NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 21, 19 October 1907, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

f '■'■''"'' [BT TELEGRAM.—PRESS ABSOCI-U'l)».] • TOLAIiA- MAY HOTEL BURNED. ' .'; Cis&o'rne, October 18. '7 The Tolaga Bay Hotel,' 'of thirty" rooms, was.destroyed by fire at 2.30 this morning. The lire was discovered in tho kitchen, and it/is supposed was due to a defective chimney.. -..-'.,. ' •■ .The house was: full of boarders,, many of whom lost their, personal effects; All the furniture except 1 ; a piano was lost. A good ileal of the stock, in-tho bar was saved. Air. John Murphy, senior; .'was. slightly burned. The building, was owned by Mr. GeorgeWatluris, of Auckland, and the licensee was. Mr. J. It. Murphy., Tho insurances are.understood to total about '£3500. IiSUREASE OF REGISTRY OFFICE FEES, ;7 ■;/;' DTJNEDIN PROTEST.. " ' . ■ Duncdln, October 18. The local, labour bureau proprietors tire 'considerably perturbed' over th 6 "-amended scale of foes under ,tho Servants llcgistrj Offices'' Act, 1895; which comes into force 'on ' .November. 1. "Briefly, ' tho new regulations mean tliat tho employers' payments tc the registry", office kooppr are practicallj doubled, .and these charges arc considered to be so exorbitant' that omployors will cease to apply to labour bureaux, and instead'advertise in. tho newspapers lor their requirenients. ..... .-. ■'. So far as sorvants' registry, office proprietors are concerned it will mean that then business, as such, will so fall away that ii will bo quite imiiossiblo to mako a living out of it. As it is,"they contend that they jus! manage to make a living. after paying rent 'telephone, and advertising charges. "It wil, simply, nicau the survival of the . fittest," remarked the proprietor of one of tho largest labour bureaux. "Those who havo a large connection will bo able to hang on longost, an dthose with small'connections Will simply have to go to the wall." It : is maintained that tho new scale of fees will matoriallj affect farm • and station 1 owners who are nccustomed to engage their employees througl the medium of a labour agent. A telcgran of protest against any legislation providing for servants paying half tho present fee: and employers doublo the present fees, or the ground that it will mean tho closing o: all registry offices in Duncdin, was yostordaj forwarded by the local labour agents to tin Minister for Labour and local M.H.R.'3. LAWN TENNIS. v Tho Shiold Committee of tho Wcllingtor Lawn Tennis Association decided last night t( commence matches on Saturday, October 2d The fisturos for that datoaro as -fo low:Shieltl—Victoria College v. Brougham Hill, at Victoria Collego;. Newtovrn v. Wellington, at Newtown.,.' ' ■~. , . Cup—Wellington v. Karon, at Wellington. Petono v. Victoria College, at I'ctone; Khan, dallnh v; Brougham Hill, at Khuudidlah; Nowtown—a bye. ' '• Ponniints—Johnsonvillo v. Victoria College B, at .tolmsonville; Brougham Hill A v. Victoria College A, at Brougham Hill; Brougham Hill B-a byo. ltacquets—Brougham Hill A v. Victoria College B, at Brougham Hill; KilbUmo v. Victoria College A, at Kilbiruioj Brougham Hill B v. jUurlai, at Brougham Hill. In the last two competitions teams aro Ic consist of tilted men and two ladies. The total number of entries is as follow:— Shield,- i; Cup, 7; Pennant, 5, and liacquot, t).