TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 February 1922, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

lav xklku i: aan i’i;u rm.ss iSsori v.io.v 1 escape erom weraroa. PALMERSTON NORTH, Feb. 20. Some interest attaches to the weokond adventures of two escapees from Weraroa training farm. Reuben Curtis Warnoek, 10, and Norman Paul Nesb*t 18, absconded on Friday evening making northwards. Each in turn, representing that he was a nephew ,of a well-known local doctor, obtained clothing on credit at several stores. On Sunday coning, during church service they mounted two bicycles out-, side a church and rode to Feiiding and on Monday morning, claiming relationship with a local butcher, obtained complete outfits of the value of aobut £ls. They next entered a dwelling securing jewellery and money This morning they decided to return to Palmerston North. They hired a taxi hint Detective-Sergeant Qitirke, w'aa waiting in the square, and when tho taxi with the two young occupants came in view, he made a third passenger and drove to the police station where full confessions were obtained.

BAND CONTESTS. NEW RULES ADOPTED. WELLINGTON, February 18. In connection with the brass band contest a considerable amount of unfavourable comment was beard among bandsmen over the presence in Hie Wellington AVatersiders’ Band of several brilliant soloists who, it was alleged, bad been brought quite recently from Australia. This band, howeer, had complied with the letter of the rules, which provide that members must have been playing in combination two months prior to the

competition. The position was discussed at the annual meeting of the North Island ■Brass -'Hand Association, when new rules were adopted providing that “no bandsman can be a member of a contesting band iwiles* be has been a bona fi.de resident of New Zealand for six months prior to the competition,” while bands from outside New Zealand must supply a declaration that all players have been bona fide members for three months prior to the competition. Three military experts were appointed to revise the Quickstep Competition rules, with the object of providing a more effective and test and an improvement in spectacular effort.

REVOLTINB CRUELTY

TAUMAR-UNUI, February 18. At the Magistrate’s Court to-day Frederick Hosebeck was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment for cruelty to a cow. Accused attached a chain apd a 121 b hammer to the cow’s horns and slowed it to graze. One of the cow’s eyes was blinded and the stump of one horn torn away, while the chain wore, into the head till several links were buried in the flesh. Witnesses described the case as one of revolting cruelty. BREACH OF PROMISE. CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 21. At the Supreme Court Elvira Violet Elizabeth Meaclm was awarded £SO damages for breach of promise against George Richard Taylor, a motor mechanic in the Postal Department. The parties became engaged on January 13th last, and on January 17th defendant repudiated the contract in consequence of allegation? concerning

plaintiff contained in an anonymous letter received by him.

A METHODISi BISHOP

AUCKLAND, Feb. 20

“I’m told that I am the first Methodist bishop to visit New Zealand. If that ia true I am very pleased to ha ve tho honour,” remarked Bishop Charles Edward Locke, of tho Methodist Episcopal Church, Manllo, Philippine Islands, as he was greeted by a “Star” representative on board the Niagara this morning. A purposeful, but genial gentleman, quietly clad in clerical grey, and without the habilments by which b'ishops ar e usually conspicuous, Bishop Locke was as frankly interested in New Zealand as Methodists of the Dominion are in him, coming as lie does to contribute eclat to/ the Methodist centennial about to be celebrated in Auckland. H,e comes, as lie explained, from the American branch of Methodism, having spent over thirty years as a pastor in city churches of the United States.

Ho and Mrs Locke left Manila on the present trip on January 21st, he said, and had had a most enjoyable time in Australia, visiting Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. They were deeply interested in New Zealand on account of what they had lead and heard of the Dominion’s social ideas and legislation, and they anticipated both pleasure and profit from a personal duty of the conditions of life here, and of th e effect of female suffrage on the social legislation of the country.

PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY

AUCKLAND, Feb. 20.

The annual conference of th© Pharmaceutical Society was opened to-night, the Mayor welcoming the delegates. The president (Mr Carson) said the principal subjects on the agenda paper were education, organisation, poisons, and the Pharmacy Act in its legal and commercial aspects. Regarding the School of Pharmacy, he hoped, as only one could be established, that it would be recognised that Wellington was the place for it.

SUPREME COURT

NEW PLYMOUTH, Fob. 20

In the Supreme Court to-day, Ernest Edward Clarke, a well-known local resident, was found guilty of having committed an,' unnatural offence against a hoy 12 years of age. Mr Justice Chapman imposed a sentence of ten years’ imprisonment, with hard labour. NAPIER, Feb. 20. At the Police Court to-day Thomas Redshaw, lately secretary of the Hawke’s Bay District Foresters’ Lodge, was committed for trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court on a charge of misappropriating vartous sums totalling £97 7s 3d, the property of the institution. The evidence showee that the accused made restitution to the extent of £64 13s lOd. POLITICAL RIGHTS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.

WELLINGTON, Feb. 20. Commenting on a. paragraph in this morning’s “New Zealand Times” that at a meeting of the Thorndon Brandi of the A.S.R.S. regret was expressed

hat Mr Massey had not given effect to liei promise made by him in Parlian.ent in 1920 regarding full civil and jolitcal rights for State employees, the ’rime Minister said the paragraph was

not quite candid. “It referred to a promise given in the House the session before last that I would introduce such a measure,” he said. “A Bill was introduced and placed before the House and agreed to. It was, however, thrown out by the Legislative Council. A clause was again ready for introduction during the recent session* in the form of a short Bill but along with several other matters was Hold back in order to make room for more urgent business. There is no reason why it should not be introduced next session. My recollec-

tion is that there are already some fifty-two railwayman who are members of local bodies such as borough councils, town boards, etc., and to this no objection lias been taken. As a, matter of fact in my capacity as Minister of Railways f gave permission to railway servants to become candidates for Parliament.”

THE NEW PARTY

WELLINGTON, February 21. Speaking at a meeting at Petone tonight. Mr T. M. Wilford (Header of the Opposition Party) said : “Mr Massey's party and Mr Holland’s Party, in our opinions, represent ‘extremes’. The new Party stands for all classes and not for any particular class. It wishes citizen peace and not class war. It stands for the welfare of the whole people and not of any class of them. The party wishes to attach to it all men and women of moderate opinion. We believe that the majority of the workers of this country are loyal ( *itizens. Toryism stands for the existing division of the classes and the ‘keep-us-in-yoiir-proper-station’ attitude of mind. Liberalism embraces all classes; recognises no classes, and is an inclusive creed, while the others are exclusive. While Toryism desires to keep, and small section of Labour to take, Liberalism desires to maintain the balance. We stand for ‘all” the people—not ‘some’ of the people. We believe that no class, either great or small, rich or poor, should dictate a policy or dominate New Zealand’s fortune. The Tory extremists and the Labour extremists are a pestilence to society. The Labour extremist who wants direct action, or the Tory extremist who in a strike, .says: “This is a chance to smash heads.’, are outside our Party. We believe in arbitration and bold that what is best in Labour iB just liberalism, and what is sound in Labour is the ’ application of Liberal principles.”