DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1930, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

N.Z. UNIONS’ CONFERENCE. [By Telegraph, Per Press Association.. WELLINGTON, July 22. Delegates from all of the Industrial Unions throughout New Zealand c are being invited to meet in conference at Wellington on July 30th to discuss the Government’s unemployment relief proposals at present before the House, am! to consider the recoinineii datious of the Commission which recently held an inquiry into the Workers’ Compensation Act. The Conference is being convened by the New Zealand Alliance of Labour, and is ex pected to lie attended by about one hundred delegates. It will take ..placein the Trades Hall, and is expected to last about four days. Trade unions, whether affiliated to the Alliance or not, are being invited. DOG BOX INCIDENT. WELLINGTON, July 22. Sco.rrJnge appeared before the Court charged with escaping from prison on July 17th. He was remanded for a week. V ATi HE LESS CHF.QU.ES. WELLINGTON, July 22. Reganald Vanderbilt, 35, and Charles Thomas Wood, 27, recent arrivals from Australia, were each sentenced to six months imprisonment by Mr Page, S.M., on a charge of attempting to obtain £37 15s from Dominion Motors by a valueless cheque. It was stated that they opened an account with the Bank of New Zealand with £6, and afterwards agreed to buy a car, and tendered a cheque for £435. WOMAN’S FALSE PRETENCES. AUCKLAND, July 22. Mary Hodson, aged 42, a cook, was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment for obtaining £7 17s 6d form various people. It was stated that she had put a number of dentists to much trouble in making impressions of her teeth. A.t one place she told a tale, of losing a bag, and borrowed £l. She obtained other sums by other false representations. FISHERMENS’ ESCAPE. AUCKLAND, July 22. • Two‘brothers, M. and J. Janovich, narrowly escaped drowning, when swept overboard off a fishing launch near Cape Colville. One, caught bis fingers in the mesh of the net and was dragged overboard with it.- -His 'brother, in trying to check the run ol the net, followed him into the sea. Botli kicked off their seiv. boots, and swam after the launch, which was travelling at nine knots, but they eventually had to stop. Luckily, a third member of the crow emerged from the engineroom, and heard his shipmates cries from far astern Eventually both were got aboard again unharmed. WELLINGTON FROST. WELLINGTON, July 23. An unusual feature of winter here this year is the prevalence of stiff frosts which are an exception rather than the rule in Wellington. The winter is mild so far, but it is many a year since so many frosts were recorded. Last night was one of the heaviest, the thermometer being eight to ten degrees below freezing point. SOCCER CHRISTCHURCH, July 23 The following Association football team has been selected to represent Canterbury against West Coast on August 2nd : —Goal, C. Colville; backs. W Lorrimer, 0. Anstoy; halves, T. Bristow, G. Robert. J. McLeod: forwards, M. Hulme, D. Sutherland, F. Smith, C. Pickup, C. Morgan.