NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2109, 28 March 1914, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

MORE STRIKE FEELING

LIVELY EPISODE AT TIMARU. (By Telegrapji.—Press AESBciaiieu.) Timaru, March 27. An outcome- of ill-feeling between the wharf strike leaders "and tho new tmina to which tlie-y are not admitted as members will come before the court to-mot-. tow, when Archibald Hall will he charged with • assaulting Mr. M'Lcad, secretary of tho Arbitration UitJbn, ami with tfeo theft of the keys of tho wharf workers' hall. M'Leod was alone in the hull when Hall entered', abused aiid assaulted him, and tocik away tho keys. Wheu brought before a Justice of iho Peace, accused said that there was a dispute as to tho ownership ef the- hall, and ho gave up the keys on tlio understanding tliat his doing so could not affect tio claim. AMBITIOUS TEA-ROOMS. _ Ghrlstcliurch, March 37. At a meeting of creditors of the 'Misses Trent, engaged in »i largo tearoom business known as the Cadena, it Was shown that the amount owing to unsecured creditors totalled £2208 3s. Bd., leaving a deficiency of £110-1 Bs. S!d. I'he bankrupts - attributed their failure to the strike affecting business. The Official Assignee stated that the hooks had been badly kept, and that too many irons in 'tlm fire prevented proper supervision. The estate- was loft in the iiiiivds of the Assignee to realise on the stock. DEAR PASTIME. Dur.coin, March 27. As the result of a raid on a "tWo-np" school on the Town Belt- near Morningtori, on Saturday, Match M, twelve young men wero to-tlay lined £10 ea-flij with costs, at the Police Ceurt, WftNGANUI Y.MiG.A, V/anganui, March 26 The Wariganu-i X.M.O,A. was officially opened this afternoon by Mr. 13, R Peacock {chairman of the Austral iaa National. Committee of the World's. Y.M.C.A.) There was a large attendance, and the .proceedings were enthusiastic. The building, whfcli has eost £'030, is admirably adapted to its purpose.