. WELLINGTON, Dee. 17. A wireless message from the Mnrama records the death of Mr Henry Stead, editor of “Stead’s Review,” whoi was returning from a lion lb trip to Ameriea, and the Press Congress at Honolulu. The body was buried at Papeete. Mrs Stead had arrived at Wellington to meet her husband. |Mr Henry Stead was managing director and editor of the “Review of Reviews” for Australasia. He was a son of the late Mr W. T. Stead, and was horn in 1875. at Darlington, England. For 15 years Mr Stead worked with his father, and travelled all over the world. Tie was responsible for Stead’s publishing bouse London, and was editor of many series of books issued hv it. With his fatliw-. he published during the Inst Peace Conference at, The Hague the "Oourrier de la Conference.”']