LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 September 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Railwaymen’s Protest. The folowing resolution was carried at a recent meeting of the Wellington branch of the A.S.R.S.: —“That this meeting desires to voice a protest against the attitude of Archdeacon Bullock in delivering from the pulpit what we believe to be a political attack against the Government’s Social Security Act Amendment.”

Uniforms in Industry. A suggestion that persons engaged in industry should wear uniforms while on the job was made by Mr Carr (Government, Timaru) in the House of Representatives yesterday. Such standardisation of clothing would mean economy in material and design, he said, and the people concerned would realise that they were taking part in the war effort as truly as those in the battlefront. Ordinary clothes would, of course, be worn in the street, Mr Carr added. Mines Idle. Stop-work meetings were held throughout the Huntly coalfields on Monday, and the Alison and Rotowaro mines, both of which are owned by Taupiri Coal Mines, Ltd., were idle for the day. About 360 men were affected. It is understood that among the various matters discussed was the question of an increase in wages, but there is no official confirmation of this. At the Pukemiro, Glen Afton, McDonald and Renown mines the meetings were concluded shortly after the usual starting time, and very little time was lost. The miners at the Wilton Collieries, Glen I Massey, also held a stop-work meeting, 'and went into the mine 25 minutes late.

Soldier Sent to Gaol. Before he was overpowered by six other soldiers, a convalescent influenza patient in the emergency hospital at St. Paul’s Hall, Wanganui, yesterday, broke a warrant officers’ teeth and blacked a doctor’s eye. according to a statement by the police in the Magistrate’s Court. Wanganui, yesterday. The patient was about to be discharged, but will now spend two months in gaol. He was Private Trevor Wilfred McLean, Waiouru camp, and the charges against him were of having assaulted Dr. R. P. Tuckey and Warrant Officer J. Hammond. McLean pleaded guilty to both charges. Fire Insurance Rates. An investigation to determine' whether premiums charged by tire insurance companies in New Zealand arc fair and reasonable was sought by Mr Coleman (Government. Gisborne) in a question he- asked of the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, in the House of Representatives yesterday. Mr Coleman also asked whether in the event of the premiums being found to be too high, Mr Fraser would move toward giving relief to policy-holders. Mr Coleman added in a note to his question that according to the report of Mr GirlingButcher. inspector of fire brigades, premiums collected by fire insurance companies in New Zealand last year were £948,176, whereas losses paid by the companies were only £228,929.

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