SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 71, 23 March 1906, Page 3

SOUTHERN NEWS.

(By Telegraph.—Press i.soclatlou.) WORK OX WELLINGTON WHARVES. WELLINGTON, Thursday. At to-day's meeting of the Harbour Board a letter was read from the Carriers' Union of Employers complaining of delays caused by shortage of labour on the wharves. The secretary's reply was that quicker despatch could not be ariven with the present accommodation. A member of the Board said matters in this respect had reached a very acute stage, and he was couvinced that the management of the Board refused to supply sufficient labour to cope with the work. That was false economy, and resulted in very grievous trouble, car- I riers being sometimes unable to get croods for four, five, or even seven days. He moved: "That a committee be set up to inquire into the matter."' The secretary said the whole secret of the matter was that the sheds were too • small for the work. The accommodation at (Queen's Wharf was utterly insufficient. The motion to set up a committee of inquiry was agreed to. SCENERY PRESERVATION. CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday. In response to the Scenery Preservation Commission's report, Mr Sedtlon has telegraphed to Christchureh that j it has been decided to secure an area , of .->0 acres of the best part of Ken- j ned.v's Bush, on the Port Hills, provided j that a third part of tbe cost is borne j locally. The Government will defray the balance of the purchase money « from the Scenery Preservation Fund. \ The estimated cost of the area to be j reserved is £.V) 0. so that a sunt of £183 i wi!! havp to be raispd locally before the . reservation is finally made. The De- ' partment has been authorised to com- ; mence a survey of the reserve inline- I diately. ". ) MINISTER FOR LANDS AT CHEVIOT, j CHEVIOT. Thursday. j The Hon. T. V. Duncan. Mini-ter for j Lands, who is at present paying a visit j to Cheviot, and is representing the flovernment at the Cheviot show to-morrow, was pnterl.iined hy the settlers to- I ni_iit. Hcsponrli;-i<r to Ihe ton-; of the ! Mini-try. Mr Dum-an s;id be was delighted 10 tin! th' I lip\ iot. sellers so ; prosperous. As long as tho ivais were ' paid the Govern»i nt uonld not inter-' f_ rP with tli.-ii* .iiT'.ir-. and he hoped ! they would continue in (heir prosperity. He was st ,-ongly of opinion thai the northern railway should be advanced as far as the River Waiau. and that the j river should be bridged for rail and road traffic, tlie present lord being unsafe. SUDDEN DEATH OF A CYCLIST. i CHRISTCHURf. H, Thursday. , A man. who has not. been identified, ,' fell dead off his bicycle when riding toj wards Sydenham this afternoon. A CHEMIST'S BILL. | CHRLSTCHI Rt'H. Thursday. An unusual civil casp was heard at j the Uyttelton < ourt yesterday. It ap- ' pears that a. claim was made by a ehcni- ! Ist for £13 4 4. balance of £_S 13/11, i which, with the exception of a 1 5/11, was for chlorodyne. -uppiied during a period of IS months. Mr Day, SAL, ! before whom the case was heard, described it as scandalous that a chemist should give crpdit for such an amount | for drugs. If it hail been a publican's bill he would hare given judgment for ! defendants, btit in this case he could j not do otherwise than order the amount ito be paid. 1 _________________________