DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 December 1925, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

BY TEt.r.ORAI'll PUEfiS AflB.N , oorvßium W ATEIISI DERS IiEEOKE COURT. DUNEDIN, December 17. At the Magistrate’s Court to-day the Labour Department claimed a penalty of L'iil each, from Id watcrsiders, alleging they became parties to an unlawful strike at Dunedin on October third. It was stated that the watcrsiders discontinued working the Kakapo alter a dispute in connection with the remuneration for discharging Walpole Island guano. Evidence was given that the matter had been referred to the local disputes' committee, but Roberts. .Secretarv of the Federation, who appeared for the men. denied having received any intimation of the dispute. Mr Roberts, for the defence, raised the following mill-suit points: (I) That there was no evidence that the men bad acted in combination: (2) that there was no evidence that the men broke their contract of service; (3) that l lire was mi evidence of any injury to the employer,'. ihe .Magistrate held that lliore was a ca-e to answer, stating that the nonsuit points should not have Iwen raised at that stage. The ease was adjourned until January 21. LA DSL PRETENCES. WOMAN PARTS WITH .MONEY. WELLINGTON. Dec. 13. A remarkable story of fraud was told in tlm Magistrate's Court io-dav. wla-n William Phillips, alias ,J. Matthews, builder, aged 13. was charged with obtaining £203 Irian Eram-es Laura Dean by ial.se pretences, with sealing £2l >2- lid Iriim her. defrauding George ( mimed ei £7,;), and obtaining £3 from another man by means of a valueless cheque. Tim .O' I plead. I guilt V I I all cb-ug.s, and was cm,mined' I , the Supreme Conn for •eiueine, Mrs Dean siuied that she had a .-niifertioiiery biisila -s in Pel,me. Some time ago -he a n-wei cd a matrimonial ml vert i.-e men t. with tin- re-uil that- iho a, cos,.,| railed ~:i per and - h ;v.v i i.er a hank-',oak u it l, Cii3,at the from ot a column. She a rra nge.t t, < man;, him. lie i > obtain a divorce for her iroio her ini-band, from whom -be unlit ing apart. ”ii l lii|:s a-1 a“i le-r lor lb■ - niom-.v Ih ■ pat 1 111- leg:: i e'.peu-o- . ;r, it v.ollld !he iu o are.mill -. uhe ii in did m.t pay. She im-urred £2O-' exp.-iee. I,>i bonne- and marry ac-itsed. Ska- walnut' panuiii-s-, and her sous had lust gn :I jobs and were unable to get work. The only present slu- ever got from Phillips was a shilling bag of peanut-. Regarding; the Carlmell nice. Carlmoll. a former light hom-e-k,-.-per. staled that le- had iicepled a position as bookkeeper to tile :: c-i |se, I. < l r 1 11 it-11 paid him La'll oil f urn i fore, and gave lip bis pis it inn. came to Wellington, and then found mil Dial the accused had deceived him. GERMAN GOODS. \OTIO.V RY INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION. ('HR rSTCI ITIiCH. Dec. 17. At a meeting of the Cu n t erhury Indusi rial Assn, -iat inn, held last evening, Mr W. .1. Jenkin moved: "That n letter he sent- Lo his Mnjesivbs Trade Conimissioncr for the Dominion, drawing his attention io the action of merchants and manufacturers in not disclosing the fact, that their goods were only partly made in England; and unless the prai lice ceased. Die Association inu-t advise its members to consider whether it was in tlieir interests to follow the policy of buying iiriiish goods.” Tlm resolution was se, olided by Mr S. Jackman. He. said that people were being imposed upon through Die methods of the German manufacturers. .Mr IT. Willis said lm did not think anything would be gained by the resolution. He was perfectly in accord with the sentiments licb.ind it. The

Government was protecting British goods by an increase in the tariff. Mr F. W. J. Belton said that free trade had been a fetish at Home for many years, hut people were now liecoming favourable to fiscal reform. The manufacturers were not the disloyalists, but the merchants. Other members spoke in supporth of the resolution. The chairman, Mr E. 11. Marriner. said that he had noticed that the Imperial Mission was launching out on n campaign in favour of Imperial trade, hut he lielieved that preference should he given lo New Zealand goods first and British articles next. The resolution was modified hy the deletion of the words after ‘'England," and the substitution of the words ‘‘and that lie he invited to discuss the matter at the next meeting of presidents.” The motion was carried, and it was decided to communicate it to the Customs and Industries Departments. THE (JAMIILING HABTT. AUCKLAND, Dec. If,. “These art unions arc becoming a hit of a cur.-e. f have had three sets of tickets sent me to sell from Wanganui.” said Mr G. Brownlee at a meeting of the Education Board. A member: I had a set sent from Sydney. I did not know the -wilder from the man in the moon. The discussion resulted from a complaint about an art union promoted in aid of the Northocto Junior High School Band Lund. Some time ago a complaint was referred to the School Coinmitte with a request for information, and the reply was received today. The reply stated that the prizes were three pictures, and that, very little, if any, school time was occupied in connexion with the art union. Tickets were sold hy a few ot the brighter pupils. The district was canvassed in much the same way as for the sale of concert, tickets. Mr 11. S. W. King said he thought the Board should give a general direction that it did not favour the sale of tickets of any kind hy children for school purposes, ll was not sale lor small children to he going iron) house to house. Mr S. I). Sims said this was getting away from the point. The real opposition was on the ground that art unions encouraged gambling. Mr .1. P. MePhail: It’s the same tiling everywhere. Go to any of these fairs or bazaar.-, amt the lirsi thing is to guess the number of beans in a jar. The chairman (Mr A. Burns): They did not guess, they estimate. .Mr A. Banks referred to the cigarette cards, which were being collected by children. I L seemed as it 1 hey were being wedded to cigarettes. The discussion lapsed alter it. had been decided to forward the coininiU tee’s letter to the person from whom tln- original complaints were received. A NEW STEAMER. WELLINGTON. Dec. If. A valuable addition to the means of communication between the North and South Islands is the Union Company's twin screw steamer Tamahine, which arriv ed to-day from Nowcast le. Ihe vessel lias unusual lines, suggesting speed and capacity for facing the heavy seas .sometimes met in Cook Strait. The how is of the flanged or overhang type, and the deck from a point beneath the bridge is protected hy heavily glassed windows. A boat dock nearly 23;) feel long gives an extensive promenade as the lifeboats are swung high on modern one-man launching davits similar to those titled on the Aorangi. Special care has been taken with ihe decorations of the public rooms, which are unusually spacious, and well ventilated. One feature is a large taurant and a galley having the latest electric and oil choking appliances. Eon v - l atcrooms arc distributed through the vessel. I in tin' general design is planned for daylight trips. As tlo> Tamahine attained a xp,v l ol over 17 knot on her trial, ami Captain Mncdiuudd vho v.as in chige on the. out - ward voyage, slates she v odd do more it needed ilia Cook Si in i t trip with this steamer will iiere-ita to only one hour In open water. Ti,e Tamahine is Itsso tons gross. 2->2 feel long, and is driven hy two sets ol l'ntir-i rank triple expansion engines, provided with steam Irom oil-fired holers. She goes into c-oiinnision on Monda v.

SIN DAY TRAINS. DUNEDIN. De,. if;. The follow ing mo-sage signed by Dm Moderator (Die Rev .1. Kilpatrick), has I,eel, ...cut I o the Prime Minister:--Presbyterian Church of New Zealand strongly protest- ngam-l Die proposal to run Sunday train, n--t ween l.v Mellon and Dueiidiu during .lanr.arv. or anv other time. In this pr,: t, -s i Ip-hop Richards hcartilv join •. THE ST It IKING SEAMEN. RELEASES IV Al t K LAND. AH ELAND. Dec. IG. After -erv ing a -onion, o of two month.-,' hard, labour for combining to di.sobav la wl ul commands, liiirty-se- \, 11 member- of Die rivvv of the A l hell ie were released from the Mount Eden gaol y.-U el-dav. There are still sixlythree strikers in prison, and it vvill I early m January before they complete I hej|- I hri e months’ hard labour IMr refusing duly. Some of them are members of Die crew of the (Haiti, and .-.nine belong to the Tainui. A number of strikers are being sent, to England as distressed lP'iti-li seamen hv the lonic._ which vvill leave Wellington for London on Saturday. .Although about two hundred strikers were left behind at Auckland, only 32 have applied 1.0 the local Superintendent ot '.Mercantile Marine to lie sent to England as distressed British .seamen. and most of them are members of the Athenic’s crew. The majority ol the other men have found employment. and have expressed a desire to remain in New Zealand.

ho: a! i flicials of the Seamen's Fnion have sent a petition to the Prime Minister asking tor the release of the strikers still in gaol before their sonienees expire if there is a steamer loadable for thorn to he sent to England. ('IIKM IST DROWXKD. WESTPORT. Dec. 17. (■. Findlay, married, a chemist, was drowned in tlie Duller River tin's afternoon from a four-oared skiff, which was swamped after a race at the Tvawntiri Rowing Clules regatta. FORTH EH PA RTICTI. \ Rs. WESTPORT. Dee. 17. Tin- opening et the Kawatiri Rowing (bibs season this afternoon was marred by the drowning of James (;j|. beet Findlay, a chemist, aged fid years, i and a married man. Findlay stroked j n crew that won a race, and when the boat was returning it shipped a sen and was .swamped. The crew hung on to the boat ns it drifted down the river in the rapid current, hut when nearing the crane wharf. Findlay attempted to swim ashore with the eoxsuaiu. Albert McT.ean. Becoming exhausted. he told McLean to carry on himself, and shortly afterwards he disappeared. McT.ean reached the pro- j pcllor of the Xgakuta and hung on until rescued. | Afr Finnerty. in a dinghy, rescued the other three members of the c-rew. named Grogan, Flay AfoTyenrio and Caldwell. motor fatality. DUXEDIX. Dec. 10. Clarence Ward, aged 23, who was injured recently through a motor cycle he was riding colliding with a motor lorry in the city, died in the hospital this evening. FIXED FOR KISSIXf; A ODD. CHRISTCHURCH. Dec. 17. At. the Magistrate's Court, before Mr H. A. Young. S.M.. William Robertson. a widower, aged C 3. was fined £5 for kissing a girl without her permission.