DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1925, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS.

[liV Tl-tI.KGKAPII —l'Klt rUK-SS ASSO" : ATIoN. j IIiKIHAM.I DIsRi'TF SK'i'TLF.D. WIIANHARKI. May I. The dispute at Wilson's Portland Cement Coy's mine at llikmangi has been setthd. the directoi's having acceded to the men's demand that truckers must not he employed to hew coal. I'Ll MSt ILL MARK SC RM KKH Fl>. AFCKLAXI). May 1. Hilhert Stanley ( lark, the master ol the -tranter Awahoti. was charged with allowing tie vessel's t lim-nll mark to I e submerged fit inches. 1 lie lu'eat-h "as corrected immediately his attention "as drawn to it by the removal of seventeen tons of deck cargo. 'I he ('mill held the (Jleiee not >criott.s anil dismissed the charge mi the payment of costs. HUM TRIG KAMI’S. SAFI I V IN MINKS.

INVF.KC'ARRII L. April HR. Speaking at the opening ol the (linn railway to-day the llmt G. d- Anderson. .Minister of Mines, said the recent innovation mi the Wot (oast, that of working mines mi the co-opera-tive principle, was a heneiieial one. and although the miners ai present 'cere opposed to il he was -lire that they would soon aii-ept it. It was a fair system for all. It gave the miner a fair return for his labour and also gave the employer a fair return fur his coal. lie was sail-lied that. when the schema "as adopt i’ll it would Stop tlm importation of a large amount ol end. Ike system was based upon co-operation and Dili| the emitimm-seii.-o pul lie behind it, as well as the commim-scii'e miners. Kclerring to the question of solely in mines the .Minister said that human tile was placed licit.-re everything else, ami the Inspectin' of Mines was instructed. no matter if Dili employer and employee objected, to see that eur.vlhing was sale. In a gn-sy lick I miners should use nothing eKo but safety lamps, and the sales! lamp was electric. Mine owners would have to face the position and in.-tal electric lights, as the cost of running them was nothing "hen compared with the loss of a single life. The sooner electric lights were installed the better. A miner: Why don’t you make litem compulsory. Mr Anderson: Wo are going to make them compuDory. There is a Hill no" nit tlie stocks "hie:. I hope "ill be passed next e--t m. making: electrie lamp- i iimpulsor;.'. I X ll' HFD I X M< »T( >!1 KM AS!! WA NGAXI'I. April 3J. A t oo log . go, „ui ~r cut ml ;i. sleep bill ai Toiakilia to-day ami w cut over a I a'll.. Airs Al'Donald < Ma-lcrum i rei rived iniuri's to her -pile', "bile lno -i t’O All's I low add I A augauill l I'e. ene.i in j iti'iithe ■■x 1 1 ■ 11 1 ol "hieo are not yet delinitel;> know it. Tin- ui her ladeein the party, the Mi— Morrison (.Masiertuii) received minor ininries. A i atat. .IF.MIL A I'Clx LAN D, April 30. George Hibson, a tram eomlttctor. having lini-he.l in- run la-l night, was riding home on the running k inn! ol a motor-ear. lie jumped oil' lit Hoc ouhv Road, and injured hi- hack, iml died in tile hosjiltnl. INFANT HL'RNKD To DFATH. NKW I’LY.W'OI HI. April HO.

A pathetic tragedy occurred near Pa lea to-day. "hen the ialaat daughter of Mr and Mrs Mead, ot Lower Ball I bin d. "as burned to death wi -.on their house "a- destroyed b\ lire. Ibe mother and lather were away at tile milking shed at the time, leaving a hoy in charge. When the hoy discovered the lire lie e mid liot lea I the baby owing to smoke.

A 1.81'.l I F.l) lit ilillFli Y. PALM KRSTO.X N't Hill!. May 1. ' An allegation that he had been asked In go to the Fsplanade to assist al a horse sale and that, he had there been invited to participate in a game ol i cards, and also that lie finally Imo been rubbed, was made by Stanley Hibson, at one time a fanner at Tauniarunni and non i.t ( hri-t' hureh a the Police Court this morning, when I tenhulm (dlh'sjue. alia- John Harris, a well-dre-.-ed young man was charged "ilh the their ei 1'73. The accused was alleged to he one ol a | art.i of three who worked together. Following on the o: i tiri'ctii e. smart work by Sergeant Power -a" the arrest. in Hubert 1 louden, who. it is alleged, "a- the man who took Hilt,-on l to the F.-plnuade, hut the other IWc men state:) t/i be implicated left, the town. Ilowcver. in Sydney recently. Hilli .-pit- "as arrested for drunkenness and it was then found that he was wanted by the New Zealand police in (•nnneetion • with the charge laid by Hili-on. The accused "a- deported from Australia, and "a- itrrc-ted in Wellington on Tuesday. How den was .charged at the Magistrate'.- Court i n the 12th. ot Maf'di. pleading not guilty. lie "as committed for trial. j At the cumin-ion of the evidence this J morning. Hilli spin pleaded not guilty and "as committe 1 for trial at the Supreme Court. liCNKDiN WHARF DISJM'TE. id’ N r DIN. May 1. A dispute in connection with the Inning of sand ballast on tie- Coinnn ti-ll,-nltli and I n minion Line steamer Port Augusta nr this afternoon 1 *•- tween the men engaged in tie- operations and the hr I agents. The Port Ait gust a arrived <.u Thursday morning i rmn N'cs York, via northern port* to discharge -bib tons r-t general iteeght. and take in about: tj 0 tons of sand ballast, before proceeding to l'or Ketnlila. Th.- inward cargo "'as tinloaded <m Thursday, and a gang of waterside workers commenced to load ballast last evening. Three other gangs commenced to-day. and work pro. ceded without a hitch until 3.3‘t |i.m. The men then intimated that they wanted an extra rate for such work. and. a- te> agreement was come to hetwe.-n them, and the agents they < -a-ed owriitime. The matter has been referred to the Disputes Committee. Meantime the Pert Augusta is lying idle, and unless an agreement. fie

reached in the morning the vessel will probably he detained in port over Lho week-end. liiH HYDRO FLAN. St H'TH LAND'S SOI KM K. .INAKRCAHHII.H, May 1. K.xeclleitt "eat her favoured lho opening in tie Sou, idami I'Jectric Rower Hoard station at Mouowai yesterday. Tlm fain ti ui ereated great public linen si. Fully IROO peoph' motored to the scene of the opening. Tlio guests el the Rower Hoard members, guests of the Rower Hoard number- * ed -J.V) and consisted of the Rower l’iar.l ntemlx rs. i eiiresentatives of pul,lie bodies. Southland boroughs and leading business interests. Mr \\ . A. Rodgers (Chairman of the Hoard). Hon J. H. Coates, llmt H. J. Anderson and Sir Joseph Ward formed the idlieial party. After a pleasing and MtceOssfui OJHMIing eeremmiy. the gathering leit Mono- ** wai for Invercargill late in the alternoon.