DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 19 March 1945, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS

BOY’S DEATH IN BATHS P.A. CHRISTCHURCH, March 17 A twelve year old boy, Errol Murray Turner, residing with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Turner, at the corner of Harewood and Russley Roads, died while swimming in the Tepid Baths yesterday morning. An inq.uest was opened before the Coroner who directed that a post-mortem examination should be carried out. The boy was attending the baths with a party of children in charge of a teacher. About 11.20 a.m. he was noticed on the bottom of the baths, towards the shallow end, and a swimming coach brought him to the surface. Artificial respiration was continued for some time without avail. It is understood that signs of drowning were not in. evidence. Information given the police was to the effect that the boy was not under water for more than half a minute. WEEK-END WORK AT WATERFRONT P.A. CHRISTCHURCH, March 17 When the usual order was issued by the Union Steam Ship Company this morning for watersiders to return to work at 1 p.m., the foreman was informed, on behalf of the men concerned, that they would not resume work after lunch. Following the monthly stop-wprk meeting of the waterside workers on Wednesday,' it was stated that the question of work on Saturday afternoons had been discussed and that a motion had been carried declaring that in future no Saturday, afternoon or Sunday work would be undertaken.

The shipping companies had received no official information, but were not surpised when the watersiders refused to work this afternoon on the steamer express, the only vessel in port. It is stated that the executive of the Lyttelton branch of the Waterside Workers’ Union favoured the refusal of Sunday work, but considered that the men should work on Saturday afternoons, as the provisions in the agreement with the employers were involved in - the latter instance. This view was apparently over-ruled. No labour was called for to-morrow, as no vessels will be in port, so that the men’s attitude to Sunday work has not yet officially been made clear. Since 1925, the Lyttelton branch of the Waterside Workers’ Union decided not to work on Saturday afternoons. This decision held good for about eighteen months. FREEZING WORKERS’ GO-SLOW P.A. CHRISTCHURCH, March 17 No change in the go-slow . policy being operated by unionists in the Canterbury freezing works was reported to-day. The secretary of Labour (Mr. PI. E. Moston) said in Wellington that his department was m touch with the companies and the union on the matter WOMEN FACE GAMING CHARGE P.A. CHRISTCHURCH, March 17 Two women who admitted breaches of the Gaming Act were convicted and fined when they appeared before Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., at a special sitting of the Magistrate’s Court at the police station this afternoon. Kathleen Holstein, married, aged 37, was fined £25, in default three months’ imprisonment, for permitting premises in Airedale Place to be used as a common gaming house. Gladys Margaret Sayers, married, aged 27, was fined £4O, in default three months’ imprisonment, for using the premises in Airedale Place as a common gaming house. Sub-Inspector T. E. Holmes said that at 11.30 o’clock to-day Dectectives N. Thompson a.nd.T. C. Knowles visited premises in Airedale Flace and found both accused there. Mrs. Sayers was taking bets on the telephone. A total of £69 5s had been taken on various race meetings being held to-day. Mrs. Sayers was probably acting as an agent. Both women were allowed until Monday morning to pay the fines.