TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 October 1922, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

•jv '/EijEGHAm—press assn., cop •hioht. N.Z. SKA HEN PROTEST. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 27 At a meeting of seamen lield at Lyttelton this morning Mr W. T. Young, Secretary of the Seamen’s' federation explained the recent Award of the Arbitration Court, after which a lengthy resolution was carried, protesting against its provisions on the following grounds -That the Union’s | case was an unanswerable refutation of the shipowners’ claim for a reduc- j tion in conditions and wages; that the- j highest paid memher of the Union on : hoard ship earns less under the Award j than the average shore worker; that j the reduction gives New Zealand Ship- ! owners a material advantage over the ' Australian-owned vessels; that the i Court was not justified in reducing < working conditions, and that the pre- ; fovcnce and disputes committee clauses ( were farcical. Tn conclusion the motion urges that • a referendum he taken on the question : of withdrawing from the Industrial i Coneiliation and Arbitration Act, and : that steps ho taken to bring about one Australasian Union of Seamen. THEFT CHARGES. LYTTELTON, Oct. 27. A sensation was caused to-day by the arrest of John Madsoii, Permanent Storeman in charge of the Harbour Hoard's store, on a. charge of alleged ’ theft of property of a value of £79. A ' large quantity of wearing apparel, etc was seized at Mndson’s home. The accused has for years occupied this responsible position. i YOUNG MAN’S LAPSE. WELLINGTON, Oct. 27 Failure to account to bis employer, Sarah Archibald, for certain monies collected during the course of bis duties resulted in the appearance before Air E. Page, 5.M.., at the Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, of a voting man named .lames Watson, on three charges of theft, involving sums if i CIS -Is 2fl, Cl 7 -Is, and -CIO. Chief-Detective Kemp explained | that the accused had been in the cm- j plnv of the complainant as a milkman, j and outside of delivery, it was aim j pari of bis duty to collect moneys due. i Watson had done this, but had failed j to account for the same collected, and J his employer, becoming suspicious, had sen! a man arount to investigate, ft | was then found that there was a do- j licit of some £O9, although the do- j fondant was charged only in cornice- j tion with Col ISs 2d. When he found that lie had been detected, the i accused had voluntarily given him- i self up to the police. When questioned as to the whereabouts of the stolen money, he raid that he had gambled it away. His Worship imposed a term ol ! three moist Its’ imprisonment on (Midi j of the three charges, the sentences to j lie concurrent. * A SIITP FRACAS. AUCKLAND, October 28. j In n fracas on the steamer Otaki at j Queen's Wharf last night injuries were ' sustained by the chief officer H. Wil- * limns and second steward Alfred Mor- j ton. i'he former bad bis nose fractured by a. blew which also caused comma- j siou. Two members of the crew have * been arrested in connection with the- j affray. j