DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 May 1926, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

IBY TELEGRAPH- -rER PRESS ASSOCIATION " J INFANT FOUND DEAD. CHRISTCHURCH, Alay 80. Ihe four-weeks-old-son of a reside °* Sunnier, named Robinson, was font dead by his fourteen-year-old broth, this morning. UJie mother was not i P- he found in the house. The father u; informed and he went to the beach i search of his wife. The tide was lo ,J antl he saw her in the water an 11 brought her out. She was conseion A' when removed to her borne. The pr it lice were informed and detectives froi the city brought tlie body of the babj J - and also the woman, to Christchurch i- Details are meagre tin's afternoon. •■ It is stated that the woman has !>oei r f tuiet and morose lately, and her man ! - ner was strange on Saturday night Robinson, the husband, is the manage, of tlie hardware department of tin ii D.I.C. 1 ASSAULT CHARGE. 1 CHRISTCHURCH, Alay 2!). 1 On Thursday night a disturbance oc--1 curred in Short Street and Ernest lidi ward Earnshaw, aged 20 years, was admitted to the hospital with several wounds. He was discharged after hav- • ing been attended to. i John MeChesney, aged 38, a hi- ■ bourer, was arrested by the police and charged at the Alagistrate’s Court yesterday, before Air 11. A. Young, S.AI., with having with intent, caused grievous bodily harm to Earnshaw. Sergeant C’. E. Roach applied for a week’s remand and Air L. A. Charles, who represented AloChesney, applied for hail. In,reply to the Alugistrate, who asked if there was any objection to bail being allowed, Sergeant Roach said that Earnshaw was not seriously injured. Bail was granted in the sum of £IOO and one surety of £IOO. COACAHNERS’ AGREEMENT WELLINGTON, Alay 30. Regarding the complete agreement reached on the subject of wages and eonditons governing the employment ol miners on the West Coast at a con--1 ere lice between representatives of the coal mine owners and the men, the new agreement drawn no is at presen' before the industrial unions for r libation. Generally therie is litU change in the terms from the old agreement; the tonnage and yardage rates remain the same. In regard to other,rates of pay. there are only one or two minor alterations. In regard t" the hours of work*, the following clause was agreed to:

Working time shall he eleven days per fortnight, Pay Saturday being an idle day. Mon required to work on Pay Saturday shall he paid ordimir daily rates only. Horn's worked per day shall he: For underground workers. eight hours, hank to hank; for .surfacemen, eight hours exclusive of meal time. The agreement is to come into force at the cominen'ement of the first pay period after ratification, and will continue until 30th April, 1928. MERCER INUNDATED. AUCKLAND, Alay 30. The full effects of the floods are being experienced in the valley running to the north and south of Alercer. From Pokenp as far as a mile north of Alercer township, the country on either side'of the railway is inundated for a considerable distance. Alercer presents a picture of desolation. The railway station is on an isthmus, gradually diminishing to an island with the steady rise of the water. Horses are being used to tow motorists through. AA'ater has invaded the yards of the Alercer timber mill, and work has been suspended. The wafer was still rising last night. ACCIDENTS. AUCKLAND. Alay 31. James ( ouden Kennedy, married, with four children, died at the hospital from injuries received through a fall from a moving train. William Carlaw, forty-one, was knocked down b.v a tram in Parnell, and lies in the hospital in a serious condition. J. Stead, a Resident of Otahuhu is in the hospital with a fractured skull, broken arm and minor injuries, through a basket of coal falling on his head.

P X E C MO XIC: IX FI.UENZ A AUCKLAND. May 31. A case of bronchial pneumonia in the city, following symptoms of influenza, was reported to the Health Department on Saturday. Thi? medical officer of health lias arranged for the isolation of the patient at the hospital. This is the first case of the kind repotted here Ibis year. SUMNER TRAGEDY. CHRISTCHURCH, May 31. Since the birth of her Inst child Mrs Robinson lias been unwell. She was restless all Saturday night and was 1 have bad breakfast in bed yesterday. When the 14-year old son brought I tray to her slip asked for a table knife He brought it and five minutes later the tragedy was discovered iff - the eldest daughter, Phyllis. The mother was missing and the baby lay dead ii the eot. The woman was later discovered standing in the surf by her husband to whom she said : ‘‘l’ve killed my baby, I’m tired of life.” She now lies in the hospital in a semiconscious state. A COLLISION. CHRISTCHURCH. May 31. A serious accident occurred at 5.15 p.m. on Saturday when a motor-car driven by Stanley Walker of Christcliurlic collided with the ChristchurcliSouthbridge train at Prebbleton Crossing. There were four intuit passengers. two children and two infants, in the ear at the tune. Mrs Lucy (iambic, of Grafton StreeF - was the only passenger to receive serious injury. She was taken to tbe Christchurch'" Hospital suffering from concussion of the brain. The driver had bis left leg hurt and bis body severely bruised. U NEMPTfI)YMF.NT EXECUTIVE. AUCKLAND, May 31. At a conference held on Sunday to discuss the unemployment attended by tbe Pnemier and representatives of tbe City Council, Council of E.S A.N.Z. Natives’ Association, H. and G. A. Board, Public Works and Labour Departments, Labour Organisations and Members of Parliament, on the Premier’s initiative, a resolution was carried to set up a central executive-for relief of unemployment and make recommendations to the Central Relief Department and Central Labour Bureau, all registration for employment to he made to the Labour Department. RESULT OF A COLLISION. PAHTATUA. May 29. Leslie Wilton, aged 20. bad bis right leg amputated at tbe hospital as tbe result of injuries received in a collision Between bis motor cycle and a motor ear. late on Saturday night. MOTOR BOAT FLIER. WET/f/XGTOX, May 31. The new whaling launch. Surprise, which is able to travel at a speed of *fort"-five miles an hour, is now in the boat harbour here, and tin, a day or two will attempt to make a run from

Wellington to Picton, forty-three miles, in 75 minutes. Tlie Union Company’s flier, Wahine, is credited with •1 having cut the distance out on one occasion in two hours ten minutes, so the Surprise, apparently will be asked to perform a sensational feat, it d DRUNKEN DRIVER. >' TTMARU, May 31.' ° At the Alagistrate’s Court, John s Joseph AleKav, charged with driving 11 a motor car while in a state of intoxi- I ' cation was fined £•]() and prohibited 1 from obtaining a driver’s license for s twelve months. • I 1 BANK CLERK INVOLVED. > AUCKLAND, Alay 31. A young ledger keeper recently cm- I ployed by the Bank of New Zealand at I 1 Papakura was arrested at Sydney and I ' charged with forging a cheque for £l2O I • and drawing that sum from the depositors’ account. Accused pleaded guilty 1 and said he was a single man receiving a salary of £l7O per annum. He was in ill-health and wanted to go a drier climate. Ho cashed the cheque as he I had no other means. He was commit-1 ted for sentence, the Justices agreeing! to tlie suppression of his name. PREMIER. AND ALP. AUCKLAND, Alay 31. In the course of proceedings of the I 1 conference on unemployment on Sun- I day. Hon J. G. Coates said some poli- I licallv minded gentlemen are interesting themselves in this matter and are j 1 playing at cross purposes. Politics as far as I am concerned have nothing to ‘ do with it. AH Jordan AT.Pi—I would not sug- I gest that if I were you. It is not a-1 fair thing, I , Air Coates—What is not fair? Mr Jordan—As if you didn’t stand I ° for that. Wlirit we want is to see I the men work, (hear, hear). Air Coates—l am putting it that I way for this reason. I Air Jordan—That you might turr round and accuse tne of political man- I ocuvring in connection with this. I jn Air Coates—T won’t say that, hut I J the cap seems to fit and if it fits you | x can wear it. m Air Jordan—Tf you make a cap to I m measure it will fit, of course. IDi Air Coates—lt is not made to mea- I ure. my friend, you know that.