Special Telegraphic.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2337, 27 January 1913, Page 4

Special Telegraphic.

DUNEDIN, THIS DAY

An agreement has been arrived at between the .Slaughtermen's Union and the Wellington Farmers Meat Go. by which the works at Waingawa will remain open. The company will pay thirty shilling's per hundred and the men have abandoned the demand about learners.

The gatekeeper at Trentham racecourse was arrested on Saturday as it is said lie was offered marked money to allow entrance without a ticket. A hen arrested the marked money was found. At the conference between (lie mine-owners and the Ohinemnri miners and battery workers, an agreement was arrived at, the wages agreed on being the highest in the Dominion -—vi/.., surface workers 8s Ud mini" innin, underground workers 10s.

The directors of the Wailii company have declared a dividend of one shilling. In consequence of the development work being' delayed by the strike the output will be limited, but will probably enable a dividend ot one shilling per quarter to be paid.

The Grown mine, Karangahake, will reduce the number of men employed by sixty, and discontinue mi remunerative development work.

Three motor ear accident-;, two accompanied !>y fatalities, are repoited. Near Timarn, through tins bursting of a tyre, Charles 11. Guthrie, son of Henry Guthrie, Dunedin, was killed when the ear upset, and MeFarhuie, a farmer, was seriously injured. Two girls in the ear were uuliiirt. itarlholoinew Lynch, an Invercargill traveller, was killed at Mahan ra Island, through his ear goiiig over the hank. ’Two ears going to Wellington races collided, and the occupants of each sustained more or less severe injuries.

The Labour Conference at Wellington adopted a resolution urging the workers to take steps to .secure the defeat of the Massey Government. A report was adopted giving an outline of the constitution of the united party. London, damnify - 1 ill. There has been a change of Cabinet in Turkey. During a demonstration an aide of Nazim Pashas, War Minister, tired at Liner Ley. The hitters followers returned the lire and Nazim was killed. The (Government has been urged to resign, but Kiamil Pasha refused to reply until Liner Ley and others, accompanied by a large crowd, arrived. Liner Ley said the nation would not endure the loss of Adrianople. Kiamil : Pasha handed him his resignation and the Sultan entrusted the Goveanment to Shevkt ’Pasha with Enver Ley as Commandant of the Palace. The Committee of Union and Progress declares the Kiamil Government ap-

pointed incompetent generals and persecuted honest ones. In has been shown that Nazim Pasha’s death was the result of an accident. The new Government says it prefers to avoid bloodshed, but Adrianoplo is indispensible. They do not fear the Russian threats. The tone of the Austrian ollieial press indicates that the attitude of the Powers has not changed. It is said the Government has decided to withdraw the Franchise Pill if Sir E. Grey’s amendment conferring the franchise on women is defeated. The United Stales Government has unearthed a system of postage stamp bands, involving millions of dollars. Many arrests have been made. At the wool sales merinos were live per cent, above Ueeentber prices. It is stated that the Canard and other shipping com]tallies intend entering the Australian trade. Sydney, January -■). Push lires through heat are reported from sixteen localities. At Ilonsby, St. Peter’s church and sixteen cottages were destroyed.