DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1921, Page 7

DOMINION NEWS.

. 'THE WEITZEL CASE, 1 By Telegraph-—Press Association, Wellington, Sept. 15. The conviction of Miss H. Weitzel, graduate of Victoria College, on a charge of circulating seditious literature, was mentioned at the meeting of the Victoria College Council last night, when it was decided that a special committee be set up to inquire into the specific questions raised by the Director of Education in this connection. During the discussion it was pointed out that Miss Weitzel was not a student at the college at the present time. She finished her course at the college m November, 1920, and had not become connected with the Communists till April of this year. ' The following resolution was also passed without discussion: “This Council regrets that the Minister of Education, prior to the holding of the inquiry asked for, thought proper to make public a statement through the press which was very prejudicial to the reputation of the college.

SETTLING LABOR DISPUTES. Auckland, Sept. 15. At the annual meeting of the Provincial Employers’ Association Mr. Spencer, president, said that the time had arrived when the whole of the laws dealing with the settlement of labor disputes might well be repealed and one Act substituted. He would suggest that one court only should be set up to adjudicate on all labor disputes, to be open to all unions, whether registered under the Act or not, and to all employers. Any strike or lock-out should be made absolutely illegal and punishable by fine or imprisonment according to culpability.

ATHLETIC UNION. Dunedin, Sept. 15. The New Zealand Athletic JJnion negatived by fifteen votes to ten a proposal by Mr. Davy (Poverty Bay) to remove the headquarters from Timaru to the North Island. Mr. M‘Kay, of Dunedin, was elected president, defeating Mr. Davy. The next conference will be held at Eltham. A SHOOTING AFFAIR. Christchurch, Sept. 15. A shooting affray which occurred last night at the Springston Hotel, when (Bartholomew M'Evedy, a Southbridg® ■farmer, was wounded in the left wrist and thigh, resulted in the arrest of Janies Scott Main, ranger employed by the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. It is stated that the shooting occurred during an attempt to wrest a revolver from the man’s possession. Three shots were fired, two hitting M'Evedy and a third wounding another man in the hand. The latter has not yet been discovered by the police. Accused appeared before the court this morning on a charge of attempted murder, and was remanded for five days.