TEAM WAY APPEAL BOARD

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7868, 2 August 1911, Page 1

TEAM WAY APPEAL BOARD

DISMISSAL OP MOTORMAN CONFIRMED. PEP SS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, August 1. The first case heard before the Tramway Appeal Board here was concluded to-day. The appeal, which was against the dismissal of a motorman for having had a " head-on" collision, was dismissed. No order as to costs was made.

; the charges, and that the inquiry should bo open to the press. Subsequently, Mr Wright asked when the Government intended to lay before the House, the report of the Chief Justice on the administration of the islands. PROFESSORS AND SUPERANNUATION. A PLEA FOR INCLUSION. . The professors on the staff of Canterbury College have submitted a petition to Parliament in which tho op.niun is expressed that professors, and lecturers should have the option of being included in tho benefits of the teachers’ superannuation scheme. They urge that they, as a class, are equally deserving of such benefits as are teachers and civil servants; that, considering the circumstances, a professor's emoluments are not so large as to justify his exclusion alone of all public servants; that teachers now contributing may continue to contribute if made professors or lecturers; that very few professors, two at most, would be likely to come on the scheme for many years, and tho benefits by reason of contributions would more than counterbalance the drain on tho fund by the pensions; and that other teachers are eligible, so that those who teach the teachers are excluded and thus degraded below tho corresponding chief officials of every other branch of the public service. Tile House is therefore asked to pass legislation to provide for tho professors and lecturers of the university colleges being included in the scheme.

POSITION OP THE THREE KINGS

The discovery that the Threo Kings, on which the s.s. Elingamito was wrecked some years ago, arc some miles out of their charted' position Js responsible tor an agitation for a reopening of the nautical inquiry, and Mr Wilford is urging the matter on tho Minister of Marino on the_ ground that important new evidence is available. Meanwhile, the observations of tho Terra Nova as to tho real position of the group are expected to strengthen the hands of those in favour of the now inquiry.

EXtPOLICEMAN’S PETITION.

THE CASE OP CONSTABLE GLYNN,

Ex-Constable H. W. Glynn, who on February 3rd last was convicted in the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington and fined for assaulting a civilian, has petitioned Parliament tor a full inquiry into the circumstances which led to his being called upon to resign from tho police force. He declares that tho decision in his case “is enough to frighten any constable from doing his duty at night in preventing drunken, men from disturbing tho peace.” JOTTINGS. Mr Wilford suggests that tho Government should confer with the Admiralty as to the suitability of Queen Charlotte Sound as a naval base. Mr Fisher asks whether tho Minister of Railways will make his < promised statement on the alleged continuance of tho espionage system on, the southern railways.

Mr Russell has urged tho Government to announce tho now electoral boundaries as soon as they are fixed, without waiting for the maps to be printed. Mr Arnold has filed a petition from the Railway Officers' Institute asking forincreased wages and better conditions in the first division.

Mr Herdmau urges the Government to facilitate the dispatch of Suez mails j from # Sydney to Wellington instead of tallowing them to lie sometimes two days j in Sydney. The allegation that New Zealanders often pay more for their produce retail than is paid for it in the retail shops of London is the inspiration of a motion by Mr Rtissell for a return showing the wholesale value In London of x ,J, oduce i exported from the Dominion during | May, June and July, and the retail I value of the same produce in New Zea- ; land during the same months. The widow- of the late Air H. M. Lyon, who was killed by a train at Trontham on January 25th last, has petitioned Parliament for a compassionate allowance. She says that she was left without sufficient means of support, and has an invalid daughter to maintain.