TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 December 1921, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

! lIV TELKfIItAIUr —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION j CHEESE FACTORY BURNT. FOXTOX, Dec. 22 Orona Downs cheese factory was destroyed by lire, the cause Doing unknown. Cheese valued at 92210 sterling was burned. Insurance L'otiOO. The loss above insurance is heavy. A temporary creamery is being erected to deal with tlie milk supplies. SO LICTTO R SENTF.NCEI). AUCKLAND, Dee. 22 Arthur Cracknel], solicitor, charged with large misappropriation of trust money was sentenced to three ycais imprisonment. Justice stringer said there could ho no doubt that Cracknel I bad been systematically defrauding clients. Tho only mitigating circumstances was that ho was "under the influence of a man of more powerful character than his own, and did not have the moral courage to make a, stand. He could not overlook that fact. A ROUGH TRIP. AUCKLAND, December 22. The Steamer Rimu, on the voyage from Onehuuga to Kawliia, after crossing Alaimkaii bar encountered terrific seas, which submerged her repeatedly. The deck cargo was washed away andconsiderable damage done in the for ward bold. AVlicn she reached Kawliia there was four feet of water in the hold. Temporary repairs were effected there and the vessel returned to Ona huilga last night. HOSPITAL BOARD PROTEST. ■WELLINGTON, Dee. 21. Tho Hospital Board strongly resents the proposed alteration refusing to allow Boards to appoint doctors, matrons and other officers, without the apprma] of the Minister. Chairman Castle denounced it as a, reactionary proceeding which would bring about a reversion to centralise the bureaucratic form of control, abandoned by Parliament years am) on account of the unsatisfactory results, and urged members to support bis opposition. Members were unanimously with him and considered the Board would he reduced to mere scul lions responsible for kitchen arrangements and nothing else. As the Chairman quit it-, tlie Boards were in eftcet being told they could not be trusted. All HIT RAT lOX COURT. AUCKLAND. Dee. 22. The Arbitration Court award in tlie Auckland Coal miners dispute lias been given in a memorandum. The. Court states that in preparing the award it had endeavoured to adhere to the spirit of the general conditions of the national agreement of 1920. ill so far as they applied to northern Industrial District. The rates of pay had been fixed as nearly as possible on the basis of 1911 rates, plus fifty per c cnt to piece workers and sixty per cent to time workers. This was the intention of the national agreement. The increases provided for in the national agreement appeared to have been based on food prices, current in January, 1920, whenltlio increase over the prices current in January, 1920. when the increase over the prices in July 1911, was 57.0 per cent. Provision is made in the award for referring the disputes which cannot he settled by Union Executive and management of a mine, to tho district Disputes Committee and work be continued in all respects pending a decision of the. Committee. Tho adoption of the go-slow policy or holding of stopwork meetings without permission of the manager at any mine, will be regarded as a breach of the award. All participants in such breach will be liable to dismissal, in addition to any other penalties to which they may be liable.