DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1925, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[BV TELEGRAPH—PER TRESS ASSOCIATION.] HOUSE DESTROYED. AUCKLAND, November 5. The house of Stephen Vella, which escaped destruction at Rivcrhcad on Tuesday night when his wine press was burned, was totally destroyed bv fire last night. The bouse was unoccupied, and was insured for £IOO. Vella estimates bis loss at from £3OO to £-100. He says both tires Here caused by incendiarism.

BIBLE IN SCHOOLS. PA 1.. M ERS’I ON X., November 5. In a press interview, the Rev Harold T. Peat, organising secretary of the fliblc-in-Schools League, stated that Die league naturally was well pleased that so manv candidates in favour of the Mill laid returned to Parliament Jhe reasonableness and iion-secta nil it nature of the proposal were demonstrated. he said, by its general acceptance by the combined churches, which he represented, and also by the surprisingly large number of candidates who were willing to support the measure-, Mr Peat said that personally he never bad been in favour of the right n 1 entry and bad never supported it. Ibe present proposal was so free I roil) the possibility of sectarian abuse that without reservation he could give iL his whole-lienrted endorsement, fn his official capacity lie had received abundant proof all over Die Dominion that the people desired it.

I SECRETARY RESIGNS, j WELLINGTON. November 5. j Mr I’. Hugo, secretary of the New j Zealand Athletic Association, has resigned on the ground Hint he has lost j the confidence of some members of the | council and also because he considered , that he has been discredited abroad i by the action of the Wellington (Vn- , tie in taking up Die matter of a visit j from the American athletes. ! He was urged to reconsider, but rej fused.

{ TEACHERS AND EDUCATION. | AUCKLAND. November 5. I The Education Board discussed a letI ter from the executive of the New Zeaj land Educational Institute notifying | its intention to tost at law the granti ing of preference to married teachers, jor to male married teachers, to the j disadvantage of women applicants, i Mr King suggested a conference boJ tween the Institute and the board. He i expressed a desire to avoid litigation. 1 Mr Snell said that after the age- of 1 twelve hovs required the discipline of

,i married man. Mrs Ferner suggested that there might be eases where preference should lie given to women teachers. The letter was received.

BURGLARIES (X WELLINGTON WELLINGTON. November .1.

Recent burglaries, followed by police activity, resulted in the appearance in tile Police Court of two youths. Roy George C'uilhy and Morvyn Cudhv, who were charged with offences at Upper llutt and other districts. Moth (leaded guilty, and were committed o the Supreme Court for sentence. While serving a term of iinprison•iiont for theft. John (.hiayle did not spend the period of !is enforced retirement repenting his wrongdoing, hut was husilv engaged. He is a carpenter by trade, and while in custody '•e was engaged in carpentering work. He secreted tools in a convenient ulaee, and when discharged walked off with the stolen goods. To-day he was sentenced to there months’ hard labour. He was remanded to Dunedin •(> answer further charges.

WEALTHY AMERICANS ON TOUR WELLINGTON. Nov. 3.

The local representative of Ihe Ciiiiard Line lias been notified that the new luxurious liner ('ai-iulhia sailed frntn Yew York on October |(l on her world tour, im-lmliiig New Zealand and \u--iml in. Ihc vessel is niich'r charter to the Raymond. Whitcomb Company, Boston. Mass. The tour will cover 38.000 miles and is to occupy I ff) clays. The ship has a full complement of wealthy Americans and their families. The Carinthia will visii Colon. T,os Angeles, San Francisco. Honolulu. Yokohama, Tokio. Hong-Kong, Manila, Zamboanga, I’ort Moresby. Auckland. Wellington. Sydney. Hobart. Alelbourne. Fremantle, Colombo. Bombay, Alexandria, Naples. Monte Carlo. Gibraltar, Cherbourg, Southhampton, and New York. The Carinthia is due at Auckland an December 21. The Carinthia is a new oil-burner, specially designed for long cruises, and : s of 20.000 tons gross. Slip was built by Vickers, Ltd., at Barrow-in-Furness. Lancashire, England. Hie vessel carries about 1050 passengers and 1000 crew. The ship has a sport arena occupying 5000 square feet, combining the largest swimming pool of any vessel afloat, racquet court, and gymnasium.

RECORD PRICE FOR CHERRIES CHRISTCHURCH, November 0.

Cherries from Governor’s Ray, the first of the season, appeared on the auction mart this morning, and all previous records for prices were eel ipsod. There was a ease of them and they sold for 7s Id per lb.

OVERWORKING A ROY. AUCKLAND, Nov. 0. “This is a. very flagrant ease.” said Mr F. K. Hunt.. S.M., in the Police Court to-day. after hearing a charge •xminst Leslie ’l'. Brookes, a baker, for having employed a boy under 10 years during certain hours in bis factory. Mr Hollows (for the Labour Department) said the boy was 14 years old, and bad been etnloyed four days of the week from d. 20 a.m.. and for the rest of the week" at earlier hours. The law did not allow a liov of that age to he employed before 7. Id a.m. Moreover, the boy was brought hack some evenings for the purpose of weighing Hour. When investigations wore made the hoy was weakly and sickly looking, and that was not to l>e wondered at. He was being paid 32s a week at the latter portion of the time. Defendant said ho could not aftord *o emnlov a man to do the hoy’s work. Tho boy was well satisfied, and so was his mother. The defendant did not know about- the provisions of the. Act nt first.

The Magistrate : You must know the law relating to your own trade. The time is past in New Zealand when a Imiv of 14 is allowed to start work so

early. This is a very flagrant case; a hoy working such hours. It is a very serious offence which the Act. is designed to prevent.” Defendant said he could not afford to employ a man. 'The Magistrate said if that were so he would have to go out of business. The maximum penalty of £lO "as imposed.

HANDLING OF DIRTY CARGO - CHRISTCHURCH Nov. 0. When a call was made at 8 a.m. today for labour to discharge the rcaminder of tho Wongnnella’s phosphate cargo there was no response by tho watersiders, who evidently did not approve of C. H. Hewlett, sole arbitrator in the dispute, win fixed the rate of pay at 2s lOd per hour. CARNIVAL WEEK. CHRISTCHURCH, November 6. Rain set in to-day. and on the high levels there was fall of snow. Conditions out of doors are wintry and the prospects for the opening of Carnival Week to-morrow arc not promising,

PENSION FRAUD. CHRISTCHURCH, November 6. A young married returned soldier, named Alfred Laurie, was charged before .Mr H. A. Young, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court this morning with having made two false declarations under the War Pensions Act. He pleaded guilty to both charges. Chief Detective Gibson said that accused was drawing a pension of £l3 a month, and his wife £8 2s fid per month, lit July and August last, accused worked at a factory in Hornby but lie had signed departmental deelartions stating that he was unemployed during tbc period. The Magistrate said accused was liable to a fine of £IOO, or twelve months’ imprisonment. However, in consideration of the present circumstances of accused, he would lie ordered to come up for sentenco when called cm.

FATAL FALL. DUNEDIN, November 0. At Die inquest re the death of Benjamin Bagiev Courton, civil engineer, Dunedin, who fell from a motor car into the Waiau river on October (itli, the Coroner said a post mortem examination bad revealed that death was not due to drowning, but to laceration of the brain, which would cause instant death. Deceased was a well known civil engineer, and his death would he felt by all classes of the community. The verdict was death due to injuries received as the result of a fall from a car.

TRAGEDY IN A HUT. DUNEDIN, November G. The body of .Marcus Turnbull Ross, aged 2S, single, employed by the Public Works Department, at Kohuika. was found in a hut at Kahuika early on Thursday morning. He bad met his death under revolting circumstances, a detonator having exploded in his mouth.