TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 June 1922, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

BY TELEQIIAI'H —PER PKESS ASSOCIATION^ AWARDJED £l5O. HAMILTON, June 19 At the Supreme Court J’llsio Siever mil iinotlicr, who claimed £2,000 from 121 lis mu] IJurnatkl, sawntillers, for Infringe allegedly done to their, property by a fire caused by sparks from ihe defendant’s engine were awarded £IOO KAR T> I<l lj AKK SHOCKS. ROTOR LA, June 19. Reports have been received of a series of shocks at Wairakci, Taupe and Oiuauui, last night, exceeding any previously. Owing to telephonic disarrangement official details are not to hand. It is stated a great number ot shocks were experienced. WELLINGTON, June 19 According to telegrams received b.v the Minister of Internal Affairs, earthquakes in the thermal regions continue. The people of Wairaki arc very nervous and are waiting word from Wellington as to whether to leave the district. The latest quakes were the worst experienced. The centre was between Wairaki and Oruanui. Ihe a| hud damage is slight. The difleicmß of time of the quakes at latipo an| Wairaki was two seconds. This e.ulj expert's to supposb that th.e disturhj mice is close to the surface. Ihe post* mistress at Ormond and postmaster all Wairaki liave been authorised to cavil their posts and to inform the residents „t their doing so, under Government authority. \ message to-day was more renssuii„„, Onianui reports numerous cracks i.rthe ground a few inches wide up to two chains long and 2 to J feet deep. These may have eased the situation. THE WILTSHIRE'S CREW. AUCKLAND, June 10. Final arrangements have now been made for passages for the officers and crew of the Wiltshire to London. Three trimmers will leave by the Huntingdon from Auckland on Tuesday. Tile Tasmania, which is at present at Gisborne, and sails from Wellington for T<ondon next week, will take two sailors and six firemen. It is not certain yet whether the men will join the steamer at Gisborne or at Wellington. The Ruahine, which is due to leave Wellington on June 22nd, will take nine engineers officers, the three wireless operators, the ship’s carpenter, second steward, two sailors, thirteen of the providore staff, and 21 (locks and en-gine-room hands. Captain Hayward, Mcssis IN. G. Goddard (chief officer), Harris (second officer). Mnsgrovo (third officer), and Raven (fourth officer), two engineers and 29 of the deck and engine-room do. partmeiit will sail hv the llinmtaka. which Icavo Wellington for London on Julv 20tii.

Married men and those deserving of most consideration will have an opportunity of proceeding by the Rushiue.

WILTSHIRE ENQUIRY Al T’KLANDN. June 19

The M ilt.shire enquiry opened to-day before Mr Cuttcn, S.M. and Capts Reid and Klein i iig . assessors). Mr Mays fur the Marine Department said the only I'erson cited was Captain Hayward. Pune were three witnesses who could ti row a good deal of light on the naviration a-pect and certain important question? of fact, but all these persons v.eie weatherbound oil the East Coast. It was desirable that these witnesses should he heard before the Captain was culled, lie suggested an adjournment till In-morrow. Mr Mays added that the ship had run for two days at least, on dead reckoning, Imt Captain il ay ward hr statement to the Collector "f Customs removed that altogether. He* states lie ascertained his position at midday on May .'list for longitude and at H a.ill. lor latitude and was ablo to fix his position cn t - <hiv of the asualty. .That fact, if it were a fact, changed the position from a navigation point .of view. Tliev had at the last moment to get the best evidence available to establish or refute certain possibilities arising from the fact that he hail ascertained bis position astronomically lit hours before the casualty. There was over £;7-VI.OOII worth of ship

ami cargo involved, and 102 lives liesiih’s his own were jeopardised. Mr Meredith (for Captain II ay w,a rdf complained that no notificiition had hcen given him regarding witnesses on whose lioluilf the adjournment was applied for. He asked to he supplied with their names.

.Mr .Mays said there was no precedent for giving this information, lie was not entitled to know what ease the ('town was setting up. As a matter of fact, Hayward’s casualty report did not disclose that he had obtained tin astronomical sight on May .'list, ali hough when lie was asked if lie had

ei.me in on dead reckoning he quite frankly stated that he obtained the sight, and the information was written on the paper. He was not prepared to go on to-day, because one of the delayed witnesses was to give evideme on tne very foundation of the case. Mr .Meredith had no objection to an adjournment as he wished to got some of lli" officers hooks still lemainiiig on the Wiltshire. The Court then adjourned until tomorrow. •»

SI.ArCHTKJJMEX’S STFMKK. C IIIMSTCIiriiCH, June II) . Hy an overwhelming majority to-dny a mass meeting of the Canterbury Kreczing '.Volks Employees’ Cniou decided to eontiime the strike. The meeting was not open to the Press, hut. tile Secretary of the Union announced afterwards that if had hpeu decided by 21S votes to 1!) not to return to work. TI.MARU, June It).

The position at the freezing works is unchanged. No move has been made here vet to get free labour, as in North Canterbury. A number of men going: from Viinuru in response to that call, wont rip tc-day. It is understood that li:t' farmers ami farmers’ sons in this district would lake a hand to

got rid of some thousand < of sheep mid liiinlis which would, ho difficult to carry through the winter. ANTHRAX 'DEATH. CHRISTCHURCH, .Tune 1!) Anthrax organisms have been discovered in the shaving brush which had • been used by the tannery worker who died, ten days ago, from anthrax. Dr Pearson, bacteriologist at the Christchurch hospital, who made the experiments, states the organisms were found only with difficulty. They were not found in the exposed hair of the bres'i, but were uncovered in the handle part. There is no brand on the brush, Investigations of the matter from the place where the victim worked were not rewarded with sueeess, hut all experiments had not ret been completed.