TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20702, 27 April 1929, Page 19

TELEGRAMS.

(Per United Press Associate AUCKLAND, April 26. A denial that pressure had been brought on 12 permanent tallymen in-the employ of the Union Steam' Ship Company to induco tliem to resign from their union was made in the Arbitration Court by Mi Carter, manager of the company, when an application to amend the award was under consideration. So far as he was concerned, ho said, the men had resigned voluntarily. Mr Shepherd; for the union, said it was singular that the. resignations were all received on the same day.-The union sought to have provision made in the award to cover permanent tallying. MASTERTON, April 26.- , t At the Magistrate’s Court this morning Manura Ngatuere was fined £2O for failing, to eradicate .blackberry from his land. , WELLINGTON, April 26. It was announced at a meeting of St. Patrick’s Old Boys’ Association that'the college intends to begin the erection of a new college at SUverstream on 200 acres of laud between Hurt road-and the Th( ; estimated cost is between £60,000 and £70,000. • CHRISTCHURCH, April’26. “He is incorrigible,’’ said the police when Cecil Arthur 'Hensley, aged 24; a jockcj, v\ as charged with converting 1 s car to his own use. It was his third similar offence and lie was sentenced to th—c months’ hard labour. The executive of the Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association has decided to set up an expert committee to consider details •in regard to the' Safeguarding of Industries Bill. . ■