DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 May 1924, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

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BREACH OF AWARD. AUCKLAND, .May 1

11l tile Arbitration Court the Inspector of Awards applied for the enforcement of the Waterside Workers’ Award against the Cuion Steam Ship Company, alleging that the company iiad failed to pay the award wage to certain of its workers.

The inspector stated that the men were paid at Is !Rd instead of 2s Id while engaged in ship cleaning and cementing hunkers, removing coal from hunkers and holds of ships to hulks, clearing holds and chain lockers, chipping tanks, tarring hulks, painting and docking ships and hulks. It. was contended these employees were permanent daily wage men and the company when employing casual laoitr to do the work had paid ”s Id

per hour. After hearing Mime evidence concerning the work done by the men concerned .Air Justice Fraser said that some of the work seemed to come under the r ron workers’ Labourers’ Award, some under the Waterside Workers’ Award and some possibly under no award at all.

After argument had been heard the court recorded a breach of award by the Fiiinii Company without penalty, tile company and men being wrongly under the impression that they were working under' a perfectly valid and lawful agreement.

SLY GROG FINES. AUCKLAND, May 2,

Toney Baito. restaurant proprietor, of Hobson St., was fined one hundred poiinus in the I’oliee Court this afterneon for selling liquor without a license. Accused pleaded guilty to two charges. It was shown that, since January, huge quantities of liquor had been delivered to the accused by wholesale firms.

MASTER'D )X. May 2. In the Magistrate’s Court to-day. Ivy I’ritchard. wife of Thus. Pritchard, horse trainer, pleaded guilty to selling liquor, and fans lined £lO. Defendant also pleaded guilty to keeping liquor for sale. Tims Pritchard, jointly charged on the hitter count, pleaded not guilty. Defendant was fined £2l. The ease was the outcome of a raid liv the poilce who found nine hollies of whisky concealed in a 1 iano in Pritchard's house. In his defence, Pritchard maintained that his wife was carrying on the traffic unknown to him, and contrary to his instructions. The Bench .viis disinclined to take this view, as the female defendant had been previuisly convicted and the police declared he defendants were the most notoriitis slygroggers in town.

MAN IN.) I'll ED BY CAR. WELLINGTON, May 2. Shortly before 111 o'clock last night an elderly man, while crossing l.nmbtnn Quay, opposite the Government Buildings, slipped and fell iusl as a motor ear, driven hv A. Appleyard of Petioie, was proceeding down the. street. The ear, which was going at a moderate rate of speed, struck the pedestrian and inflicted severe i'njuries. Ill's right leg was broken and his head was severely injured. I’|t lo a late hour last night the victim of the accident was still unconscious. 1 There is nothing about his clothing so. reveal his identity.