DUNEDINS NOTES.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12531, 28 June 1906, Page 2

DUNEDINS NOTES.

(SVECIiS, TO "THE PRESS.") DUXEBLV, June 26. "You ask if t-hero is .1 raarkot for I meat at Genoa," said Captain Hoilmssj worth, of tho In&ragliiri. hi oonTorBa- ; tion with a "Star" representative "Xo doubt about it- Tho Italian market- is one of th-e finest, if you go fer it in time. I have been thrcsj tiin-es into the Mediterranean- with tho li>draschiri. ITie laet trip w© put csliore liiO to:is nt Qu«?nsland beef and 140 t<ns cf Nr-w South Wales mutton zt Genoa. It opened the eyes of tho natives —it was far better stuff than th?y rear on tho AfKmnitves or in tho Maromma- If j steamers ca« ssrro them, the trade ought to open fact. Already they havo got works at Genoa, but they hare a lot of detail to learn." I The Shops imd OfficcG Act and_ its I sections a.n3 sul*;?ctions seem to afford plenty of scop:> for sv lawy<>r's ingonuity. This morning:, at tho Police Court, a neat point of law arose. A grocer, for wham Mr Hay appeared, was charged with enipkying liir> daughter after the hour of ono o'cl«ck on the Wednesday half-holidiiy. Section 3of the amendrng Act of 1905 provides that a shop assistant shall not be employed aftej- ono o'clock on. the closing day, and a (subjection of the same section laye it down that if any shop assistant is employad in any shop later than Inlf an ho'jir aft-p.r tho time for closing, the employer oomniite an offence* against the Act. A further sub section pwvides that the of the occupier's family ishall not- bo <l«Mne<l to be hhop as6.iVtants vitliin the ni-e-aiiiu.j; of ihc section. Section 4of tho original Act of ]')!)' also that a shop ersli.il! not bo omployr'd in a siiop one o'clock on c!o.-ing day, but in thU section the term '"shop assistant" ii:duf!r6 me'nborE of the occupier's family. Mr Hny extended that th(»\ct of 190-5 overruled the Act of 1901, nnd that there ivas only on? RpeciSc off?ncp. namely, that set out in tho V.W> Act, and ho orj»r.i>d that in consequence it was no offw.co to omploy a nMjmber of one's family in one.* .slKvp after hour«. M.r Graham, S.M-, after consideration, ruled against this contention. Tho ess? was ultimately dismissed on tho faete. , : Juno 27.

Jiust now tho main outlets through which UlO Labour Department are distributing applicants for employment aw tlra dock works at Port Chalmers, and the NcrtH Islnnd Maiiii Tnmk railway worlns. Last irex-k twenty mt'ii wero sent north, ami about fourteen have boon put on to the dcek centract. In neither ease is the demand for labourers at an end, and it in prcbablo that further dotaclinieuts -will b? scnit.

Already epplientiens i'cr the ix'iitirci of electrical engineer arc ccmir.l3 in freely to the City Cbrporation. So far communicatiens have baeoi received from Canada, Swodm, Londicfli, ar.d difforsnt part« of Australia. Applic;itictts are returnable up to July 2nd. The salary offered i» £700 a year.

Mefers Noyes Bros., electrical engineers to the City Council, have submitted a report on the cost of electric power from Wnipori Falls. Tlie City Corporation purchased tho Waipori Falls rights -with tho obj< i et cf selling olflctric within the City of Duii♦:<ii:i ami surrounding districts—firstly, to encourage industries and inamnfactnrin.g by eupplyrng power at a cheap rate, and secondly, to provide electricity for lighting. Tho engineers rstimatfl that tho total cost, including reticulation, will be £210.000, trhich drxjs net bicludo £13,290 that the Council had previously spent on tlte Lee stToam undertaking, afterwards ahandoned. Opsrating expenses, including permanent charges, are estimated at £24,146 a yenr. They recommend a charge for ordinary lighting of 5d per unit up to a certain maximum amount, after which Id per unit for all in excces. They estimate tho revenue to be £21,490 a year, but hardly anticipate an outpnt that will realieo tliie revenue for the firet year «r two. In other words, tlve city will possibly have to face- a deficit ai the commencement. Whilst the eingirreers seem confident as to the future success of the ur.dertalcing, th«y emphasise tlio neosssity of sound engiueering and business principles hems* adhered to. and the ■concern being managed on purely commercial luite. ' 9