TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 February 1923, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

r „V Tlli.Kl.iiAS’ti —PKH PUKSH ASi.OCI ATIOf \V AII II .MINKKS. I Wi-XBIN'OTON. Feb !>• I Fll i'tlu'l' correspondence t lit' Still-J joct, of the wages receivid liy the j milters ai W:>ilii has passed hetw' ‘<*»l Hu-, representatives of ihe miners and; inino owners. I The (.dim; iI• **: lotto; p::.' B'.rwarded liv Mr O'fßmrkc fSe.-re'i-ry ot tlu. New /.cnlnurl Mincis’ I' poo) to Mr .1. <!. Bishop I Secretary ot tin- j Cold Mino 0" net s' Association t:- - j "Vo.llS of Bll.il m.-o. ’weived. 11l which you admit ihai the -1 ateim.-uts made hv the Waihi r. pres mi a. ives to .Mr .Massey were s-Weni may correct, and flirt hop that your eli'ort to discreilit tin 1 .same was founded upon incorrect information received on Friday last, .lust ivliore you ohtaimd such inlormation you do not state, hill there . ( ,iiid he no doubt com orniter; the spirit Of the award from which von (pmled so freely. Obviously, y< nr iiiionnatiou did not come from Waihi. since the mine owners there "ere quit< clear mi ihe ((itestion. as wie- evidenci din tto telegraph message you piloted. Mr liaiik' (Superintendent Waihi '• "v. 5.,v.. the miile iiwne:-: will .dick strieth to the >r !(cduie-~B;is: Sd and Its Kid on Sa;ardav. Ttic average schoolboy in Waihi knew that the companies were oniv payin'? for live and a-hali days p r week and Clause 2 m the schedule tile Waihi Miners- Award demon-st,-tes this fact clearly enough- Bavin,, admitted the statements hy the ,n,si von -. ill do the right thing. and tacilitate the cspiiiahlc adjustment repaired hy the miners ot Waihi. KI.KC’I i’OC't'TFf). \VFJ .1.1 N I ITOX, Feh 14. (■]h cireeltion was the cause of the dc-uh of a man named dames .Bray, ulm was working at Sutherland Crossin . j., Melrose suburb. Bray and a. ((impnmn were working on eleitric v i,v Mime mains, lie toiieiii * both wires, and fell to the ground. \ medical man said he was dead he- |... -ti uck tho ground. IBs comc,,ini,m v.as unfiiiured. ‘ i-,,,,.eased was a linesman, employed i. • iic i iu- Fleet rie l.iiihtin;! Departand a married man. Be lived at Miramar. KOI t;U VOVAOK. A FC’K lAN i). Feh. 10. .... v,!:ich nvriv d from ' «n----i , :l | Jy lids morning. encountered day after leaving Suva. The liassmiycrs had all anxious time B r t hi'tv-six The ship was hove to f.T a few hours and made but slow .a,,, fdlo'vim' twenty-four Verv little damage was done iV, the vc-s'-l. Bering the voyage an able seaman. William Kew. was lest overboard.