LEVY ON WAGES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20805, 23 February 1931, Page 11

LEVY ON WAGES.

PARTIAL SUCCESS ONLY.

OBJECTIONS BY WORKMEN.

LARGE MEETING OF PROTEST.

[BY TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL REPORTER.] NAPIER, Sunday.

The trouble over the retrospective levy of four shillings a day on wages, made by the Napier Citizens' Control Committee, seems to be settling itself, but the committee has given up hope of obtaining anything like the whole of the money. The Public Works Department made the deduction at its pay-out on Friday, but apparently not many private firms would take the risk of contravening the law or of having trouble with their

employees. The levy was especially resented by the waterside workers at Port Ahuriri and by a largo section of the men encamped at Nelson Park. A large and noisy meeting was held at tho camp and was addressed by Mr. W. E. Barnard, M.P., vice-chairman of the Control Committee, who endeavoured to pacify the move unruly spirits. Mr. W. Nash, M.P. for Hutt, who was on a brief visit to Napier, spoke to the men upon the servico given by the people of Wellington in taking refugees into their homes and raising large sums for tho relief fund. This had a good effect.

On Saturday the committee published a fresh statement explaining its reasons for making the levy, and also received a deputation from the camp meeting. The incident shows that the committee's career is drawing to a close. Ib has done courageous service in a time of tho utmost difficulty, and a little misplaced zeal ought not to lessen the town's gratitude for its really fine work.

TWO MORE BODIES.

DISCOVERIES IN RUINS. HASTINGS WOMAN IDENTIFIED. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] HASTINGS, Sunday. Two more bodies wero recovered yesterday, one at Hastings and tho other at Napier. They have been identified as follows: Grace Jones, aged about 20, an employee of Roach's, Ltd., Hastings, whose body was found in the ruins of the store. Miss Jones was previously reported as dead. Henry Ogden, of Avenue Road, Hastings, casual employee at Napier Hospital, whose body was found in the hospital ruins. A body, previously reported as unidentified, has now been identified as that of Mrs. Ellen Bohan, widow, aged 58, of Avenue Road, Hastings. A photograph of Mrs. Bohan and iier daughter Kathleen, who was previously reported as dead, was in the possession of a Hastings resident, and thifc led to identification. Tho mother and daughter were shopping at Roach's store when the disaster happened.

PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL.

PALMERSTON NORTH REPORT.

ADMISSIONS AND DISCHARGES

[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] PALMERSTON NORTH, Sunday.

A hospital bulletin states that the following new earthquake cases, have been admitted to the Palmerston North Hospital:—Mrs. Jessie Arnold, of Napier, shock, satisfactory; Mrs. Margaret Beamish, transferred from Hastings, satisfactory; Mrs. McLean, from tho show grounds refugee camp, satisfactory. The following have been discharged : —Mary Grant, Peter Paleson, Billy Lavin, William Young, Helen Mansfield and Mrs. W. Parsons.

CASES AT WAIPUKURAU.

SOME IN SERIOUS STATE. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WAIPUKURAU, Saturday. Forty-two earthquake victims were still in tho Waipukurau Hospital this morning. Their condition is satisfactory, except in tho cases of Mr. S. Burken, aged 47, of Waipawa, Mr. Thomas Carter, aged 74, of Hastings, and Miss Lorna VVilliamson, aged 18. of Napier, who are classified as very serious. A new admission was Miss Joan Keady, aged 42, of Waghorne Street.. Port Ahuriri, who earns from the Napier Hospital. > c |ie is suffering from shock.