DOMINION' NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1920, Page 6

DOMINION' NEWS.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN COURT. By Telegraph-—Press Assor'atfon. Dunedin, Feb 12. Ihere was a sensational occurrence In Court at Cromwell yesterday. AY hen a young man named Kirkman was being charged with forgery and uttering, lie suddenly drew a razor and inflicted a fearful gash in his arm. He was seized by a constable and the Magistrate (Mi'. Moslev) Tendered first aid. The man was in a state of collapse when taken to the hospital. ALLEGED CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. Wellington, Feb. 12. Charles Grayndler, well-known in La--1)0- circles, was charged with ill-treat-ing his 14-year-old son. He was unable to appear, as he was in hospital suffering from influenza. A remand was granted. The police intimated that two similar charges in respect to a 13-year-old son and an eight-year-old daughter had been lodged against Grayndlei". MILITARY SCHOLARSHIPS. Wellington, Pel). 12. The Minister of Defence has been advised that 5-2 N.Z<E.F. scholarships have been granted, ranging in value from £ilso to £250 per annum, and with a duration of from six months to three years, extendable in special cases if recommended by the governing body of the university where the scholarship Is held. The expenditure amounts to £22,925.

WAGES OF SEAMEN'. - Dunedin, Feb. 12. It is understood that the wages embodied in the new seamen's agreement ire based on the Australian rates. They are as follows: A.8., £l4 per calendar month: AB. employed as lamp trimmer. £ls; 0.5., under 18 years, £B, over 18 £9 ss; boatswain, fifi; trimmer, £l4; greaser or fireman. £iß; fireman-gres.rer (on vessels carrying one engineer only), £lfi 10s; donkeyman, £l7: storekeeper. £l6. Under the clause ordinary seamen 21 years of age and over are treated as able seamen. BREACH OF AN AWARD. Christchurch, Feb. 12. The Iron and Brass Moulder?' Union and the Boilermakers' Union and Amalgamated Society of Engineers were each fined £lO for a breach of the award by refusing to work overtime until the employers agreed to take the bonus awarded by the Arbitration Court into the calculation when computing the amount nayable for overtime. The magistrate, Mr. M'Carthy, in a reserved judgment, said that the employers had a right to demand the workers to work overtime I during reasonable hours, and that the bonus should be excluded as 'i. basis o? [computation. The unions, in taking up the attitude, had proceeded with the intention of defeating the provision of the Iward. CLAIM REGARDING RACEHORSE. Christchurch, Feb. 12. Tn the Magistrate's Court Air, M'Carthy delivered his reserved judgment in a case in which Robert Walker Franks, horse trainer, Sockburn, claimed £ 1 i-i from Reginald Acton Adams, DOnedin with respect to . the sale of the race horse Faerie Knight. The Magistral said In conclusion that it was irres!«t ihle that the injuries complained of too 1 place while the horse was under the defendant's care, and gave judgment fnr. plaintiff for the amount claimed, with costs.