LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20722, 8 May 1937, Page 8

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Awards Made At a sitting of the Arbitration Court yesterday, before Mr Justice Northcroft, industrial agreements in the South Canterbury chaffcutter employees’ and Timaru journalists’ disputes were made into awards, complete agreement having been reached in Conciliation Council. Increased Liability of Employers Because it was considered that recent legislation had put more liability on employers, the Mackenzie County Council at its meeting yesterday instructed the engineer (Mr D. Jeune) to make inquiries with regard to increasing the insurance cover for workers’ compensation from £2OOO to some £3OOO or £4OOO. Coronation Decorations With Coronation Day close at hand, shopkeepers and others in Timaru are pushing ahead with all speed the decoration of their premises. Stafford Street yesterday presented a very patriotic appearance and by Wednesday the display should do the town credit. St. Mary’s Church was floodlit last night and presented a fine sight. Cricket Broadcasts Arrangements have been made for the national statio*”* broadcast reports of each day’s play in connection with the English tour of the New Zealand cricket toam. The first broadcasts are scheduled for 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. respectively on Sunday, when reports will be broadcast of Saturday’s play in the match, New Zealand V. Surrey, at the Oval. There will be similar broadcasts at 7, 8 and 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Age of Chivalry Knightly feelings animate the breasts of some of the younger generation, despite what the cynics say to the contrary. Two boys, approximately 10 and 12 years of age, entered a Christchurch tram with a younger girl, apparently their sister. All seats were taken, and the younger of the two boys approached a man seated near him. “You should give up your seat to a lady,” was his reproachful comment. "She is very young, and we don’t want her to get tired.” The gentle hint was promptly taken. Transport Risks A wnnrmg to persons who contemplate entering the transport business was Issued by Mr P. Skoglund in Wellington durllig a hearing by the No. 2 Transport District Licensing Authority. Mr Skoglund refused to grant an application for a license for a road goops service, and in doing so said that anyone wishing to enter the transport business should make sure of securing a license before purchasing equipment. The applicant who had appeared had purchased a business because the seller had a license, but that license could not be renewed because the business had not been operative before it was sold. “Doubting Thomas” A quip by Sir Thomas Wilford was very neatly capped by the Minister of Industries and Commerce (the Hon. D. G. Sullivan) at the annual meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. “When I arrived,” said Mr Sullivan, “Sir Thomas suggested to me that I should start my remarks with a text based on by Christian name. He told me to say, ‘Daniel in the lions’ den did not have to make a speech after the banquet.’ Now, Sir Thomas cannot have read his Bible very well, because Daniel made a lot of speeches after his experience in the lions’ den. Probably the reason was that he had a great deal of faith. If his name had been Thomas he might not have had that faith.” Bankruptcy In the Supreme Court in Timaru yesterday morning, before his Honour Mr Justice Northcroft, Archibald Leckie, police constable, of St. Andrews, was granted a discharge from bankruptcy. In making the application, Mr A. D. Mcßae said Leckie had been adjudged bankrupt on February 3, 1937, and two months later had made his final payment. The report of the official assignee recommended his discharge. The application was opposed by Mr E. J. Anderson, Dunedin, on behalf of James H. Lennox, on whose petition Leckie was adjudged bankrupt. It was submitted that the bankruptcy was very recent and bankrupt should pay more off a judgment of £3OO which Lennox had obtained. His Honour granted the application. Breaches of Award At a sitting of the Timaru Magistrate’s Court, Mrs D. M. Robinson, of the Lido Tea Rooms, was proceeded against by the Inspector of Awards, before Mr H. Morgan, S.M., for a breach of the Tea Rooms and Restaurant Employees’ Award, for failing to launder the uniforms of the waitresses, for which a penalty of 10/- was imposed. Under the Shops and Offices Act, for employing workers in excess of 44 hours, the same defendant was convicted and ordered to pay costs, 10/-. For employing a worker after 10.30 p.m., the same offender was fined £l, and costs 10/-. Failure to keep a wages book resulted in a fine of £l, with costs 10/-, and failing to allow the workers 24 consecutive hours’ holiday in addition to their usual half-holiday from the hour of I p.m., was met by a conviction and the payment of 10/costs. Mr R. A. Young (Christchurch) appeared for the defendant, and also in connection with civil claims by two of the workers, Elsie Dingwell and Joyce Holland for £l4/14/- each. After hearing the evidence, the Magistrate awarded the former 3/2 and the latter 6/5 only, with 10/- costs.