WORLD OF LABOR.

Mataura Ensign, 29 November 1912, Page 7

WORLD OF LABOR.

WAIHT COURT CASES

PEB UNITED PEESB ASSOCIATION. r% WAIHI, Nov. 28. | the Magistrate's Court the charges; Oliver Noakes and Arthur Ricli-j ards (Federationists) for threatening j behaviour arising out of the disturbance; on November 11, were dismissed. The; magistrate in giving his decision remarked that in the case of Noakes the defendant had under the circumstances; no alternative but to defend himself. In' Richard's case the man had been prac-; tically challenged by Bostock (an Arbitrationist) and though a breach of the peace had been committed there wa:-j justifiable provocation. Bostock was) •similarly charged and the magistrate, said that he would deal with his later alono- with other Arbitrations., In connection with the charges against James Edward Harvey (Arbitratiov.ist) and James Edwards (Federationist/ I*r threatening behaviour and fighting m; front of the Miners' Hall on luesday,; November 12, the magistrate said that these charges were dissimilar to those he. had previously dealt with. By the evi-j dence it would appear that both men had a reputation for fighting and when, they met there was no crowd, no ex-, citement in the street, and both anoear- 1 ed willing to try their respective roea-! sures of strength. Both were actually, blamable. Each was convicted and fined £1 and costs 28s. |

DRIVERS' WAGES. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 28 The Prime Minister as Minister for Labor has written to Mr Hiram Hunker, secretary of the New Zealand Federation of Drivers' Unions, in reply to Mr Hunter's letter protesting against the wages awarded to drivers by the Court of Arbitration in the recent award. The Minister writes: "1 understand that the desire of your Federation is that as the Court of Arbitration has awarded only £2 8s per week for one-horse drivers a minimum wage of Is per hour should be fixed by legislation. It should, of course, be understood that the rates fixed by the : court in awards are merely minimum urates of employment and any employee is at liberty to stipulate with his employer that"he be paid a higher wage. I understand, however, that the rate awarded in the award you vcfor to—namely, £2 8s for one-horse drivers—is 4s per week more than that fixed in a previous Canterbury award dated December 18, 1908. Your suggestion opens up a difficult question, inasmuch as to carry the same into effect would necessitate interference with the discretion of the Court of Arbitration, which is a tribunal specially set up to deal with industrial matters. The suggestion will, however, be carefully considered during the present recess, when the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act is being reviewed generally."

Of the visitors to the Summer Show of the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association the probabilities are that j in accord with the general experience, one in 10 will be suffering from rupture, particularly .as regards the farming community, whose vocation necessitates heavy lifting, the most prolific cause of the malady. A serious outcome of this terrible trouble is that it causes the sufferer to be irritable in the extreme, and tends to make life unbearable for all with whom they coiik- in contr.et; especially is this so within the domestic circle. The utmost gratitude has been expressed to Mr Martin on numerous occasions, not by the patients who have been personally benefited, but by the wife or husband, as the case may be-, who is at last relieved from the "demon of unrest" which has so long controlled the afflicted one. The visit to the show should certainly in many instances be made to serve a two-fold purpose, the more imrortnat being, of course, the opportunity of receiving skilful and scientific treatment at the hands of Mr A. W. Martin, controller of the Dr Sherman method of curing rupture. It seems superfluous, after all the convincing evidence that has been produced in the columns of this paper for months back, to point out once more that rupture cannot be cured by trusses and need not be treated by the surgeon with his knife. The Dr J. A. Sherman appliance, assisted by the compound used, has proved, in the experienced hands of Mr A. VV. Martin,

\to be an immediate relief and a periMHuient cure, and this, not speaking - r'with the limited local experience of a resident medical practitioner, but with the practically unlimited experience afforded the whole continent of Australia, as well as both islands of this Dominion. Why cannot people judge for themselves? Simply because they decline to look this question of thenlives seriously and manfully in the face. If they would only do so they would be compelled to admit: "The truss is doing me no good." This is the fact. Why not acknowledge it? Having acknowledge the fact, what next is to 1m? done? Only one thing is left for the logically-minded to do, and that is, believe the overwhelming evidence which confronts them, and seek the benefit — i.e., the permanent cure—which the Dr J. A. Sherman treatment can give. and has given, to hundreds. Mr A. W. Martin, the sole controller of the Dr J. A. Sherman method of treating rupture, may be. consulted at his rooms, Samson's Buildings, Dowling Street, daily from 10 to 12 noon; 2 to 5 p.m.; extra hours, Tuesday evenings, 7 to 9; Saturdays, 10 to 12 noon. Consultations free. A booklet on "Rupture and its Treatment" sent free to sufferers on application. Please Note —Mr Martin closes at Dunedin on Saturdaj', the 30th, at noon. Will be in Invercargill December 3to 16, at Albion Hotel; and at Gore, December 17, 18, 19 and 20, at the Southland Hotel. 801 PING PONG MIGHT HAVE MADE THE INVENTOR'S FORTUNE But he failed to patent it. If you can think of any new game or toy let us advise you as to its patentability. Meanwhile, send for a copy of our free booklet, "Advice to Inventors," it will interest you. *"** HENRY HUGHES LTD., A.M.P. BUILDINGS, PRINCES ST., DUNEDIN.