IN OTHER CENTRES

Evening Star, Issue 21093, 4 May 1932, Page 12

IN OTHER CENTRES

“ QUITS.” Hundreds of yards of cloth were ruthlessly slashed during the week-end by someone who entered the factory of Messrs Ross and Glendining through a window on the top floor, near the fire escape. The damage is estimated at between £IOO and £2OO. A note was left commencing with the word “quits.”—Auckland Press Association telegram. A ONE-DAY STRIKE UNLIKELY. It is understood that there was a meeting of delegates at the Trades Hall last Friday evening to consider the recommendation of the recent industrial conference to declare a one-day strike, and that the motion was referred back to the executive committees of each union to obtain the views of the individual unions and report back to a meeting of delegates to bo held shortly. It is said that the general opinion is that a strike will not be declared. — Wellington Press Association. CASE SETTLED. A caso in which ‘ Truth ’ claimed £5,000 from. * The Worker,’ was struck out by Mr Justice Blair in the Supreme Court to-day on terms arranged between the parties, the money paid into court to be paid to the plaintiff. Counsel for the plaintiff said a settlement had been arrived at, and it had been arranged for an apology to be published by the defendant in its papers in Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin, also in 1 Truth.’ The terms of the settlement were handed to His Honour.—Wellington Press Association. CHARGE OF CRUELTY TO A DOG. An unusual case for tho Higher Court, that of a man charged with cruelty to an animal, was heard in the Supreme Court to-day. The accused was Simon Clark, a farmer of Okaihau, who was indicted that lie wantonly hanged a dog in such a way as to cause unnecessary suffering. The Crown Prosecutor said the dog was owned by another farmer named M'Kenzie. The accused alleged that he had had thirty-four sheep worried by two dogs, and he told the police that when he caught one ho hanged it. M'Konzie said he found the dog hanged by the neck and also by the tail. The case ended suddenly when evidence was given that the dog was hanged by the neck only and was quickly killed. The jury, at the judge’s suggestion, decided that there was no_ case to answer, and the accused was discharged.—Auckland Press Association,