DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1924, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

[»Y TKT.KOJtAIMI —PKll PRESS ASSOCIATION.] THE WAJRAKEf CASE. AUCKLAND, .May 20. Air .Justice Jlerdman delivered judg•ment in tlie case Wairakei, Ltd., versus Arthur Cleave. The plaintiff sought to recover £2507 purported to have been paid as commission in respect of 41,100 shares of tlie company, applications for which were obtained by the defendant, being application money on shares applied for by L. C. Johnson, which was refunded to tlie defendant ai his own instance, after Johnson had become bankrupt, and sums of !_*22OU and £‘l*oo received from persons apjilying for contributing .shares in the company, and which were collected or retained by the defendant in alleged breach of his fiduciary duty as a Director of the company. Defendant lodged counter claims, one for C 1 lit)!l 8-. lid with interest, and another for LID! 1 !) as damages for the Company's failure to relieve him of an obligation under contract to purchase certain shares.' Defendant abandoned hi- claim for til MU), and plninliffs admitted liability for £10(10 and interest. Defendant was therefore entitled to judgment for the last mentioned amount, together with interest. Defendant succeeds on first cause of action, in which £2057 is involved. Plaint iir succeeds on the fourth, fifth and sixth causes of action, involving £5250.

INGA STRIKES STORMS. WANGANUI, May 20 • The .-loaincr Toga arrived here tonight from Newcastle, after a tempestuous voyage. A heavy gale was encountered on the fifth day out. The steamer’s decks were swept. One heavy <cn broke aboard and damaged the wheel box, doing oilier slight damage. Metier condition-; were exporien eed approaching the New Zealand coast.

THE RAILWAY STRIKE. CAUSE OF COLLAPSE. WELLINGTON, .May 20. One reason for the sudden collapse of the railway strike has now been made public. It is said that in addition to tlie demand that the niilwaymen must leave the Alliance of Labour otiose their stiper-aiuiuation and concessions. the Railway Department intended to wield another strong weapon in order to bring about a quick, and, from tin- Department's point of view, a .-locos-l'nl termination nt the strike. This was the issue of an ultimatum that those men who did not return to work bv a certain date, were to be dismissed from the service, and their places filled by others, of whom, it is slated, there was a long waiting list. By some means, this intention on the part of the Department seems (o have got abroad amongst the railwavmen before it was officially conveyed, and it is believed that this was one of the real reasons- why so many men drifted back to duty, thus hastening a collapse of the strike.

TECHNICAL SCHOOL CONFERENCE. WELLINGTON, .May '-’it. A conference of directors and assistants of Technical Schools opened to-day. Tlie annual report stated that membership was 20T against 184 last year. Regarding the resolutions passed at the last conference, the Dejiarfuient had given its opinions on all hut six. The executive regretted thill tiie Departmental attitude in the majority of cases was antagonistic or indifferent to the recommendations. The executive had been assured that the Department was revising tlie regulations so that conditions might he uniform throughout the service regarding sick leave payment to Technical and Primary teachers.

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