STOCKTON NOTES

Grey River Argus, 16 June 1933, Page 7

STOCKTON NOTES

(Own Correspondent.* Rangers Juniors played Stockton Juniors <>n Saturday June H'tli. on the l(>r;..| Domain and defeated them by three points to nil. The weather was ideal and a. hard fought gamp was witnessed ('specially with both packs of forwards. At half time there was no score ami the position remained thus until about fifteen minutes from the final whistle, a forward K.ttack by Rangers brought them into Stocktou s then a smart pick up by .1. Douglas ended by this [dayr scoring a beautiful try. Taylor failed to convert, the sc“i'<‘ remained the sa.llie till lime was up. The All Black Soccer team played 'l’histle on Sunday in the final for the Williams’ Cup. The weather was beautiful and the anticipibtion of seeing a well contested game brought •ilciig •[ large number of spectators from various places, ami all who attended did not receive a disaj>pointment, as the score signified. All Blacks 2; Thistle 1. All Blacks won the toss and decided io play with the sun on their backs and a. very slight breeze in their favour. Thistle kicked off and carried play to the Blacks goal. Anderson, Thistle’s (-(‘litre forward, drew the opposing backs ami sent out to White <>n the wing, who had an open g (, ah but his attempt went wide. The Blacks then took play into Thistle’s quarters, but tin' forwards seemed to be off colour and failed to take advantage of their opportunities. The game was very fast ami play went up ;.nd down field continuously. finally Thistle’s outside left got. away and centred into tin* Black's goal mouth. Anderson accepted same ami passed t<> Brown, who shot a lovely goal. The score remained the same till ha.lf-time. All Blacks kicked off ami took play to Thistle's goal mouth, but the defence was good and stood the test, finally the Thisth* forwards broke aw;Xy and carried play into their opponents half. Fox. the All Black’s full back, cleared with a high ball. G. Newman land (J. Osman went to head clear, in attempting to do so Newman received an injury to his leg ami had to go off. This left Thistle one man short, nevertheless their defence was good, ami the Black forwards were doing their utmost to penetrate. Ultimately Thistle had to relieve the pressure by acceding f<‘w corners, from one of these Taylor headed through a beautiful goal, making the scores one goal <'auh. All Blacks continued Io press, |aml after a prolonged struggle (I. Os’u::.n sent in a terrific shot.which Camp bell had no hope of saving, making All Black two. Thistle one. Thistle kicked off ami took play to Black s goal mouth and Anderson had hard ' luck in not notching goal. Play was , still in the Black’s territory when the L final whistle went ami the ga-me ended -AH Blacks 2; Thistle 1. The Millerton Ranger Hockey Girls s travelled to Wainiangaroa on Thurs--1 dav to play the local team there. Both ' teams had an unbeaten record and a very hard game was played, * ended in draw, two goals each. Mrs. , M. Osram ami Mrs If. Marshall were r the goal scorers for Millerton. d Mr. J. Doyle, well known on the

West ( oast and Buller districts, ad- < dressed a very largely attended meet- > ing on Millerton in Peggie’s Hall on p Thursday. Air. B. Davidson occupied ' ; the chair ami introduced the speaker.lie also touched on the different opin- , ions held by various workers in re- I ; gard to the true conditions existing in ( Soviet Russia, ami was confident that the speaker who had just returned from a trip to that country, would be able to place the true facts before the meeting in regard to the workers conditions there. Mr. Doyle then stated the subject he was going to address the meeting on was working conditions as they were in Soviet Russia to-day. First of all, seeing that there were a great many women present, he would or must touch on how women fared in that country. lie first mentioned that women could work it they desired to do so, ami that housewifery was not popular. The Soviet I’nion recognises no social or political inequality of the sexes, therefore a woman is paid precisely the same wage as man for doing the same kind of work. Although women may be seen on heavy work, it is the factories a.nd on the farms the majority go. The working female who is about to give birth to a. child is granted a two month’s vacation before ami after confinement, during which she receives full pay and every scientific care ami attention possible Upon resuming work the nursing mother is allowed one haltImur in each four hours wherein to visit ami nurse her baby in the Communal Nurseries, a.nd for this time off she is also allowed full pay. In reference to miners’ working conditions, the miner works a six-hour shift and provision is made for free clothes, etc. The timber workers have working conditions far ahead of the majority of workers in various countries ;;.nd decidedly on a par with the most advanced sections in any capitalist country. Al] kinds of sport are immensely popular ami according to season football, skating. ski-ing. bathing ami swimm.ing. As a matter of fact, every conceivable form of healthful recreation may |>e seen in the several parks of Rest and Culture. After the speaker finished his address various quesr tions were asked ami satisfactorily answered. The meeting then cb»se<l with a hearty vote of thanks to the speaker. The Stockton mine will resume operations this week after two weeks of idle time. The District Council met the employers in conference on Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday ami Friday to discuss the enginedrivers’ and miners’ agreement. The owners were ask-; ing for another five per cent, reduc-; ticn for the men working under the enginedrivers’ agreement. The men • arc to-day suffering under the ten per ; cent, general ent, five per cent. 1::-x on I all wages, and a 50 per cent., or half- ; time cut. The position as far as the ! mine workers are concerned is this: I That compared with a few years ago. it is u.n irrefutable fact that the conj ditions. taking everything into consideration, are 65 per cent, worse now i than in 1930. However, after further i discussion, the owners agreed to pay l the same rates, except that overtime . has been reduced from time and a-half ‘ to time, ami a-quartor for the first three hours, and time and a half in--0 stead of double time for any overtime

over three hours. Bricklayers are cut down to the wages of first-class fitters. Otherwise conditions ami rates remain as at present. With the miners’ agreement. there is very little alteration, except that some machinery for settling minimum wage claims ami Other disputes may be instituted. The Shag Point miners are out on strike over victimisation of ono of their members. An append for support for the men and their wives and children is being circulated throughout the various miners' unions in New A general meeting «»f the Storkton Miners’ Union will be held on June ]Sth to discuss reports from the District Council delegates relative to the recent conferences. An executive meeting of the Stockton Minors’ Union was held on Sunday. June 11th, to discuss matters of importance to the members of the organisation. Messrs Mcßride. Morrett ami Bennett are visitors to ('hristchurch in connection with the sittings of the .Arbitration Court. The findings of. the Court on May 22nd at Westport re the Westport Coal Co. v. Collins should be of interest in New Zealand. What is urgently required at this juncture is a definite pronouncement on the computation of the “average weekly ea rnings. ’’ or an amendment of the Compensation Act. The “Awa” decision seems to have been responsible for many contrary opinions, even amongst the legal fraternity? However. we are hoping to get some fresh light on this all-important question in the near future. On Saturday the Stockton Rugby players visited Millerton to try conclusions with the Ranger juniors. The weather was perfect. with a /air amount of sun. Stockton were represented by S. Chippendale. W. Miller. N. Morgan. H. Campbell. D. Miller. H. Fitzsimmons, D. Lavery. A. McGregor. J. Morgan. D. Fleming. G. Merrett. A. Chippendale. W. Shearer. 1.. Clarke and J. Cooke. The ga-me was played in a good spirit, and though Stockton lost, nobody would have complained had a draw been the result. The Thistle Soccer team met the Millerton All Blacks on the Millerton Domain on Sunday, before g. good attendance. for the Williams Cup. The latter won by two goals to one. After a period of many years’ service. the buses between Stockton, Millerton and Ngakawau will not be running a through service to Westport. This action by the Government’s officials has been quite obvious for a long time. In fact, it seems very strange why the motor buses were ever allowed to ply for hire between the above-mentioned places ami Westport. The splendid train service from Seddonville to Westport is a credit to the Gove.rnment, am] how the intrusion of the two bus services ever came to be allowed to interfere with such luxurious accommodation is very hard to understand. The whole thing has now I developed into a trade war between »the two proprietors of motor services. Smallholme has been granted the right by the Transport Board to maintain a jervice between Granity. Millerton. Stockton, Ngakawau. etc. Moore’s are not even going to be ullowed to bring their former <-ustomois to work from Grati'ty to the mines on the hills.