DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 9 August 1932, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS

; TIMBER WORKERS’ DISPUTE. | ■ '(Per Press Association — Copyright " j WELLINGTON, August 8. ■ ;!’After sitting at Invercargill on July 1 - 21, to consider the dispute between- : 'the 'sawmill owners, and the employees " the Timber Workers’ Union, the. GonciliatiotT: Council ' ad-' joiirued to further con--1 si del the'- question of wages. The date Set down for the adjourned inquiry, was'August 4, this being the last day on which it'could be . heard, as by law fourteen days only are allowed for any such adjournment. ’- 11J )' ' •' '

, , A FOOLISH ACTION. ;:) CHRISTCHURi/H, August 9. Henry Hogan Foote, a hum who i caused a stir in Cathedral Square yesterday afternoon by taking a seat beside the Governor-General, ip the ViceRegal car, was called on for an explanation in the Polic'd Court this morning.

In view, of. the fa'ct that , his Excellency had expressed a' desire that ‘'the! punishment should not be severe,, 'Foot© was convicted and discharged and a prohibition order issued ngainst lum. c - , - ■ ■■- :• .Foote., who is a traveller, said We had drinks and had intended 1 to get the: .governor's autograph, and he meant’ no offence. fj FRACTURED NECK. . AUCKLAND, August 8. While- playing football at Kawakawa, George Wynyard, a Maori, ; hpfed two ffel'-orie yuars, a son of P. Wyhfard, of Karctu received a injury when being tackled. He was conveyed to the Kawakawa Hospital, where an X-ra,y examination revealed that lie had received’;; a fracture of the neck and that the' spinal cord was crushed. He is' paralysed from the neck downward and his : condition is very serious. '; |f MURDER TRIAL. U-l . AUCKLAND, August 9.

The) trial of Heta Fred Gardner, aged,.isL on a charge, of murder was continued to-day. Evidence was given (the accused’s 'movements about the o time oi fhe murder. TRANSPORT BOARD. • AUCKLAND, August 8.

The Transport Board decided to take the necessary steps to vary the existing agreement with tlile Union or enter into a new agreement. Discussions i have lately been held with the men ||nd'i jth’a proposals were balloted on by file men and rejected.