TELEGRAMS

Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1922, Page 4

TELEGRAMS

BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS.ASSN., COPYRIGHT. . .JOGKEYS . ASSOCIATION APPEAL DISMISSED. .AUCjIvLANO, May Justice Herdimiii gave judgment in the appeal of the N.Z. Jockeys’ Association, on the decision of the Stipendiary Magistrate, in reference to outstanding fees due in accordance with the five per cent contribution of earnings rule, which was repudiated on the ground that the jockey as a minor, was not liable. Thirty per cent of jockeys are minors. Justice • Herdinaii said, the respondent being an infant could he compelled to pay his subscription only on the ground that membership was a necessary,. within..the meaning assigned to that word by decided eases. He concluded each, case must he dealt with separately. He held that the Magistrate’s judgment was correct and dismissed the appeal with seven guineas cost s. DENTISTS CONFER. NELSON. May 8. The fifteenth annual New Zealand Dental Association Conference opened this morning. About fifty delegates were present. They were welcomed by the Mayor. The Conference is expected to last until Wdncsday. SHIP’S QEEPCERS’ v^yAG,ES. WELLING TON, ' May 8. . A dispute has been ,filed by the Lnion Company against . tlie,-Morcli aut Service Guild before tide Conciliation .Commissioner to-da.v., '1 lie,Company is seeking a reduction of 20 per cent in wages of ships’ officers. The Guild asks that the present scale he continued. Captain MncTndoe said counterclaims'ha<T teen framed as the Guild had in mind the making of a Dominion award. R.S.A. AUCKLAND, .May 8.

i The Provincial R.S.A. earned unanimously a resolution supporting the proposal that fifty thousand on loan from the canteen funds he allocated to provide work for unemployed New Zealand returned soldiers. They also approved of a remit strongly opposing the proposal -to hand over’canteen funds to the War Funds Council, and resolved to advocate that in future funds derived from Poppy Day, be vested in Lhe local committee, and expended on useful work in the district; also to re r ininti the premier of his promise to induce Cabinet to subsidise money coiIcotod. The piotest by the Mothers .Union against selling poppies made in Fra live v.ns unfavourably conimenled on it being pointed out that were it not tor lhe sentimental value ntlnelied .the poppies, they would not give the sanie results. ; CUIIHCJI AND WOMEN. AUOKL’A.YT), Mav S. At the meeting of the General Synod Ic-ihly tin* Piimnfe moved that whereas it was icsolved by lhe Lambeth Conferene ‘ that women shoiil ! he admitted to those eoniicils of the Church to which laymen are admitted and on equal terms, the Synod ainnid the title by the Canons to Primate, that the terms layn cm, vestrymen, Synod’s man parishioner and man, shall include -persons of cither sex. Bishop Julius traced the history of the fight for women’s rights in Church affairs and f lid it, was. time ,the. whole matter was set I led one.' for all. It was no good hen'ing about the hush or reaching ihe gpnl .by iniperreptable <1 goes. They might inst as well go the whole length of tiki advice given by Lambeth and syl.-le.lhe matter of one*'., .bishop Avcrill seconded. Mr i1.,.D. Andrews (Christchurch) feared that the hill if passed, would have a .deterrent effect on men joining the councils of the Church and that it might give the clergy undue .influence , in the counsels of Church, because wis men were ,iuore subject, fo tl,;e k ,jVlilnoncc of clergymen, than iinin were. The hill was passed on the voices, went through all stages and was finally passed. A SERIOUS FALL. F. 11. GLASGOW INJURED. CHRISTCHURCH. .May 8. A member of a well-known Nelson family, .Mr F. 8.. Glasgow, manager ol the Rank of .Australia at , Rangioru, (and son-in-law of Mrs J. C. Msilfrov of Hokitika), met with a severe accident about 10 n.nL yesterday, through falling from a windmill, with the 'result' that lie suffered a. broken thigh ami a fracture at the base of the, skull. ' u " ' Glasgow went up to adjust the wind-, mill, and when coming down ho note*-' ed »■ cluster of birds’ nests under the pin.lfurm. He was reaching out toelcar them away, when a. strut of the frame gave way, and.lie,fell a distnneoj of flp feet, fie struck a wire clothes’! line which 1..,kc the fall to some extent. He was attended by Dr Will, of Rnngiora, and Dr Foster, of Christchurch, and remny-Ofl to a private ihospituf in Rangiora, where lie was in a very critical condition early this morning.