DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 19 December 1936, Page 8

DOMINION NEWS

DOOS ATTACK SHBEP. (|Per Press Association) PALMERSTON N., December IS. C-ouecTii has been caused to the Palmerston North City Council by the depredations oif dogs among sheep grazing on the areas under tlra Xmlt’S control. On Wedaiesdav afternoon, it was discovered a llsatian and a bulldog had attacked the floek on the golf course reserve, wth the result that n .nc Gieep found dead, and twenty others severely injured. The dogs were caught, and killed. The C«l has --cd an appeal to. dog-owners to keep then animals under control, other w-s.. ous action As- contemplated. WELLINGTON, December 10. Pleading guilty to charges that c ing an officer in fhc employ ol the Nc ' Zeiland Government, he stole sum, Zi.iiano uu property amounting to on, c i j . of the Government, Arthur Alton Butd 40, clerk, was committed by Mr Mos ley, S.M., to the Supreme Count for SC The evidence was that Burd was under the control of the district account, ant at the Public Trust, and on November End he did' not appeal io. dulv, but telephoned and asked for an appointment with the District «ntk As sislant Accountant. They met, am. Burd explained he had let them down and offered to make restitution out of his own superannuation H that weie possible. Burd’s confession was made prior to any inquiry being instituted. The defalcations extended over six Bail was renewed in E2OO. The Arbitration Court to-day fixed the hours of work under the Nefy Zealand Masters’ and Officers (Coasta. Shipping Companies) Award and the Northern District Ships’ Masters ami Officers’ Agreement, at 56 a week. The application was for a 40-hour week. Mr A. L. Monteith, employees’ representative, dissented from the decision. AVELLIINGTON, December 16. The Arbitration Court has fixed a* 40-hour, five-day week for metal workers. with wages at 2s 3jd an hour, with Is fid a day extra for welding Youths range from 1.7 s fid a week under sixteen, to £3 2s fid. The Court refused to make fffto an award an. agreement between the Wellington labourers and related trades industrial union, and the employers, described as wireworkers, because it provided for factory work in five hour periods, which is contrary to the Factories Amendment Act, and had been reached by a Union that did not cover wire workers.