DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 9 April 1931, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS

RETURNED TO WORK

THE WELLINGTON STRIKERS

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association) WELLINGTON, April 7. Practically all those relief workers who went on strike last week ;is a protest against the new relief rates of pay had returned to work to-day. 'Warning was published on Saturday to the effect that unless the men returned to work hv to-day they would have to stand down and re-register Indore becoming eligible lor further employment. Tlie great majority of the strikers availed themselves of the opportunity of returning to their jobs today without being penalised. WITHDRAWAL OF FREE TICKETS WELLINGTON, April 7. Free railway tickets for earthquake refugees in Wellington are ,to he withdrawn next week. Hundreds arc still staying in Wellington and the majority are considered to have Tib good reason for further delay. Applications for free passes on the railway must be reviewed by the Red Cross Society before next Tuesday. CO-OPERATION. OF OH UROTES. 0 VERLAPPI NO SER V rCEK." DUNEDIN, April 7. At. the annual meeting of the Presbyterian Synod of Otago and South-' laud to-day, it was decided to invite the Methodist Synod to co-operate with, the Presbyterian Synod in considering how best to overcome the evils ol overlapping in the services of these Chorines. The Synod’s Churches Extension Committee was appointed to promote- co-operation and to confer with any similar committee appointed by the Methodist Synod. GIRL DIES. A MOTOR VICTIM. : TIM ABU. April R. • After lying unconscious since Saturday nigh'c, the death Ocurred at Geraldine Hospital this alfternoon of ;Vera Gootleve, aged .seventeen, wife was knocked down by a car driven by David Bell, of Carew, on tin; Main North Highway on Saturday niternoon. ' . HUTT RIVER STILL .FLOODED. WELLINGTON, April 8. The Hutt River has remained about two feet above, normal since Friday’s flood, and heavy rain la«t night, while not affecting flic- river much, will tend to keep .the level high. A good deal of surface water, however, is lying .around, low places as the result of last night’s downpour.