TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 94, 20 April 1912, Page 9

TELEGRAMS.

UNITY LABOUR PARTY. ME. PAUL INTERVIEWED. [BX UXEGEAPH— SPECIAL TO THE POST/) AUCKLAND, This Day. Mr. J. T. Paul, M.L.C., who is at ! present in Auckland, has had something to say to an interviewer about the Unity Latiour PaTty, of which he has been elected the first president. "The new organisation," said Mr. Paul, "will give Labour the influence commensurate with its numbers., which it has not obtained in recent years* Amongst the members of the National Executive are several men who have played a big part in organi&ing Labour in the past, and have undertaken to oiganise their respective groups at the earliest possible moment. The result ■will be a party composed of industrial groups — a method which will be totally different to any adopted in previous organisations. For instance, Mr. Veitch, M.P. for Wanganui, has been appointed organiser of the transport workers, and as Mr. Veitch was the old president of the Eailway Servants' Society, it means that when the railway men. have had an opportunity of considering the constitution and political platform of the new organisation it is almost certain they will throw in their lot with the Unity Labour Party. Mr. J. Eobertson. M.P. for Otaki, has been appointed the representative of the agricultural and pastoral workers. Several other well-known Labour advocate* havo also taken seats on the National Executive — notably Messrs. Tregear, M'Cullough, and Whiting." *"I have already met several groups of .workers in Auckland," observed Mr. Patil, "and- in all cases the new party has b«en most favourably received. For the first time in New Zealand a new national machine has been formed which permitsi of all who are desirous to become members, enabling aD who are sympathisers and adherents of the movement to enter one strong organisation instead of being split up among a number of small entities, which ar© used v£ry often as instruments by those most opposed to .the interest* of Labour." WOLVES IN CANADA, £BT ,IS£EGiAPH — SEZCIAIi TO THB 7>QSX.^ AUCKLAND, This Day. * In a letter received /by a resident of Auckland from a relative in New York, it "is stated that the province of Saskatchewan, in. Canada, is threatened with' an invasion of wolves, for the capture of which the Government has offered rewards of £20 and over. Wolf hunts are always an exciting and often a remunerative winter sport. It is stated (by the trappers) that in> a terribly severe winter some years ago droves of Siberian wolves — the most blood thirsty of the species — crossed into Northern Canada, and from thence they have spread until their ravages are heard of as far east as the .Saskatchewan Valley. [PSEB3 ASSOCIATION,] UNUSUAL CASE. iWIFE BEUTALLY ASSAULTED, AUCKLAND, 18th lApril. A most unusual case came before Mr. Kettle, S.M., this morning. . A man named John, Casejr was"' charged with having assaulted his wife on 15th ApriL Casey pleaded guilty. The wife, who had, her eyes badly blackened, deposed that she .was 21 years of age.- She was, laaiiied tliree weeks ago. She came to Auckland from Pukekohe, to get maimedShe had known her husband for about twelve months. Since her marriage they had been living in rooms in Ponsonby. Ob 15th April her husband made certain remarks about her child, but he knew all about it before they were married. On the 15th her husband was drunk, and he punched her in the face. She had not done anything to arouse his anger. John Ca&ey said he was N very sorry to have struck his wife. It was the first time he had laid hands on h«r. Ho hail offered her £8 to go back home before he married her, but she declined to do so. He did not want to marry the girl, but did so at her mother's request and because she said she would "do for herself" if he did not marry her. Mr. Kettle said it was a most distressing case. Defendant would be convicted of brutal assault upon this unfortunate woman, who was almost a child, who had apparently been cast off by those ■who should have taken charge of her. "You married her," added Mr Kettle, "and you got drunk and violently assaulted her. It is difficult to find words to express one's disgust at such conduct. You must come* up to be dealt with nest Monday morning." His Worship also granted a summary B9p&ration and rnaus a maintenance order of £1 5s per week. TROUBLE THREATENED; DUNEDIN, 19th April. Trouble is threatened at Messrs. C. and W. Gore's brickworks at Wingatu over the question of wages. The men ceased work to-day, and demanded that the wagea be increased by Is per day all roond. At present boys receive 66 to 7b per day, and labourers Bs. A deputation from the"hnen waited on the employers, and laid their grievances before them, giving them till noon to-morrow to consider the matter, the men resuming work in the meantime. The employers offered an advance of 6d per day, but this was refused. It is understood that if the demand is. not acceded to the men will c_eaee work to-morrow. About twentysk hands are involved. The employees were formerly working under an award, ■which expired about eighteen months ago, but the union, has since been dissolved. BURGLARY IN AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, 19th April. Yet another burglary ie reported in 'Auckland. The house of Mrs. Schofield, an elderly widow at Devonport, was broken into on Wednesday evening while the occupants were- away at the pictures. The burglar* were evidently after big booty in the shape of a collection of kauri gum and coins of considerable value. They failed, however, to locate the collection! andisecured only about £3 in cash. SUICIDE, WANGANUI/ 19th April. A man named E. H. Ashfoid, aged twenty-seven, a recent arrival from the Old Country, strangled himself in his bedroom this afternoon. Deceased had received news of the death of his wife, and had been melancholy. CHABGES OF THEFT AND RECEIVING -DUNEDIN, 19th April. At Blacks to-day Stanley Charles Hilgendorf was charged with stealing £40, and Michael Beglsy with receiving £20, the property of the Postal Department. Both accused were employs

Ed on the railway at Oamakau. Hilgendorf pleaded guilty, and wa« committed for sentence, but Begley pleaded not guilty, and was committed for trial. Both were admitted to bail on their own recognisances of £75 each, and two sureties of a similar amount.