TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1922, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

[BY TELfeGRAI*H —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION

A CANDIDATE

HASTINGS, June 12. A meeting of Maoris at Omohu selected Chief Taranaki Te Urn to oppose Ngata for the Eastern Maori seat at the approaching elect ions.

FREEZING WORKERS ON STRIKE. CHRISTCHURCH, June 12 The threatened trouble among the freezing Works employees was brought to a head to-day at a majority of the works adjacent to Christchurch, by tin men ceasing work. Slaughtermen, however, at both the Canterbury’ Freezing Company’s Works at Kaiapoi are still working. The action of the workers, it is stated, will disjmso the employers to consider the advisability of closing, down the works for this season. This will materially affect the problem of unemployment' in the City. In the ordinary course, the season would ho finished about the middle of June, but there was a prospect of the closing of the works being later than usual. A statement to the effect that Lbe Union has no official connection with the strike was made hy Mr Ellis, Secretary of the Canterbury Freezing A) or bland Related Trades Unions. .Mr Ellis said that the discontent lias b'.on brewing for some time among the men. owing to the cut in bonus, and in the present instance,' the men had taken action entirely on their own. Indeed, lie did not know until 11 o’clock this morning that operations were not proceeding at certain works. Mr Ellis was informed that it had been suggested the strike had been engineered bv a section of the workets from Australia. “1 give that a straightout denial,” said Mr Ellis. “There is no truth in that.”

BURGLARY CHARGES. TEAWA.M UTU, June 12. Thomas McMahon and Leslie .T. Ahern were arrested to-day on charges of breaking and entering the premises • f Armstrong drapers'), and the Waipa Supply Company’s store on Saturday night, when cash and material were stolen. The goods have been leeovered. it is likely the ease will lend to a series of other charges of a similar nature.

LAUNCHES ROBBED. AUCKLAND, June 12

Extensive thefts from launches in the harbour were admitted at the Police Court to-dav hy Frank Battram Tnkster. 27 years of age. Evidence showed that goods valued at £3-> were token from one launch, other worth £l2l from another, and £5 from a scow, and that a dinghy and oars were sentence, hail being refused. Accused was also charged with being in possession of an .unregistered revolver. This belonged to atiotlici youth, aged 17, who was fined £lO A third youth admitted assisting in tlie wrongful conversion of the dinghy. The Magistrate said the lad had l>een led away hy Inkster, and ordered him to conic up for sentence in twelve months.

TAX ON AIUNTCIPAUTTES. WELLINGTON, June 12

Among the matters being dealt with liv the. Taxation Committee is the question of whether a municipal undertaking should be liable for taxing purposes. The Municipal Association of New Zealand, in opposing the imposition of such taxation, lias written to the Committee, pointing out that the question of municipal taxation was carefully gone into in the session of 1919, when it was agree,] that municipal income (other than income received in trust) should he exempted, as the local authorities carry on their undertakings for tlie benefit of the ratepayers and inhabitants of their districts, and not for the purpose of private profit. It was urged that the present immunity from taxation should he fully conserved

nE A TIT FRO AI A N TIIR AX. CHRISTCHURCH. Juno 12. “Mv advice to anyone who has a Japanese shaving brush, is burn it.” said Hr Telford, District Health Officer to-day. Tll discussing the recent death in the Christchurch Hospital from anthrax, he stated that bacteriological examination of Japanese shaving brushes used hy- the anthrax patient would not t>o completed for one nr two days, hut ho was hoping it would prove to he the source of infection. The two guinea pigs into which cultures from the patient were injected have died, thus establishing the fact that anthrax was the cause of death. The other examination is proceeding. No imported hides have been dealt- with since Afay, 1921, according to Dr Telford. He stated that he did not think that, the infection was caused hy the hides during tin, man’s employment, hut all possible sources of infection are investigated. Tlie importation of Japanese shaving brushes, Dr Telford stated, was not. prohibited in New Zealand, but they had now to he accompanied by a certificate that they' were sterilised. The same applied to Japanese tooth brushes, but lie was afraid of the brushes that had been imported before the new regulation was enforced. The spores of the disease would remain alive for any length of time under ordinary conditions. FARMERS REBUKED. INVERCARGILL, June 12

Justice Frazer administered a sharp rebuke in the Arbitration Court to-day to tlie farmers, who hail written to the Court in improper terms in an objection to being brought under the Threshing Mill Hands Award. Several such letters were read out by the Judge, who said that it must he understood that the Court was a Supreme Court, and must he treated with the same degree of respect ns the Supreme Court

AW Aim FOR THRESHING. INVERCARGILL, Juno 12 Tlio Arbitration Court sat at Invercargill to-day to consider an application by four parties of threshing mill bands for an award for Southland. The application was opposed on behalf of a largo number of farmers. Judge Frazer said he could not see how the Court could refuse to join the Southland farmers to the award, which was made for Otago and Southland. However, the Court, would consider the matter further,