DOMINION NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 8 July 1925, Page 12

DOMINION NEWS.

AN ELUSIVE BURGLAR. 0 (BY 115I.EQBAPH —Pl* ESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, July 8. A burglar was caught in a house at Hataitai yesterday afternoon, and the place was surrounded by four neighbours. The man, who was strongly built, put lip a good fight, but was overpowered and thrown down. He cajoled his captors into letting him up on the pretence that it was cowardly, as they were four to one. Foolishly they did so, and he immediately broke away, leapt down a bank into the backyard o.f the next house, and was off into the scrub up the hillside before they could get round. Moreover, he took his plunder, in the shape of some valuable rings with him, and got clear away. STREETS DAMAGED BY RAIN. WELLINGTON, July S. The continuous rain of the past weeks has severely damaged those city streets which are* not paved, and the Mayor estimates it will require thousands of pounds to repair them. This will curtail the cost of improvements intended to he done out of revenue this year. ANGLICAN SYNOD. WELLINGTON, July 8. At a meeting of the Diocesan Synod, Bishop Sprott said th e time had come when a cathedral chapter should he established in this diocese. A Bill R>'this purpose would be brought in this session. He also explained at length the provisions of the Bill to ho submitted to Parliament, dealing with fundamental clauses of the constitution. . INQUEST. WILING TON. July 8. At the jnquest'on Grounseli. who was ki'led bv a fall from the roof of the Oddfellows’ building, no new light was thrown on the cause, and an open verdict wa s returned. A WATERFRONT PROBLEM. GISBORNE. July S. • Every year after the closing down of the freezing works there is an influx of labour to the various waterfronts of the Dominion, and in Gisborne this influx is being experienced at the present time. The natural result is that those men who rely all the year round on wharf work liow find that some of the work which would in the ordinary course be theirs is going to these new members. Because of this the local union approached the Employers’ Federation with the request that the number of members of the union be limited. The union contends that there is insufficient work offering at present for those permanently engaged on the wharf, and that no more should he allowed into the union. The local branch of the Shipowners’ .Federation decided to consult headquarters as to the position.