DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1924, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

fBY TF.LEGUAril —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WORK AT LYTTELTON RESUMES. CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 27. Work on all vessels at Lyttelton was resumed tin's morning, casual hands responding to the call of the T’hy-a. The dispute, however,, is still unsettled and the question of wages will be left to a conference. WHEAT CON FFR EXCE. CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 20. A eontorence of wheat growers will be held at Christchurch to-morrow, to discuss the price for the 1023 season. >omo suggest it he fixed at Os per bushel, and others at 7.5, as the present li ice of 5s 3d only dears ex lenses. Hon Nosworthy will attend. MIXING AFFAIRS. GORE, February 26. The Hon. .1. G. Anderson. Minister for Alines, lias tirriced at Gore. When in Central Otago, the Minister met representatives of the Cromwell Development Coy., and the K'lwarau Goldmining Coy., at the site of the propes, ■’ Kuwarau Dam, belonging to the hitter Coy. After Riseussing the matter in dispute between the parties, sat isfin*i..i\ arrangements were made as ibeie i- i.o further opposition to the granting of the extended claims on the Kr.wnruii. The probabilities are that the Kuwarau dam. to block the river tor h,. dging purposes, will he put in hand (•'most iniemdiately i he Cromwell Development Coy., iias I,veil promoied to raise water from the Kuwarau to irrigate the Cromwell Flats.

PRESENTATION TO FATHER O’DONNELL. GOBI). February 26. Father O'Donnell, of the (lore Cntlio!rc Church, is leaving on an extended holiday to Europe. Last night he wi'ii (•ill! usiasticallv liirewtdled and pioscntid with two hundred guineas by supI oilers of the Church in ibis district. fatal accident. TAUMARUNUI, February 26. A.s the result of an accident at I’uku-

wyi-a ' sawmills, near Maimimi yesler- (|: y afternoon, a brakemau named William Jenkins died last night in the liespital. A bu.-li loeoluolive was upp: caching the mill ;i a fair speed when it came into contact v. itli the end of a log resting on tile line. The iinpacl threw the engine oil' tile line and the log which it was drawing crashed into D e engine cab. pinning Jenkins ngaiii-l lie box and injuring him severely. WOOL .SALE. t lIRISTCHUKFII, Eeh. 20. Tin fourth wool ,-ale season was held 10-dny 11, 631 bales as against 26,076 .;( the third .-ale. There w.'ii.s a full i end: of buyers and bidding was brisk irom the outset for all classes. There was a general improvement m prices amounting from a penny to a penny and a hull for all classes, except merino which improved by up to a penny. There was a remarkably l;u,*n demand for bellies aii.i luck- . w hich were 2d better. In sonic ease.- lucrum made up to 3(>d. Currieil.de JJJiI and half-bred 30;d. SCHOOL IM’NISM MEN!’. DUNEDIN, Feb. 23. The question of whether corporal punishment should he allowed in ollrj solid*.ls is one upon which there has been a dili'eiviicc of opinion for very many years. Following the case ill the Court here the oilier day, it wn.. represented that si rapping was ovvi .lone m many of the local schools, hut <a re lul enquiries seem to show that, such is not the ease. Tile information gained shows that in most of the :.. Laob i j., teachers generally use tile |. pig., ... j (jo mini. of Hie Board's .it • - n the . object— "sparingly a- \ ■duo :b |: h-.i ation." At the , ■ gg- i' -j vg. .r. indications that j ... i-.vo iiistyiue . more weight, is t u.-cd helu ml the strap than is nccos-j sary. It was al-o represented that the strap was used much more freely ill j Dunedin than in the north, hut at] least, two te,'tellers who have had ex- j pierience in the north state that the; position i- lunch the same here as in i other parts of New Zealand. The headmaster of a city school said | that corporal punishment was ncees-; -urv, and was all right as long as it [ was carried out in the spirit ol the Board's regulations. He knew of some cases, however, where the strapping was uimeeessarily hard, and where the parents had a right to complain. Alter all, it was a matter of the individual teacher, though the headmaster was nominally in charge. There were some teachers, just like people in other walks of life, who had had tempers, and who sometimes unfortunately lost them when strapping children. This was regrettable, and teachers who were supposed to use their brains should he very careful not to let this happen, lie agreed that any such offences should not he treated lightly. LANDING ACCIDENT. CHRISTCHURCH. Eeh. 26. As the result of a misjudged landing, an Avro piloted by a refreshc course ollieer struck the ground suddenly at Sock burn this morning and ihe undercarriage was torn from the machine. D will take a week to repair it. TAINUI ARRIVES. AUCKLAND, Feb. 26. The Tainui with immigrants arrived at 11.30 this morning: also Hauraki from Pacific Coast. MOVEMENTS OF AVAR SLOOPS. AUCKLAND. Feb. 24 The war -loons Laburnum and Veronica will arrive in "Wellington tomorrow from Auckland. The Veromeo will stay at Wellington till March Oth, when she will leave for a two months’ cruise. Nelson will ho reached on March sth, Bluff on April 9th, Oamaru on April 17th, and Dunedin on April 23th. The Veronica will leave Dunedin on May sth, and reach Auckland on May 10th. on which day the Empire naval squadron will also arrive. The Laburnum will reach Gisborne on April 6th, Napier on April ith, Tim am oil Apriu 18th, Lyttelton on April 23th. Auckland on May 9tli. CHARGED WITH EAT.SE PRETENCES. WANGAXUT. Feb. 26. A young man named Rowland Wentworth Iladdeley was charged at the Magistrate's Court, this morning with obtaining a pair of field glass’s from Henry G. Drew by .none.* of i valueless cheque', from Martin A ernon the sum of £2 I<X from Herbert Burnett the sum of £5. and incurred debts of Cl 2D t p the Egmont Racing Club, by means of valueless cheques. Evidence showed that Iladdeley represented himself ns a visitor to TTawern for the races and applied tor and obtained a commission hook in exchange tor a cheque on an Auckland hank. The aroused pleaded guilty to all charges and was committed to the Supreme Court to-morrow for sentence.