SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 101, 27 April 1912, Page 9

SOUTHERN NEWS.

(By '.telegraph—Press Association.) FLAXMILL EMPLOYEES. ' . WELLINGTON", Friday, ... A deputation from the llana.wa.tu Flavmill Employees' Union waited upon the Minister tor Labour I Hon. G. Lav. renson), and represented that the accommodation provided for the workers at the mills was not sufficient. The Mints, ter said that the requests of the deputation appeared to him very reasonable, more especially in regard to batlrxooms land shelter from draughts. He woul4 get a report from tlie Secretary .for . Labour, and bring the matter before Cabinet without delay. A FATAL FALL. VTAXCANEI, this day. At Waverley last night a man named Barnard O'Reilly, about .39 years of age, ■was thrown from a horse, sustaining serious injuries to the head. He died this morning. FALSE DECLARATION' OF BIRTH- . GISBORM>, tits-day-A girl named Esther Grace , Stretch was committed for trial to-day- on a charge of having made a false declaration of birth. FOUND DEAD. . GISBORNE. this day.. . An old man named Charles jS&aer, a German, aged 50, was found dead in Cork's Cove, Tologa Bay. TERRITORIAL ASSOCIATION. XAPIER, this day. A. strong branch of the Association, of: Honorary Members of the Territorial For c was formed here last evening with the object of giving those not compelled to servo an opportunity to assist the new defence scheme by their moral support. One employer present declared- .(list the j Defence Act was one of the most beneficial Acts placed on the Statute Book.