DOMINION DOINGS
[Peb Unitjko Pkes3 Association.] AUCKLAND, August 21. "William Joseph Greenwood, a farmer at Mount Wellington-, hanged himself bv a strap from a window. He had been'depressed for somo time. CHRISTCHURCH, Au S ust. 21. Taxi-drivers at the Conciliation Council feskod for_ a wage of £3 ss. The employers said, that their business had boon hit by the war, and agreed to pav a war bonus of 5s per week" if the- old award (with a weekly wage of £2 12s 6d) were agreed to, with Is 2d per hour overtime; the bonus to last till three months after the war, /mprovtrs included. E. C. Kirk, chemist, of Sydenham, aged 35, single, was found dead in his bed, t'.ie arcumstances pointing to poison. WAXGANTJI, Aumist 21. A soldier, arrested at Trentham. was charged with issuing valueless cheques totalling £25 din-in*: April. As the man was serving his countiv the. Magistrate .ordered him to come up for sentence- later.
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Evening Star, Issue 16198, 21 August 1916, Page 5
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159DOMINION DOINGS Evening Star, Issue 16198, 21 August 1916, Page 5
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