TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1923, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

[DY TELEGIIAPn —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION] W.VTEHFRONT BRAWb. NON-CNItiNISTS ROUGHLY HANDLED. DUNEDIN, January 2. \ brawl on a very large scale occurred on the Dunedin waterfront between members of- non-union (, re"s from the steamers Waipori, Kaituna. and Kaitangnta and a number of union seamen who have been minus a job since they left their slops seven or eight weeks ago. One or two groups of union seamen wore seeu the whaivcs \aii Oils times during the day. and they were evidently keeping a wary eye on their enemies, the non-union men. It is stated tha a number of the tree labourer- had had a- merry time ashore and that the lights which followed were a result of boasting on their part. The onion seamen mixed things “good and plenty,” and the air resounded for some time with the impast of fists anil hard words. The non-union men appear to have come off second best, as mine than one of then- numlier rereived a knock-out blow. Black eyes and swollen faces on both sides to-day testified to tlu> bitterness displayed by The participants. One free labourer at least had m receive medical attention. The police appeared on the scene Piter aml tlm brawl was eventually quelled. OTA KAMA’S IMMIGRANTS. AUCKLAND January 2. \ very hnppv company were the passengers' and ship’s crew of the steamer Otai-aum. which arrived at Auck- ] mrl on Sunday with .M2 immigrants fro,,, f-iverpoob The steamer might verv well Ire designated a “Soots’ ship” for quite SO per cent of tile immigrants „„ hoard were of Scottish extraction. Among the passengers were no lower than 100 child;cn under W years ot a„r. The imniigrants are all of a fine i tv, ~, ami or, highly >'atcd ' N t li “ ,hip'' officers. They are coining o; t I pally to take op fanning, mining, | domestic duties Of the total JU jia scngciloo am lor A uckland. 11, ior Wellington, lb In; byttelton- and pa ;.• i Donedm. | pitLSBY'l BRIAN CHURCH. i AUCKLAND. -Lmiiaiy 2. I anecdole relating to the early j liLt .ry of i lie Presbyterian t hurcli in j Auckland was related by the Prime I Minister when laying the Inundation i of St. John's Presbyterian j {'l,(iri-li. I’a'uitoetoe. He said that bo- | lore SI Andrew’s Chorcli. the ft! st ■ P'e. bvtci'lan Church in Auckland was l built, tit-' Presbyterians had great, diffi- : ,. j„ finding a place for worship, j l,ut obtained, perhaps by political in- ' Huem-e. which was not unknown even ! those days the u-e of the Supreme j Court for services. Tt was not the present building, but the old one in i Queen Street. Tt was customniy in ! Presbyterian I'hurches for the , lders |to have a pew to themselves. Accoinj modatinn in the Court was limited. I Put the .elders had their pew. in this ! ease, the dock. Naturally, they were ! t.he target- of many jokes and gibe-'. j CALEDONIAN SPORTS AT TTMARU TIM MU’, January 2. j The second day of the Caledonian ! Society's sports attracted another ! large attendance, and excellent sport j was seen. The competition in the ' cycling events was especially keen. | O’Shea won the two mile scratch race, i Hoffman (Corel the mile and a half, | and Birch C(hristehurch) the mile. Tn | the last-named race O'Shea. from I scratch, put up a. record for the track, j his time being 2min -2 1-osee. j The 100 yards sprint resulted in a j dead heat between Harris (Dunedin) 1 and David (Pleasant Point). _ The 220 j yards event also went to David, Treni- ! path being third, from scratch. The i half-mile was won by Miller (Motu- ! karara). and the mile by IMnthieson j (Southland) from scratch. ' In piping, pigs, and hornpipe', the New Zealand championship went to J. A. Cameron (Mataura). In dancing the reel Dominion championship was won hv Bahs Coy. (Wellington), who also won tlit* Highland fling championship. ACCIDENT TO PROFESSOR. WELLINGTON, January 2. Professor Easterfield, Director of the i Caw thorn Institute, met with a painful accident, being thrown from a horse while holiday-making at Whan gam on. TTis injuries are not serious, !»:it will necessitate severals days in hod. CUT HIS THROAT. TTMART'. January 2. .Tames M'Cormack, black-smitli, aged about forty-five, cut hi- throat to-day at Otaio. Deceased, who was a widower loaves seven young children

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