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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 70, 22 March 1916, Page 4

'- At its meeting lastnightthe Forhi- v * " ture Trades Union passed the foHowiny • resolutions: "ThaT thie union eaters its j "' protest against the. recent "Qrierruj-,----f Council ivhich gives increased powerj kj'. > inspectors in the issuerof under-rateper/A* i mite, considering sameV to ba • sary, since unions. and- unionists' can be•',.•} s depended upon to do justice !£o evieffy I returned eoldier. The union urgei.the , '; » Government to have the Order-in-Coiini:il ? )■• • withdrawn. Further, since tlie Ordelvin-. ' ; » Council xaaf lead :to the -violation pf*thV|} I terms: .and. conditions, of., -award*, J;tß^^; - union i 3 of-the-t)fmleh-tiiat-en>plpy«» 1- should.join :; haiids-'■yitKi.tbe -workera 'in-. ' their demands to 'hSvu the sacrednea.of v s their agreements maintained."'.- , ■:. '' ' The claims', paid., by the -Weilingtoi. 3 Harbour .Board for goods during..■l^ , ; ?. past year .were again exceedingly .uewji-i (remarks the secretary iatliia: port, submitted• to ; the Board), ':pMttfa'. 3 grettable accident in" the-Queen's fo&z 5 being responsible for the: amountW;i; . £419 18/3, damage to goods throa|J|V ' the flooding; of :6ne' ,flooi» hj:;;] 1 water. The gro3e totalpajinents J»ew . £64" 18/1, a3 against £585 0/8, £208 f 1/6, and £190 in the *• years' Of • this total of X«iY' 1»/1. . £466 2/7 was due. to accidents;' £75175': f to pillage, £97 4/11 to lose off 6od»,V - arid £8 13/4 cost of'adjustlngMTpriißy > delivery by Boards' employees.. ' Xew Zealand having esperienced t*»lg 5 unusually dry summers .in succession,-the.;-J amateur weather prophets are gettiijb : into harness,' and from yari6usrquii»'i ' ters come. foTecasts'r'of a "wet .wjntw.' are ( sa y s a contemporary), f 1 following the law of average*, belifcyins?; • that-the time has arrived for a wet': f season to make up. for the'drou|^?;.' • periods that have / troubled yaripiU ; ■ parts. of. the. country 61 late. --The' Trjje | 1 ones prophesy a colder and mofeiaS* , , • ment winter generally. Some*re : .ew?',' r .so. ambitious as to-, venture, tlie »i|**r ■ • ment that every country in EurbpeSi!!- ---» be eubject to extraordinary chinge» ; fa> s meteorological conditions as a,resultflrf; • the heavy bombardments on tfce jftfiv • ous war fronts. The>e' expectatiMßi.;. s however, are not regarded' aeriousl7 M'j- ' scientists, as the .greatest.efforts pos >: forward by human beings are infinlw.v X roal compared with .the mighty, nature. Man may ; 6imply .• observe ■■•}*;:■ average conditions of past .years, vrhiA prove but a broken reed as.data for tt*' ' future, for Mother Nature proves' h«r,. t feminine character by the.ficklenes»'?f; , her moods when dispensing ■■ each. w*v eon's weather conditions. "■','■-I ■''-'&:'• r &u The usual monthly advertiesmentif the Auckland , Co-operative Terminator p Building Society, in another ■colujnajef.i , thisjseue, notifies members that-a. W^- , "* j ing for appropriations will *c' Md).at"..- . St. James' Hall, WcllingtoiiVStiwrt.- , Auckland, on Wednesday, March • .ft I"16, at 7.30 p.m., whan "£12,000 will; »<> ; allocated by ballot and sale by f Monday, 27"th inst, being the laet;d*7 5 on which shareholders can.make $&*:*'■: J selves financial for the. meeting. >Hβ:' t tion is also made of ehares..*ytiUiNe / t Hsue, on easy terms if deiired. , ' iv I Major A. de Martin, from Antwerp,.<% : ;.; I livers a lecture in St; -BenSdictie HsU'«!.. f Tuesday evening next x>n .-the subject,: of i "Belgium and the Betgiahfe^ ! " r w I- An announcement of interest to school.; teachers in reaped of the.Domimoe . graded list of teachers ia- published fcj '■/,: . advertisement ir; this issue. - •'; • When in tmvn see our window Ai3pty\ ■ of NO RUBBING Lanndry Help; >«» i washings for 1/.— ' ( Ai ) " ... ' There is nothing new about BaitK , ' Lung Preserver. Holding ite'_ .. i tion for over fifty yeara—the Bri*U«»" . cure for chest and bronchial troiibl* l/io Wβ • :>■■;