NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3538, 28 July 1920, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

SOLICITOR’S APPLICATION.

WELLINGTON, July 27,

The Full Court this morning considered an application by Mr J. E. Barltrop fox admission as a solicitor. Application was made in 1915, but was withdrawn, being then opposed by, the Law Society. No opposition was offered by the society to the present application. The Court was of opinion that a further report on the matter should be supplied by the society, and adjourned the case to enable thi-s to be done. Mr. D. M. Findlay appeared for the applicant.

YOUNG MAN KILLED

AUCKLAND, July 27. A shocking railway accident, in which Alec Ellis, the 17-year-old son of Mr H. J. Ellis, headmaster of the New' Lynn school, was terribly mutilated, and succumbed to his injuries about an hour later, happened as the 7.15 New Lynn passenger train for the city was drawing out of the suburban station this morning.

TWO MEN MISSING. TE KUITI, July 27. Two men, named Watson and Macfihersou, left Pukemako on Sunday after a wild pig and have not yet returned. They were in heavy tush country, and it is thought they have been bushed. Searchers are out.

TELL-TALE FINGER PRINTS

AUCKLAND, July 37. « A message from the finger-print department in Wellington resulted in the prisoner, who had been caught interfering with boys’ clothing at the Domain about ten days ago, and had preserved a strict silence about himself beyond giving the name of Edward Styles, being brought before Mr ,T. E. Wilson, S.M., this morning under the name of John Nolan (41). It was recalled that the man was seen at a fence on flic Domain fingering the emits of boys who wmre playing football. and that when chased and caught he chewed and swallowed some' paper, gave the name of Styles and pleaded guilty to theft, though nothing but a football pass had been missed from the coats. He maintained a stubborn silence about his antecedents, even when convicted of the .petty theft. ‘Since then the finger-print department has placed him as John Nolan, who was convicted here in 1913 for a series of 29 thefts* and sentenced to three years’ reformative treatment,” stated Sub-Inspector Wohlmann. “He now admits his identity,” added the sub-

inspector, "and adds that after his release he enlisted under the mime of Styles to hide hf s disgrace, and retained the name on his return here. In view of the fact that the man had been in custody for ten day ~for the trifling theft ofT the Domain, he was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon..

CONCILIATION council. AUCKLAND, Juily 27. All labour disputes set down for ■ arly hearing by the Conciliation Council have been indefinitely postponed owing to the Conciliation Commissioner 1 . Mr. P. Hally, having been called hurriedly to Wellington. Mr Hally only returned to Auckland from the South this morning, having been occupied there in the sugar workers’ dispute. His departure for Wellington to-night is in connection with' questions affecting the coal miners.

5 SHIRKERS NOT WANTED AS LANDOWNERS. I WELLINGTON, July 27. The Dominion Conference of the Farmers’ Union was asked to-day to support a remit from Southland urging' that the Government be pressed to make it unlawful for convicted military shirkers to purchase or acquire any land or property whatsoever in New Zealand. The remit further proposed that any land or property purchased or acquired 'by shirkers since August 4th, 1914, should be disposed of to loyal citizens. The mover of the remit saicT that farmers wanted to make it plain that they considered men who had been too cowardly to fight should not b allowed to own any land in the Dominion. (Hear, hear). “If the country is worth fighting for it is worth keeping clean, and I don,’t think those animals —I won’t call them men—who would not fight should be allowed to become landowners in this Dominion,” declared another delegate. The remit was adopted unanimously.

FIVE HUNDRED HOUSES. ■ A WELLINGTON SCHEME. WELLINGTON, July 27. Some leading buildings and representatives of various unions engaged in the building trade have formulated a scheme for the erection of five hundred houses in the Wellington district, the structures to be of such permanent materials as brick and concrete. Some\ of the chief proposals are:

A Board to be established, to consist of one representative of the employers, one of the w'orkers, and one Government representative. The workers will undertake to provide all labour necessary and the Government representative will be responsible for prompt payment of wages accounts. The wages to be paid are 2/9 per hour for skilled labour and 2/ for unskilled. The whole cost of buildings, land, supervision, plant, etc., to bo borne by the Government, together with a further charge of five per cent, divided ' equally between the empfoyers and workers. The men to be conveyed to the works free. Hot water and suitable conveniences to be supplied including dining-room. Piece-work not to be allowed. Whole tmildings to be completed within twelve months. Builders to have first call on all materials, so that there shall be no hitch or delay in the progress of work, -and to ensure full time to the workers. The successful confirmation of the scheme is now a matter of K-'.ctieal politics. Only one union—We. .igton central branch of carpenters—voted againstthe scheme. Negotiations have been proceeding with the Board of Trade and the Government, and there is every prospect of the scheme affording an effective solution of the housing problem.